Together is a Distant Star by A.J. Calvin, V. Carvajal Leiva, Nancy Foster, Andrea Marie Johnson, Natalie Kelda, C.B. Lansdell, Karen Lykkebo, Erika McCorkle, Branwen OShea, Alyse N. Steves, Delilah Waan, Isabelle Wagner

How far would you go to find where you belong? A shapeshifting alien changeling raised by humans. The “wicked” child selected as the village sacrifice. People trapped in rigid belief systems, oppressive regimes, well-intentioned families, complicated relationships, and their very own bodies. Is it better to succumb and survive, or escape by staking everything on a slender hope? What triumphs in the end, love or vengeance? And if all that remains is ashes, is it still worth it? Grapple with these questions by diving into twelve new science fiction and fantasy stories. Together is a Distant Star is a collaborative anthology that encompasses authors hailing from Europe to Australia, South Africa to South America, and celebrates a kaleidoscope of perspectives—female, nonbinary, BIPOC, queer, and more. Featuring stories from: A.J. Calvin, C.B. Lansdell, Nancy Foster, V. Carvajal Leiva, Karen Lykkebo, Erika McCorkle, Branwen OShea, Alyse Steves, Delilah Waan, and Isabelle Wagner.

New Adult • Fantasy/Science Fantasy • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Diversity Representation/BIPOC/Own Voices • Fantasy/Dark • Anthologies

Content Warning: Profanity, mutilation, mental intrusion and facial disfigurements, verbal abuse, psychological abuse, child abuse, postpartum maternal death (mentioned), strangulation, violence, cannibalism, self-harm (mentioned), pregnancy (mentioned), incest (depicted), starvation, rotting limbs, amputation, attempted suicide (depicted), transphobia, post partum haemorrhage gore and related medical procedures (explicit); threatened ritual suicide (explicit).