OH GIVE ME STORIES, LOTS OF STORIES A dragon's tears; Gilgamesh returned; lovers in space; gin, beer, blood; passion and heartbreak; wild legends, gritty truths-and one truly plucky realtor-you'll find all this and more in Eastlick and Other Stories. Shannon Page's kaleidoscopic collection of marvelous tales meanders from post-apocalyptic Cyprus, medieval Venice, and the Age of Legends, to the far reaches of outer space-and inner space too. As Janna Silverstein writes in her Introduction, "Like a good glass of wine, a good short story offers complexity and buzz." Sit down here with Shannon...

Strange things begin happening on the back-to-the-land commune. Yet the adults, busy grooving out with easy drugs and free love, shrug off each tragedy. Only the ten-year-old Princess understands what's really going on. A dark presence has emerged on the Land, and it seems that it speaks to her. Can she hold onto her tenuous influence over the presence long enough to save her family?

THE USUAL PATH TO PUBLICATION 27 stories about 27 ways in Edited by Shannon Page It looks straightforward from the outside, doesn't it? Write an amazing book, get an agent, get a book deal, and voila Fame and fortune As you will see in these essays, however, a writer is vastly more likely to follow a complex, switch-backing trail than a straightforward path, one strewn with the boulders of rejection letters, the quicksand of endless revisions, and the snake pits of publishing house reorganizations, business failures, and would-be scammers. To the right is the sheer cliff of despair; to the...