coming in 2021: Turning the Tied with a story by me!

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, of which I am a proud member, is putting together a charity anthology for 2021. Entitled Turning the Tied, all proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the International Literacy Association.

Each story will be by a member of the IAMTW, and will feature an existing character, albeit one in the public domain. Here’s the full author list:

• Rigel Ailur
• Derek Tyler Attico
• Raymond Benson
• David Boop
• Jennifer Brozek
• Max Allan Collins
• Greg Cox
• Keith R.A. DeCandido
• Kelli Fitzpatrick
• Robert Greenberger
• Nancy Holder
• Steven Paul Leiva
• Jonathan Maberry
• Jeff Mariotte
• Will McDermott
• David McIntee
• Yvonne Navarro
• Weston Ochse
• Scott Pearson
• Marsheila Rockwell
• Ben H. Rome
• Stephen D. Sullivan
• Robert Vardeman
• Tim Waggoner

The anthology will be edited by Jean Rabe & Robert Greenberger, and some of the characters that will be featured include Sherlock Holmes, Hopalong Cassidy, Mina Harker, Octobriana, Space Patrol, the 3 Musketeers, Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, Mulan, Herne the Hunter, Ozma of Oz, and tons more!

My own story is entitled “In Earth and Sky and Sea Strange Things There Be,” and features Ayesha, a.k.a. “she who must be obeyed,” the immortal woman from H. Rider Haggard’s 1886 novel She.

Keep an eye on this here blog for more info as it becomes available……