Welcome to the Federation of the Hub, an interstellar mosaic of governments and people. When ancient living biological machines suddenly begin to move after millennia of inaction many of the Hub's most powerful people and groups begin vying for the secret locked in these machines. Enter Trigger Argee, the closest associate of the man who first discovered these machines, Holati Tate. Tate has disappeared and she must find him and solve the mystery of these machines and their creators. Doing so will be no easy task as she is worth a great deal, dead or alive, to more than one of the numerous...

The essays in this anthology explore the manner in which writers construct their literary worlds of poetry, science fiction, and fiction. This work comprises the grassroots level of writing, the heart and soul of the writing world, and illustrates the way that writing and style organically grows from the work writers do. From the use of violence in fiction, to the importance of witness in poetry, to world bulding, to the manner in which gender places a critical role in the writing craft, there is a breadth of experience and concepts critical to anyone engaged in the field. Learn about...