Mary-Anne's mom said she was born with a slide rule instead of a brain, which was to say that she was practical and didn't believe in magic or fey creatures. But when she hears Ghost Lady's legend of the Mi'kmaq warrior and his bride, she is spun into a web of sorcery which spans 14 years - from her young life in Charlotte's Cove when Leviathan snatches away her best friend, until she returns years later to confront a ghost and a friend driven mad from loss. A short story.

Is it spirit? Is it magic? Where on Earth - or outside of Earth - does inspiration come from? NewMyths contributors explore the unknowable Muse in the fantastic and the future. This anthology of 43 short stories and poems features winners and nominees for Writers of the Future, Rhysling, Baen Fantasy Adventure, Dwarf Star, and Nebula awards. About half the anthology is a "best of" NewMyths magazine, while the other half is first published here.

An oral history of Alice Barnes, born in Julian, California in 1906 at a gold mine.

"With all the haunting beauty of a dusty desert road, Memories of Lucinda Eco sweeps the reader into a magic-infused Baja California..." Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dune: House Atreides. Somebody cursed Lucinda's Abuelita. But who? And why? And why are the authorities and her family too frightened to investigate? When Lucinda recognizes she is Abuelita's only hope for survival, she and her best friend enlist the help of the most unlikely ally, the son of the local gang boss... ...the gang boss Abuelita killed. Using bruja witchcraft, Lucinda and her friends open a gateway to relive Abuelita's memories, only to discover terrible secrets and powerful enemies who pose an even greater danger than a single curse. Can the teens outsmart the villains and find the answers they need before it's too late?