Dragons of a Different Tail

**Part of The Crossing Genres Anthology Collection** Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as large as continents, as well as those tiny enough to perch on the fingertip of a young girl. Dragons who inhabit the Wild West, Victorian London, Brooklyn, and a post-apocalyptic Earth. Scaly beasts who fight in the boxing ring, celebrate Christmas, and conquer the vast void of outer space. There are rockstars who meddle with dragon magic, clever and conniving shapeshifters, and powerfully exotic hybrids. Science fiction, urban fantasy, mystery, western, epic fantasy, YA fantasy…no matter the setting or the genre—here be dragons! Join Asimov’s Readers Award winner Timons Esaias, science fiction author Heidi Ruby Miller, post-apocalyptic author J. Thorn, along with K.W. Taylor, Sean Gibson and more as they put their personal twist on the usual dragon tale. Also, check out the authors’ behind-the-scenes articles for a peek into the creative processes that led to the creation of these Dragons of a Different Tail. Edited by Marx Pyle, J.C. Mastro, Victoria L. Scott, Anne C. Lynch. Mastering Aesthetics by Heidi Ruby Miller The George by Timons Esaias Mouth of the Dragon by J. Thorn A Wild Beast of The West by Marx Pyle & Julie Seaton Pyle Wei Ling and the Water Dragon by Jeff Burns Tiny Hearts by Sophia DeSensi The Brooklyn Dragon Racing Club by Katharine Dow A Friend Called Home by Francis Fernandez Forgiveness by Colten Fisher Witherwillow by Carrie Gessner Chasing the Dragon by Sean Gibson Spirit of the Dragon by J.C. Mastro Catalyst by Kevin Plybon Poisoned Water by Sen R. L. Scherb Big Dreams by Victoria L. Scott Resorting to Revenge by K.W. Taylor The Last Hour of Night by G.K. White