The fourteen stories in Undercurrents ply the literary oceans of time and space, possibility and imagination. And while you may find familiar themes in these pages-love, change, greed, spirituality-you will discover that they take on a new perspective when viewed through the lens of the speculative. Inside are stories that ripple and swell with the unusual: fiddle-playing ghosts, malevolent cats, urbane vampires, and ordinary folks who have drifted into the realms of the extraordinary. Set your oars in these unusual waters and see for yourself what swirls in the undercurrents.

Undercurrents: A Cape Breton Anthology Of Speculative Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Ramsey, Sherry D.

Serroul, Julie A.

Waldman, Nancy S.M.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Third Person Press

Volume Two in The Speculative Elements Series delivers fourteen stories and three poems that breathe unexpected possibilities into the atmosphere that surrounds and fills us. Take flight with these tales and explore what is always elusive: microscopic particles, airwaves, wind, space, sound and spirit. Don't miss Volume One: "Undercurrents" and the rest of the series from Third Person Press.

Airborne: The Speculative Elements

Benjamin, Chris

Campbell-Miller, Jill

Chisholm, Ken

D'Amour, Donna

Fudge, Kerry Anne

Horne, Meg

Mac Kay, Theresa Dugas

What sorts of things wash up on unimagined shores? Hitch-hiking aliens. Kidnapped embryos. Victorian time-machines. Spaceport detectives. Itinerant scribes. Otherwordly companions. The discerning beachcomber will discover even more curiosities on the pages within: physicists and journalists, wizards and apprentices, angels and devils, telepaths and aliens. The seventeen stories in this collection are by turns funny, tragic, light-hearted and serious, but all share this in common: they will carry you to distant shores of imagination, and, once there, show you things you hadn't known before.

To Unimagined Shores

Captain Luta Paixon of the far trader Tane Ikai needs to know why she looks like a woman in her thirties-even though she's actually eighty-four. She isn't the only one desperate for that information. The explanation might lie with her geneticist mother, who disappeared over sixty years ago, but even if her mother is still alive, it's proving to be no small task to track her down in the vast, wormhole-ridden expanse of Nearspace. With the ruthless PrimeCorp bent on obtaining Luta's DNA at any cost, her ninety-year-old husband asking for one last favor, and her estranged daughter locking horns with her at every turn, Luta's search for answers will take her to the furthest reaches of space-and deep inside her own heart.

One's Aspect to the Sun

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Tyche Books Ltd.

The Murder Prophet (Magica Incognita)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Sherry D. Ramsey

If you want something badly enough, you can find the means to get it. Let demons, mages, technology and love show you the way in this collection of fantasy, science fiction and horror stories.

Speculative Realms

Dixon, Lorne

Whates, Ian

Field, Karen Lee

Parish, Jeff

Beattie, Sasha

Ireland, Davin

Kind, Lancer

Williams, TW

Meadows, David

lulu.com

Claudia Gahlinger, Lynn Coady, Joan Clark, Beatrice MacNeil, Susan Zettell, Sherry D. Ramsey, Jean McNeil, Kim Williamson, Tessie Gillis, Ann-Marie MacDonald, D. C. Troicuk, Tricia Fish, Erin McNamara, Teresa O’Brien, Ellen Frith and Carol Bruneau. Starting with Tessie Gillis, women have been writing the non-traditional story of Cape Breton Island; the deeper, sometimes darker, side. They offer here a rich, rare view of being young, of being old, even of being a man. The stories in The Day the Men Went to Town are about fisherwomen and aliens from space, the poignancy of family life, and tragedy in the coal mines. They are about several approaches to love. They are entertaining, thought-provoking, and introduce us to the new world of Canadian writing. Some of these writers have achieved fame, and several will be discoveries to you.

The Day the Men Went to Town: 16 Stories by Women From Cape Breton

Bruneau, Carol

MacNeil, Beatrice

McNEIL, Jean

Zettell, Susan

Coady, Lynn

O'Brien, Teresa

MacDonald, Ann-Martie

Gahlinger, Cladia

Gillis, Tessie

Fish, Tricia

Frith, Ellen

MacNamara, Erin

Troicuk, D.C.

Williamson, Kim

Clark, Joan.

Breton Books

"A fun adventure fantasy...a great choice for middle grade students." VOYA When you can’t remember most of your life, you’d better be prepared for anything. The day a talking crow meets her on the way home from school, fourteen-year-old Rosinda is plunged into a forgotten world filled with startling revelations: magic ability flows in her veins, she’s most comfortable with a sword in her hand, and the responsibility for finding a missing prince rests solely with her. 
 While dark forces hover in the background and four forgotten war gods from Earth’s past plot to reclaim long-lost power, Rosinda struggles with waves of slowly-returning memories as she searches for clues about her past and the true identity of her family; a search that takes her back and forth between two worlds. In a race against time to recover her memory, find the prince, and rescue her loved ones, Rosinda has only her friend Jerrell and an unusual trio of animals as companions. And as the gods prepare to bring her world to war, Rosinda is unaware that the shadow of betrayal lurks within one whom she trusts the most… 
 This fantasy is a quick-paced adventure from beginning to end. A walk home turns to a trip to a new world for Rosinda, where her memories, long suppressed, begin to reawaken. Led by a crow and joined by a boy, a cat, and a wolf, Rosinda sets out to save her Aunt and to reclaim her memories. What she finds is more than she ever imagined. YA readers will love this quick fantasy. Melanie Thompson Library Media Specialist Thorpe J Gordon Elementary Jefferson City Public Schools

The Seventh Crow

Children's Books

Dreaming Robot Press

When you can't remember most of your life, you'd better be prepared for anything. The day a talking crow meets her on the way home from school, fourteen-year-old Rosinda is plunged into a forgotten world filled with startling revelations: magic ability flows in her veins, she's most comfortable with a sword in her hand, and the responsibility for finding a missing prince rests solely with her. While dark forces hover in the background and four forgotten war gods from Earth's past plot to reclaim long-lost power, Rosinda struggles with waves of slowly-returning memories as she searches for clues about her past and the true identity of her family; a search that takes her back and forth between two worlds. In a race against time to recover her memory, find the prince, and rescue her loved ones, Rosinda has only her friend Jerrell and an unusual trio of animals as companions. And as the gods prepare to bring her world to war, Rosinda is unaware that the shadow of betrayal lurks within one whom she trusts the most... ** This edition includes five full color illustrations. **

Fantasy

When Luta Paixon and the crew of the Tane Ikai discover a dying wormhole explorer who's been missing for decades, it's a mystery; but the bigger mystery lies in her only words: "Save Lillifleur." Because the colony ship Lillifleur disappeared without a trace almost a century ago. Meanwhile, a different mystery lies closer to home; Luta's son Karro and his wife want no part of the life-extending nanobioscavengers that have kept Luta safe from harm and aging for over fifty years. Confused, worried for their future, and even a little angry, Luta struggles to understand why anyone would reject the gift of near-immortality, even as the debate over nanobioscavenger technology rages throughout Nearspace. Stranded in an unknown system with Karro and Aliande aboard, Luta faces potentially dangerous drones, a mysterious virus, and a looming alien threat to a forgotten colony. She'll have to contend with all of this and more before she can unravel secrets from her family's past, and hope for a little luck to get everyone home to Nearspace safe and sound.

A Veiled and Distant Sky (Nearspace)

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