This installment of Rhonda Parrish's alphabet anthology series asks skilled storytellers to write around the theme of chimera. The resulting tales are part fable, part poem, part dream. But like any chimera, the parts make up a greater whole. Blend reality with fantasy. Mesh science fiction with mystery. Mix history with what should have been. They are all chimera. A shadow tells a tale of schoolyard bullies. A long-vanished monster returns from the cold dark. Make-up makes up a life. Alchemy, Atlantis, and apocalypse. These 26 tales bring both chaos and closure to dark and elusively...

Broken people, broken promises, broken dreams and broken objects are just some of the ways these 26 fantastic stories interpret the theme of 'Broken'. From science fiction to fantasy, horror to superheroes the stories within these pages cover a vast swath of the genres under the speculative fiction umbrella. Contributing writers are: Brittany Warman Milo James Fowler C.S. MacCath Sara Cleto Samantha Kymmell-Harvey Megan Arkenberg Gary B. Phillips Alexandra Seidel Jonathan C. Parrish Simon Kewin Beth Cato Cory Cone Cindy James Alexis A. Hunter Michael M. Jones Steve Bornstein BD Wilson Michael...