Dragons Of A Different Tail

Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as large as continents, as well as those tiny enough to perch on the fingertip of a young girl. Dragons who inhabit the Wild West, Victorian London, Brooklyn, and a post-apocalyptic Earth. Scaly beasts who fight in the boxing ring, celebrate Christmas, and conquer the vast void of outer space. There are rockstars who meddle with dragon magic, clever and conniving shapeshifters, and powerfully exotic hybrids. Science fiction, urban fantasy, mystery, western, epic fantasy, YA fantasy...no matter the setting or the genre--here be dragons! Join Asimov's Readers Award winner Timons Esaias, science fiction author Heidi Ruby Miller, post-apocalyptic author J. Thorn, along with K.W. Taylor, Sean Gibson and more as they put their personal twist on the usual dragon tale. Also, check out the authors' behind-the-scenes articles for a peek into the creative processes that led to the creation of these "Dragons of a Different Tail". "Mastering Aesthetics" by Heidi Ruby Miller "The George" by Timons Esaias "Mouth of the Dragon" by J. Thorn "A Wild Beast of The West" by Marx Pyle & Julie Seaton Pyle "Wei Ling and the Water Dragon" by Jeff Burns "Tiny Hearts" by Sophia DeSensi "The Brooklyn Dragon Racing Club" by Katharine Dow "A Friend Called Home" by Francis Fernandez "Forgiveness" by Colten Fisher "Witherwillow" by Carrie Gessner "Chasing the Dragon" by Sean Gibson "Spirit of the Dragon" by J.C. Mastro "Catalyst" by Kevin Plybon "Poisoned Water" by Sen R. L. Scherb "Big Dreams" by Victoria L. Scott "Resorting to Revenge" by K.W. Taylor "The Last Hour of Night" by G.K. White

Discover an amazing world of rainbow dragons. Meet a cute little dragon, Max, and join him in his adventure to Mango Island. Let's keep the tradition of fairy tales being read before bedtime, teaching us a good lesson and filling little hearts with magic, kindness, and love.

Harry Airton, a Scottish fisherman, has China in his blood. A chance encounter with a spook during the Korean War gives him the opportunity to return to the land of his birth and serve his goverment at the same time. They hatch a long-term plan to create the perfect spy: a triple agent with a cover that cant be broken, because its genuine. What Harry doesnt realise is that if he is setting the perfect trap, the Communist Chinese may also be finding the perfect bait. And that as the Cold War escalates and China marches towards Cultural Revolution and the end of the twentieth-century, the fates of two people who love each other are entirely unimportant.

Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly’s squalid kitchen. Now, Murdoch isn’t sure if he’s hunting one murderer – or two.

An interactive collection of illustrated book covers for thirteen different storybooks along with the story's beginning, but the reader is invited to allow their imagination to take over and write the ending.

I dont have a brother. You do actually. Me. My dad told me about you. Youre not really my sister, of course, but our destinies are entwined or something. Were going to rule the world. Alice has a battle ahead of her, but shes a long way from ready to do it. To fight the forces working against her, she must die, find her brother, avoid her sister, discover the secrets behind her parents bizarre relationships, and die again. And again. And if shes going to win, theres going to be a lot of bloodshed, and not all of it will be on the losing side.

After Chief Inferno, the sinister leader of the FlameTail clan, burned Shore's home, killed his parents and destroyed his community, Shore is locked up in the Dungeons of Despair just for being a hybrid. After four years of imprisonment, he escapes with his cellmates, Flora and Hoarfrost. But now Chief Inferno is even more determined to kill Shore and terminate all hybrids. Shore has always thought of himself as weak and worthless, but as the time for war draws near, he might have to discover a part of himself that he never knew existed and do what he can to save all hybrids from extinction. "A classic hero's journey is at the heart of this fun-fast-paced new novel." - Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun "Wise and witty, tender and terrifying...I loved it!" - Eric Hogan, co-author of the Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery series "The best way I can convince you to pick up A Dragon's Tale is to tell you that it's only a matter of time before McCormack is the one other authors are aspiring to be like." - Lesley McKnight, author of Vancouver Kids