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Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within Kindle Edition
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This anthology features nineteen stories from bestselling, award-winning, and emerging authors, and includes brand new, never-before seen stories from Jim Butcher's, "Dresden Files," Robert Asprin's "The Myth-Adventures" by Jody Lynn Nye, and Neo Edmund's "Red Riding Alpha Huntress Chronicles."
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 8, 2019
- File size2358 KB
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- ASIN : B07V6PM444
- Publisher : Source 7 Productions, LLC (October 8, 2019)
- Publication date : October 8, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 2358 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 410 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1698391862
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,021 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the authors
Sarah A. Hoyt was born (and raised) in Portugal and now lives in Colorado with her husband, two sons, and a variable number of cats, depending on how many show up to beg on the door step.
In between lays the sort of resume that used to be de-rigueur for writers. She has never actually wrestled alligators, but she did at one point very briefly tie bows on bags of potpourri for a living. She has also washed dishes and ironed clothes for a living. Worst of all she was, for a long time, a multilingual scientific translator.
At some point, though, she got tired of making an honest living and started writing. She has over 32 -- the number keeps changing -- published novels, in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical mystery, historical fantasy and historical biography. Her short stories have been published in Analog, Asimov's, Amazing Stories (under a previous management), Weird tales, and a number of anthologies from DAW and Baen. Her space-opera novel Darkship Thieves was the 2011 Prometheus Award Winner, and at this moment the third novel in the series, A Few Good Men, is a finalist for the honor.
Sarah also won the Dragon Award for Uncharted (With Kevin J. Anderson.)
She also writes under the names Sarah D'Almeida and Elise Hyat.
To learn more about Sarah A. Hoyt and read samples of her work, visit http://sarahahoyt.com
Amazon bestselling author and editor L. J. Hachmeister writes and fights - although she tries not to do them at the same time. L. J. is a world champion stick-fighter, a black belt in Doce Pares Eskrima and Taekwondo, and a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but maintains that no opponent is as daunting as the last 30% of a manuscript.
L. J. is a cross-genre author under the umbrella of science fiction/fantasy. Her Cuban roots and LGBTQA+ ties greatly impact her writing, as well as her career as a registered nurse. However, her love for rescuing puppies and working with charity organizations drives her passion to succeed as an author so she can continue to give to those in need. L. J. is an avid sponsor for "Lifeline Puppy Rescue."
Sign-up for L. J.'s monthly newsletter for story updates and photos of the rescued puppies: https://www.triorion.com/contact-us/
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R.R. Virdi is a USA Today Bestselling author, two-time Dragon Award finalist, and a Nebula Award finalist. He is the author of two urban fantasy series, The Grave Report, and The Books of Winter. The author of the LitRPG/portal fantasy series, Monster Slayer Online. And the author of a space western/sci fi series, Shepherd of Light. He has worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic, retail, and in the custom gaming computer world. He's an avid car nut with a special love for American classics.
The hardest challenge for him up to this point has been fooling most of society into believing he's a completely sane member of the general public.
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Or twitter: @rrvirdi or https://twitter.com/rrvirdi
Dave (D.J.) Butler writes adventure stories for all readers. He has been a lawyer, a consultant, and a corporate trainer. His interests include languages, guitar, hanging out with his wife and kids, astronomy, and history.
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Russell Nohelty is a USA TODAY bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy books that are both entertaining and thought-provoking. He fills his books with action, adventure, mystery, and thrills.
Russell was born in northern New Jersey, grew up in Northern Virginia, went to college in Maryland, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dogs, which he loves.
He's been writing as long as he can remember and hopes to do so far into the future. When he's not writing, he's usually reading or watching movies. For more information, you can follow him below:
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E.A. Copen is a coffee addict living in West Virginia with her cats and books. When she’s not writing, she enjoys cooking and watching just about everything but romantic comedies (unless there are zombies in them).
She’s been a film school dropout, a professional puppeteer, and retail rebel, all of which allowed her to develop a cynical sense of humor. She is also an unapologetic nerd and occasional enjoyer of comic books and anime.
She is a prolific writer of inclusive, action-oriented urban fantasy, horror, and science fiction with several Amazon bestselling novels.
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Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is the Nebula Award-nominated author of Numbercaste, The Inhuman Race, and several other stories. He works as a researcher with the Data, Algorithms and Policy team at LIRNEasia, a think tank working across the Global South; he also cofounded Watchdog Sri Lanka, a factchecker.
Find him online at www.yudhanjaya.com or @yudhanjaya on Twitter.
Author, editor, and freelancer Josh Vogt has been published in dozens of genre markets with work ranging from flash fiction to short stories to novels that cover fantasy, science fiction, horror, humor, pulp, and more. He also writes for a wide variety of RPG developers such Paizo, Modiphius, and Privateer Press. His debut fantasy novel, Forge of Ashes, adds to the RPG Pathfinder Tales tie-in line. His urban fantasy series, The Cleaners, is published by Story Strong Press and includes Enter the Janitor, The Maids of Wrath, The Dustpan Cometh, and Fellowship of the Squeegee. Other works include Solar Singularity from WordFire Press and the Fate's Fangs tie-in novel. A Compton Crook Award and Scribes Award finalist, he’s a member of SFWA as well as the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. Find him at JRVogt.com or on Twitter @JRVogt. He is made out of meat.
Todd Fahnestock is an award-winning, #1 bestselling author of fantasy for all ages and winner of the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age Award.
Threadweavers and The Whisper Prince Trilogy are two of his bestselling epic fantasy series. He is a founder of Eldros Legacy—a multi-author, shared-world mega-epic fantasy series—two-time winner of the Colorado Authors League Award for Writing Excellence, and two-time finalist for the Colorado Book Award for Tower of the Four: The Champions Academy (2021) and Khyven the Unkillable (2022).
His passions are great stories and his quirky, fun-loving family. When he’s not writing, he teaches Taekwondo, swaps middle grade humor with his son, plays Ticket to Ride with his wife, plots creative stories with his daughter, and plays vigorously with Galahad the Weimaraner.
Visit Todd at toddfahnestock.com.
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Geek out in his Facebook group, Edge-of-Your-Seat Epic Fantasy, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/176249136990979
Neo Edmund is a Non-Binary international best-selling author, screenwriter, comic book scribe, and actor. Neo began their Hollywood career as an actor appearing on numerous television shows, most notably 100 episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Opting to pursue their passion for writing, Neo transitioned into the creative side of the film and TV industry. Neo is the author of the bestselling novel series The Red Riding Alpha Huntress Chronicles. His most recent works include three Power Rangers novels for Penguin Books and a new comic book series / TV development with Storm King Productions titled The Grimms Town Terror Tales.
Neo has written for companies including Hasbro, Saban, Penguin Random House, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Spike TV, JumpStart Interactive, Zenoscope, and most recently Storm King Productions.
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Dead End Rhodes by Sarah Hoyt - 5 stars, science fiction
This is a bittersweet story. A former socialite, Stella, travels with Nick, a cyborg detective, and they solve cases from their spaceship. Creating Borgs is very illegal and just being in the proximity of a Borg is punishable by death. Borgs are made by encasing a brain in a mechanical body. Most don’t survive. They are hired to find the missing son of the man who runs a series of mines.
Look Me in the Stars by Christopher Husberg - 2 stars
This is a series of blog posts by an apocalypse survivor that doesn’t go anywhere.
The Dead Who Care by DJ Butler - 3 stories, paranormal
A turn of the century story about Mormons. Hiram makes a promise to care for another soldier’s family after his death.
Myth Deeds by Jody Lynn Nye - 1 star
DNF. Cute title
The Shadow of Markham by RR Virdi - 5 stars
A dark elf patrols the Markham rooftops trying to save kidnapped children.
Davy Crockett vs the Saucer Men by David Afsharirad - 3 stars, coming of age story, science fiction
Davy and his friends spot a spaceship and investigate around having to go home for lunch.
Dead Run by Aaron Michael Ritchey - 3 stars, science fiction
A boy fights to save his sister from a mysterious disease.
Unnamed by Gama Ray Martinez - 4 stars, fantasy
Paranormal creatures are invading the city and the Unnamed fight them in secret.
Prisoner 141 by LJ Hachmeister - 3 stars, science fiction
Raza was convicted of a crime so heinous, they wiped her memory. She’s chosen to disarm a planet-killing weapon.
Valentine Blues by James A Hunter - 3 stars, fantasy
Yancy Lazarus is a mage. He drives through a town that reneged on a deal with the Pied Piper.
The Tragedy of John Metcalf by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne - 2 stars
John lives in two parallel worlds. In one he’s a magician assassin, the other he’s a scientist. There is a hard ending.
Effigies in Bronze by Colten Hehr - 1 star
Written in a heavy period style. DNF
Daily Bread by EA Copen - 4 stars, fantasy
Josiah Quinn apprentices under an evil man. This is from the Hellbent Halo series.
The Demons of Arae by Christopher Ruocchio The Mouth of Hell - 3.5 stars, science fiction
Lord Marlowe investigated the loss of a legion of 26,000 men and their 4 ships. It was determined they were taken by space pirates. The Roman angle was an odd choice and some more detail on his backstory would have been nice. The story felt like a prequel or a story between books.
A Tale of Red Riding: Seduction of the Werepire by Neo Edmund - 3 stars, paranormal
A YA story about Red Riding Hood and the Wolfman hunting a vampire/werewolf hybrid. There is a lot of missing detail. I suspect it's part of a larger story arc.
Threshold by Todd Fahnestock - 1 star
DNF. Lots of odd made-up names.
The Last Death of Oscar Hernandez by Russell Nohelty - 2 stars, science fiction
A man keeps getting reincarnated and in this version, he rescues a little girl's kite.
The Magpie and the Mosquito by Josh Vogt - 2 stars, fantasy
A Magpie takes on a young thief and saves her bonded mate. I skimmed most of the story.
Monsters by Jim Butcher - 4 stars, fantasy, paranormal
Goodman Grey is a professional monster and shapeshifter. Viti is his secretary. Gentleman John Marcone comes into his office and hires him to save kidnapped children from being forced to work in a brothel. The story needed more detail to get 5 stars. Why the silver dollar? What was the secretary? I enjoy John Marcone from the Harry Dresden series but this one had too many unanswered questions. I became curious and did some Googling. Goodman Grey was in Skin Game but I didn't remember him. I confess; I wish the Dresden Series would have ended before Butcher grievously wounded Michael and changed the direction for the series.
I was pleasantly surprised at the overall quality of the writing. Though I only recognized a few of the other writers from other compilations, I made note of a few authors I may want to check out in the future. Happy reading!
Reading it I thought it was interesting that so many of the stories mention or take place in Nebraska as we tend to be ignored as a setting like most flyover states.
Going over the stories that caught my eye and appealed to my tastes I'd start with the first one which was very good though if the last page was redacted I think it would stand up stronger as the reveal was completely unnecessary in my opinion. Short stories often benefit from less overt revealing.
It was wonderful to see Myth again. Honestly just that was enough to pay for the whole book imho.
The pied piper story made me think the author played Ars Magica in their youth.
Yudhanjaya's story was pretty cool making me think of a certain arthur c clarke quote.
I liked the Constantine and Warhammer inspired stories which peaked my interest for more.
Magpie's setting with the bondstones sounded like a great rpg setting.
And lastly it was nice to see a Dresden story after all these years.
Long story short hehe this is a good anthology worth buying with something sure to appeal to most readers. The variety comes at a cost in that you might find a few stories that aren't your cup of tea which is fine if you're used to reading lots of short stories by authors you don't know.
Sarah A. Hoyt'sstory ("Dead End Rhodes") is about a a private detective - in this case, extremely private - and his lovely assistant, hired to find a mysterious missing person - a case that takes them off-planet - and an ending worthy of the Old Masters (O Henry &c). She has a way of coming up with character names - in this story, one of them is Michael Argon.
The second, "Look Me in the Stars" is not so successful - it's written in the form of a blog, by the Last Person on Earth.
"Myth Deeds" (another great title) is a funny story about a village that hires a dragon-killer to save them (I've seen that plot before, somewhere - but not as good as this one). The hero, Havago, reminded me of Dudley Do-Right. Of course, the ending is unexpected.
Then comes "The Shadow of Markham", by R. R. Virdi, also the collection's co-editor. The hero is an Umbra Elf, a vigilante in this story. There's more than the usual number of typos and grammar gaffes. The Editor should have paid attention to his own story.
The 19 authors are all good story-tellers, and mostly all good writers. I recommend this one.
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The stories themselves are a mixed bunch - one good, three meh, one very poor, but I can't bring myself to read any more in the face of all the flinch-inducing errors - nearly one per page
Edit: Forced myself to finish it
Wish I hadn't
3 good stories in the whole book
Even the Jim Butcher was just meh
Among the worst was a feeble attempt by one of the authors
The book was produced by what appears to be a vanity publishing outfit promising their website is 'coming soon' - dated February 2020
Avoid. Do not buy this book


Everyone who likes the unusual.

