HOPE

HOPE: The Thing With FeathersStories to bring hope in dark times.Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s famous poem, these stories each have a feather motif and a hopeful, positive ending.We all go through hardship from time to time, and hope is the ineffable force that keeps us going despite it all. In a time when there seem to be more shadows in the world than we remember, these are stories to rekindle the light and help us find our path to a better, happier future.Stories of strange inventionAs well as being hopeful in tone, these stories from talented science fiction and fantasy writers will bring you to weird and wonderful worlds of imagination - and feathers!ContentsEpigraphsDedicationStrange Inventions (foreword)The Letter Writers - Chloe SmithPitstop at the Lunar Station - Veda VilliersWhen an Angel Molts - H.L. FullertonBirdcalls of the Carpathian Mountains - Sam RuhmkorffThe Lay-by-rinth - Anna OrridgeThe City That Listened - Jade ScardhamEcho of the Desert in the Sky - Erin DarrowWhat We Had Left - Gabrielle ContelmoBlood Feathers - S. J. FryQueen of Crows - Rachel AyersThe Song Lives On - Louie SullivanThe Trash King - Maggie SlaterMagic is Given - Jacy MorrisShiver Soft Feathers - L’Erin OgleA Touch of the Wind - Frances PauliThe Sky was Made for Wings - Michael ReedGoing Home - Martin WestlakeFor All That Is And Still Lives - Lisa FranssonA Bird Afraid of Feathers - B. Morris Allen