Lost Lore · a Fantasy Anthology

Hidden pasts. Secrets

untold. Legends half-remembered. Fifteen fantasy writers gather to bring

fifteen tales to life, each one a unique glimpse into a wholly original

world.On the Emerald Road, a dead Sage triggers a brutal trial

beneath the forest floor. There, a young man must fight--and kill--both

friends and enemies to become the next wielder of the fabled Emerald

Blade.In Midgard, a priestess of humble birth forges a strange

bond with an ancient being as she searches for justice in a land that

often rewards cruelty, betrayal, and bloodshed.And in the

Yarnsworld, the Magpie King teaches two brothers a dangerous lesson

about the power of stories. Sticks and stones may indeed break

bones...but they cannot hurt the Bramble Man.In worlds ravaged

by flood, fire, and frost, mere mortals strive to make their own legends

amidst demons and deities a like. And in lands racked with human

strife--where evil endures and no one is ever safe--scarred heroes fight

forces even darker than their own personal demons.Why do they fight?Some

seek to better the world, or themselves. Others are out to right old

wrongs. But whatever their goal--reward, redemption, or just

respite--the truth will out eventually. For no story is ever truly lost

so long as there exists one to tell it.