One Need not Be a Hero to Make Heroic Choices.
When villainy strikes, when harm threatens, when nature takes its brutal unsympathetic course, true heroes take their stand in an instant, without thought, and chose to act on the side of good, despite risk. Not because of glory, or for reward, but because it is right.
Of course, some who are hailed as heroes are nothing of the sort,
and what we perceive as villainy is at times simply misunderstanding.
It takes a brave soul to seek out the difference.
Realmscapes: Heroes of the Realm…
With stories by Kathy Tyers, L. Jagi Lamplighter, James Chambers, Steve Rzasa, Gabrielle Pollack, Wayne Thomas Batson, Danielle Ackley-Mc Phail, Paul Regnier, Kerry Nietz, Teisha J. Priest, and Jeffrey Lyman.
Tabla de materias
Introduction – What Is a Hero?
Ashling and the Little People by Kathy Tyers
The Tea Dragon by L. Jagi Lamplighter
The Fire-Proof Man Is Dead by James Chambers
The Garrison Holds by Steve Rzasa
Where Monsters Wait by Gabrielle Pollack
Will o’ The Wisp by Wayne Thomas Batson
The Devil in the Details by Danielle Ackley-Mc Phail
Glint Starcrost and the Ice Prison by Paul Regnier
Hard’s Watcher by Kerry Nietz
The Librarian Who Would be King by Teisha J. Priest
The Brick by Jeffrey Lyman
Our Heroes
About the Authors
Our Heroic Backers
Sobre el autor
Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-Mc Phail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike Mc Phail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, e Spec Books (www.especbooks.com).
Her published works include six novels, Yesterday’s Dreams, Tomorrow’s Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guide, The Literary Handyman, and is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and In an Iron Cage. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.
In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.
Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike Mc Phail and three extremely spoiled cats.
Her newest book, Eternal Wanderings, release at the beginning of April. An elven mage joins a Romani caravan to help a friend fight his inner demons, only to be confronted with ancient demons of a more literal sort.
To learn more about her work, visit www.sidhenadaire.com or www.especbooks.