Come on an adventure! Within these pages you'll find yourself battling with faeries against evil, waking on an unfamiliar planet, fighting for survival after an apocalypse, having the strangest conversation with aliens half your size, uncovering mysteries, opening doors to other dimensions, and so much more! Edited & Compiled by YA author Rachael Ritchey, these short stories are a compilation of entries to the ASF Short Story Contest by seasoned and new authors across the globe. While style and culture vary widely across these adventures, one thing will stand out: the resilience of the human spirit. Contributions come from: R. J. Rodda (Chosen for the Fox-dance)Joy E. Rancatore (Ealiverel Awakened)Audrey Driscoll (Blue Rose)Angie Thompson (Restore)K. R. Ludlow (The BUSS Stop)E. E. Rawls (Vanished)R. J. Llewellyn (The Paths We Choose)Victoria Lynn (Lost and Found)Gary Jefferies (The God Strain)Barb Taub (Daddy Forgot Water)David Jesson (The Cave of Legix)Sha'Tara (The Knight Errant: An Anachronistic Tale)Briar Shea (A Journey with Death)V. P. Grey (Elixir)Deb Whittam (A Mystery Wrapped in a Riddle)Rachael Ritchey (The Forever Door)These are all original works contributed by the specific authors with permissions to publish in this anthology. Many of these stories are now either in development for larger works, and the authors would love to hear from you about how much you enjoyed their stories!

The Crux Anthology: Adventure Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories from 16 International Authors

Literature & Fiction

Lynn, Victoria

Rawls, E.E.

Thompson, Angie

Ritchey, Rachael

Rodda, R. J.

Rancatore, Joy E.

Driscoll, Audrey

Ludlow, K. R.

Llewellyn, R. J.

Jefferies, Dr. Gary

Short Stories & Anthologies

RR Publishing

Strayborn: Draev Guardians

Elemental Manipulation. Only those with the power can train to become a Draev Guardian.
Cyrus Sole hates life. She’s only half-human, with weak wrists, and not a day goes by when someone doesn’t say something mean about it—especially her step-mom. But when the forbidden power to manipulate metal awakens inside her, she finds herself on the run as the Argos Corps is sent to kill her…
Aken is a Scourgeblood, the last in a line of monsters. But all he really wants is to gain wings and be free. Until a new power suddenly awakens, changing the course of his life…
The Draev Guardian Academy is their only sanctuary. But training to become a Draev won’t be easy. Cyrus has to hide her human side, as she gets placed in Floor Harlow with the outcast students, and nightmares of her deceased mother keep returning.
With creepy Corpsed on the prowl, and whispers of Cyrus possibly being a reborn Hero, both she and Aken find themselves caught up in a web of secrets, racial tension, and an old legend with enemies that could spell their untimely demise…
Strayborn is the first novel in the Coming-of-age Fantasy series of adventure, monsters and elemental powers. E.E. Rawls’ unique fantasy series combines the humor of Rick Riordan with the fantasy adventure of Brandon Sanderson, and a dash of J.K. Rowling.

Genre Fiction

Storyteller Wings Press

Elemental Manipulation. Only those with the power can train to become a Draev Guardian.
Cyrus Sole hates life. She’s only half-human, with weak wrists, and not a day goes by when someone doesn’t say something mean about it—especially her step-mom. But when the forbidden power to manipulate metal awakens inside her, she finds herself on the run as the Argos Corps is sent to kill her…
Aken is a Scourgeblood, the last in a line of monsters. But all he really wants is to gain wings and be free. Until a new power suddenly awakens, changing the course of his life...
The Draev Guardian Academy is their only sanctuary. But training to become a Draev won’t be easy. Cyrus has to hide her human side, as she gets placed in Floor Harlow with the outcast students, and nightmares of her deceased mother keep returning.
With creepy Corpsed on the prowl, and whispers of Cyrus possibly being a reborn Hero, both she and Aken find themselves caught up in a web of secrets, racial tension, and an old legend with enemies that could spell their untimely demise…

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dragons and Ravens: (A Draev Guardians novella)

Beast of the Night: (a Fairy Tale Retelling)

Teen & Young Adult

Future Japan, and an Altered girl on the run from the mafia.Sixteen-year-old Lotus was once fascinated by the portal legend her dad used to tell: of a world where people like her (the Altered Ones) live free. But when she's kidnapped by the mafia and forced to use her gift of Healing to make them a large profit, survival is all she can think of-that, and the new guard with a single wing who watches her every move.But when the boss's son is mortally wounded, Lotus seizes her chance at escape and recalls the legend and the clue left behind in her family heirloom. As she flees the mafia, can she convince her stoic, winged guard not to turn her in but help search for a mythical portal that may not exist? Especially when a notorious bounty hunter is on her trail, determined to bring her back dead or alive?

Portal to Eartha

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Madness Solver in Wonderland

Teenage Madnes Hatter wants more to life than what his island hometown has to offer-and he definitely doesn't want a boring future in hat-making, like his parents. But he sure doesn't expect a well-dressed cat named Cheshire to suddenly pop into his life and make everything worse-giving him the power of the Madness Solver and making him the guardian and peacekeeper between Wonderland and Earth. 
What the heck? When he said he wanted more to life, this wasn't what he meant! Now, he's the only one who can see Wonderland creatures as they walk the streets, and when there's trouble, it's his job to solve it. His human friends, Alice and Harrey, think he's going crazy. 
But then, when a problem arises with the portals linking Wonderland to Earth, an old mystery is brought to light-the case of the death of the previous Madness Solver. Will Madnes meet the same fate, with the guardian power sapping away at his life? Wonderland's ruler, the Red King, has cast a dangerous spell, and an ancient evil is rising. Madnes may not have long to save his friends and both worlds before it's too late...

Teenage Madnes Hatter wants more to life than what his island hometown has to offer--and he definitely doesn't want a boring future in hat-making, like his parents. But he sure doesn't expect a well-dressed cat named Cheshire to suddenly pop into his life and make everything worse--giving him the power of the Madness Solver and making him the guardian and peacekeeper between Wonderland and Earth.What the heck? When he said he wanted more to life, this wasn't what he meant! Now, he's the only one who can see Wonderland creatures as they walk the streets, and when there's trouble, it's his job to solve it. His human friends, Alice and Harrey, think he's going crazy. But then, when a problem arises with the portals linking Wonderland to Earth, an old mystery is brought to light--the case of the death of the previous Madness Solver. Will Madnes meet the same fate, with the guardian power sapping away at his life? Wonderland's ruler, the Red King, has cast a dangerous spell, and an ancient evil is rising. Madnes may not have long to save his friends and both worlds before it's too late...

Action & Adventure

Madness Solver in Wonderland 2

Madnes and his gang have split into groups, each team heading out to find one of the seven crystals that are driving the Terraforming spell-a spell that is destroying Oswick Island, annihilating the town, and replacing it with Wonderland soil for the Red King's wicked purpose.From the Floating Isles to the volcano gorf, to a shady circus and the Cave of Memories, and beyond-each group must succeed in their quest.Will Oz's mother finally be found, and the truth of the nymphs revealed? And when Madnes faces off against the Red King, will he meet the same tragic fate as all the Madness Solvers before him?The battle to save both worlds now begins!

Madnes and his gang have split into groups, each team heading out to find one of the seven crystals that are driving the Terraforming spell—a spell that is destroying Oswick Island, annihilating the town, and replacing it with Wonderland soil for the Red King’s wicked purpose. 
From the Floating Isles to the volcano gorf, to a shady circus and the Cave of Memories, and beyond—each group must succeed in their quest. 
Will Oz’s mother finally be found, and the truth of the nymphs revealed? And when Madnes faces off against the Red King, will he meet the same tragic fate as all the Madness Solvers before him? 
The battle to save both worlds now begins!

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

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The Crux Anthology: Adventure Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories from 16 International Authors

Strayborn: Draev Guardians

Strayborn: Draev Guardians

Dragons and Ravens: (A Draev Guardians novella)

Beast of the Night: (a Fairy Tale Retelling)

Portal to Eartha

Madness Solver in Wonderland

Madness Solver in Wonderland

Madness Solver in Wonderland 2

Madness Solver in Wonderland 2