The Emperor's Golden Carp and Other Stories

Golden carp, braceleted bones. This remarkable collection of fantasy scifi stories begins with--A secret trek into the ancient capital of an enslaved nation.A hermaphroditic visitor from another planet, forced to choose.An artist who doesn't cure people.Two half-crazy inmates who are just looking for a good time and have never set out to change the face of anything.It continues with--A planet where slavery thrives, met by a freedom-loving researcher...
An Egyptian noblewoman and a revolution... A shipwrecked herbalist who finds her own cure... A mesmerizing voice, and a batch of genius crepes.An improbable search for an ancient Martian artifact..And the ending? These are tales to savor. Warning:You may hate to see them end. Advance reader reviews, The Emperor's Golden Carp:"These stories are enjoyable, creative, and wonderfully surprising!" KJ".I was so involved in the story and how the characters were evolving, I did not want it to end." TK"I was immediately drawn into the first, and the second...
I said, 'this is my favorite' but then the next one became my favorite. I really loved it." CH A collection of fantasy scifi stories set in many times and locations, on Earth and in other places -- past, present and future -- with a common denominator: magic and the paranormal, and the characters who experience them.