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I have stories in two anthologies (under two different pen names) this month!

My urban fantasy short story "Gilt and Glamour" appears in the newly released anthology It Happened at the Ball, edited by Sherwood Smith. This is a feel-good anthology of stories set in ballrooms, described thusly by Sherwood at Book View Café:

Last summer after yet another wave of bad news, I found myself longing for escapist feel-good wish-fulfilment, and what is more indicative of escapist wish fulfilment than a ballroom filled with grand costumes, beguiling music, intrigue and romance?

"Gilt and Glamour" is set in the Gatekeeper universe (the same world as Wayward Myths). A pair of freelance monster hunters find magic and intrigue and maybe a little bit of romance as they try to catch a pooka at a New Year's ball in Gilded Age New York. You wouldn't think it would be hard to find a horse in a ballroom. At least, I wouldn't have thought so until half an hour ago ...

The anthology is available at most major online retailers:

Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple Books | trade paperback

And then (as Lauren Esker) I have a story this month in Two Mates For the Dragon, a benefit anthology for OutRight International, a nonprofit that works to protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people across the world. All profits will be donated to them in perpetuity.

Two Mates For the Dragon is M/M/F bisexual poly romance involving humans and (shapeshifting) dragons; I'm one of six participating authors. Here's the teaser blurb for my story, "Heart of Stone": 

Tess's dragonslayer husband David is dying, and her only hope is to seek help from David's ex-boyfriend, a dragon who runs a hot springs resort.

You can read a preview of my story in the "look inside" at the Amazon link.

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What with one thing and another, I completely forgot to mention when this came out, but one of my short stories (The Bride in Furs, which you can read online) is reprinted in Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction, edited by Melissa Scott and Steve Berman. This is the first time I've had my work solicited for an anthology (as opposed to submitting it myself); I'm pretty jazzed about it! \o/

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