Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Third Volume in the Acclaimed Series! Volume 3 features dragons, fairies, cats, and more. Oh, so much more, including a talking oak tree named Fred. Rusch and Smith called this volume "Creatures," but the twenty acclaimed stories in this book go far beyond even that. For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith wrote professional fantasy short stories that won awards...

Everyone fails at times. Writers fail in predictable ways-ways both foreseeable and preventable. In this WMG Writer's Guide, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch addresses the pitfalls writers face and offers solutions to help them overcome those obstacles. Because the best writers push through their challenges to ultimately find success, as Rusch brilliantly illustrates in these real-world examples.

Epic, powerful, and stunningly written, New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Black King concludes this thrilling saga of the Fey-for now. While Gift makes his way to Blue Isle, and Rugad's hold on Arianna's mind strengthens, Gift faces impossible choices. As the fight for his sister's soul rages to its thrilling conclusion, Kristine Kathryn Rusch's masterful storytelling demonstrates that salvation demands the ultimate sacrifice. From...

Surprising, shocking, and powerfully written, New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Changeling continues the thrilling saga of the quest for power fought over generations. The hard-won peace on Blue Isle rests on an uneasy truce. But a stunning series of betrayals shatter not only that truce, but also any hope for the peaceful coexistence of the warrior Fey and the people of Blue Isle. In a pulse-pounding tour de force, where...

Nell's determination drives her throughout her life. It allowed her to play baseball when only "tomboys" played. It allowed her to walk again when doctors said she never would. And now, even in old age, it will allow her to find answers to questions plaguing her for her entire life.But the answers she seeks solve one mystery and pose another.Chosen as one of the best short stories of the 20th century, "The Young Shall See Visions and the Old Dream...

Gripping, imaginative, and a tour-de-force of thrilling storytelling, New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Kirilli Matter launches her acclaimed Fey series into exciting new territory. When the investigation of a brutal murder scene points to terrifying suspects, Augusta Kirilli must find a way to protect her family's secrets-secrets so long buried, she must discover their meaning or risk her own destruction. Set in the world...

Angie achieved fame as a spacer. But when some fresh-faced interviewer asks Angie to tell the origin story of the Space Bimbos, the interviewer gets more than she bargained for. Instead, Angie tells the tale of a group of ambitious and talented girls who, inspired by an old pulp magazine called Rocket Girls, cobbled together a rocket and tried to blast off into space-and then, made history. With "Rocket Girls," Kristine Kathryn Rusch puts her own...

Welcome to The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®! We have another great lineup of stories (and the conclusion of our first serial, Tony Rothman's fine near-future novel, Firebird). No matter whether you like classic, golden age authors (Ray Bradbury, George O. Smith, Poul Anderson), fun pulp fiction (Talmage Powell, Murray Leinster, Keith Laumer), modern authors (Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Smith, John Gregory Betancourt), or authors whose work spans...

Discoverability: a modern marketing buzzword. For writers, discoverability means the difference between gaining an audience and publishing into the void. Now, USA Today bestselling author and renowned business blogger Kristine Kathryn Rusch deftly tackles the topic of discoverability in this latest WMG Writers' Guide. Rusch covers topics such as when to hire help, how to measure success and the most important thing a writers can do. With Discoverability,...

To pay off her law school debts, Kerrie works in the public defender's office at the Interspecies Court. Her workload includes more clients than she can defend, most of them from cultures she does not understand. The public defender's office loses almost all of its cases, but sometimes it gets a win. Kerrie thinks she has a winner. But does she? Or will winning the case mean she loses at everything else?