Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction

A young girl raised as a mercenary begins to question the authority of her leader. Two student mages go on a bender in a world where mythological creatures use magic like drugs. A girl determined to escape the cycle of poverty in her rural southern town begins to fall for a boy who goes to remarkable extremes to get her attention. This wide-ranging anthology includes stories set twenty-five million years ago-and far into the future. Authors' biographies and notes. Black-and-white illustrations.