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Wild Monsters Dance About is a collection of 21 short stories that will take into author M.J. Sewall’s unruly mind. These finely tuned tales jump through genres, concepts and characters, predicaments, adventures, and conundrums. Whether about everyday-science going terribly wrong in "Unintended Science" to animal evolution suddenly speeding up in "It Finally happened" or the prickly family politics of road trips in "Sibling Warfare", these stories will thrill, delight, and discombobulate your imagination.

How would you like to read minds? Freeze time itself? See any place in the world through a mirror? It may sound glamorous and exciting, but to the teenagers manifesting these talents, it is the beginning of a terrifying adventure that will challenge everything they thought they knew. In a sleepy California town, five teenagers discover that they are part of a secret struggle, with talents that none of them ever imagined. Before they know it, they're plunged into an ancient battle of good versus evil that will question everything they know about the world, and themselves.

Three Rageto elders have come together to end the breakout of new heroes, and the ancient Amartus warriors that helped them before are missing. They must face this new threat alone. This time, new allies appear, but many more enemies are hiding in the shadows, ready to strike. No one is safe, not even their families. New truths about the ancient struggle come to light, but will it be enough to save them? No choice is easy and danger is everywhere, and the world will be changed forever.

Two young kings now rule the Kingdom of the Thirteen, surrounded by enemies. Facing a threat unlike anything the world has ever seen, the two have discovered that their prized airships can’t protect them against all dangers. One must leave to find the source of the new threat, while the other stays and faces enemies on all fronts. But even with the corrupt old rulers gone, their work is far from finished. Loyalties are tested and boundaries broken, as the kings try to establish who they can trust in the new world.

After getting fired from her safe job, wannabe writer Jane discovers what a wide world of other Janes there are. Ego-surfing with her best friend Christian gives her the idea: the book she was born to write. The next step? An epic road trip. With a skimpy plan and an even skinnier budget, they blaze from California to New York, meeting Jane Waldens as they quest for the perfect angle, the just-so interview question. The business Jane in Vegas, the seemingly happy Mom Jane in Nebraska, the tough-as-nails Jane. But wait. Is this becoming a cliché? All surface and no substance?

Two boy kings are a world apart, both in grave danger by forces out of their control. Held captive by their fate, they must find any means to survive. The mysterious distant leader called the father finally steps out of the shadows to threaten every kingdom with his deadly new weapon. Can his true plans be discovered before the destruction begins?

In need of a new king, the choosing tower fills with names, and Gordon is relieved he has no chance at the crown. He hopes his sweetblood illness takes him out of the running; making it all the more shocking when he's chosen. The beginning of a nightmare that forces Gordon to flee his own kingdom.