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.