by Cherie Reich, Catherine Stine, M. Pax, Christine Rains, Graeme Ing, Cathrina Constantine, River Fairchild, Misha Gerrick, Julie Flanders, Gwen Gardner · 2015
ISBN: Unavailable
Category: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors)
Page count: 119
<p>From popular science fiction and fantasy authors comes <i>Mayhem in the Air</i>, a supernatural anthology of ten thrilling tales. Meet hot robots, hungry winds and the goddess of chaos. Explore alien planets, purgatorial realms, and a shocking place where people bury the living with their dead. <i>Mayhem in the Air</i> is the second, long-awaited story collection from the dynamic and inventive Untethered Realms group.</p><p><br></p><p>“A Strange Penitence” by Catherine Stine – A young artist pays a supernatural price when a drawing trip to North Carolina turns deadly.</p><p><br></p><p>“Mass Transit” by Graeme Ing – For Emily, mind over matter is not just a saying, but the gateway to her career among the largest starships built by man.</p><p><br></p><p>“A Tangled Weave” by River Fairchild – A TimePulse rips through the Great Tapestry of Life, leaving Earth’s history in a jumble, and Death and Chronos in a race to save the world yet again.</p><p><br></p><p>“Corrosive” by M. Pax – In a world ruined by pollutants, Bex sets off to establish a new homestead with her dreamy robotic man. Already farming her plot of land is another dreamy man with radical ideas, presenting new challenges as corrosive as the air.</p><p><br></p><p>“Saving Scrooge: A Short Story Prequel to the Saving Marley Series” by Gwen Gardner – Marley is sent from purgatory to save the soul of his old friend. Can he save his own in the bargain?</p><p><br></p><p>“The Silent Wind” by Christine Rains – A team of specialists must dispel a mysterious storm on an alien planet to prepare it for colonization. One by one the crew disappears until only a seasoned soldier remains. How can he battle a hungry wind that makes no noise?</p><p><br></p><p>“Paper Lanterns” by Cherie Reich: In order to keep his promise to his daughter, Mayor Alfred Merry must betray the woman he loves.</p><p><br></p><p>“Chaos. Hope. Love.” by Misha Gerrick – Although Eris is the goddess of chaos, her life has fallen into a nice and comfortable routine. Until someone from her past shows up in her bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p>“Cardinal Sin” by Julie Flanders: Beleaguered hospital workers bury the living with the dead in the midst of a tuberculosis epidemic and a seething spirit vows vengeance from the skies.</p><p><br></p><p>“The Ark” by Cathrina Constantine -Plagued with memory flashes of fiery explosions and running for her life, Fallon emerges from a drugged stupor to find herself in an airborne Ark, and the earth below is a drowning wasteland.</p><p><b><br></b></p><p><b>Elements of Untethered Realms series</b></p><p><i>Twisted Earths</i> - October 2014<br><i>Mayhem in the Air </i>- October 2015<br><i>Ghosts of Fire</i> - October 2016<br><i>Spirits in the Water</i> - October 2017</p>