Lake People and Other Speculative Tales
Anna D. Allen
- From
- a
- padded
- cell
- to
- Jacobean
- England
- to
- a
- distant
- planet,
- the
- fiction
- of
- award-winning
- writer
- Anna
- D.
- Allen
- is
- as
- eclectic
- as
- ever
- in
- her
- second
- collection
- of
- short
- stories,
- Lake
- People
- and
- Other
- Speculative
- Tales.Bella
- would
- be
- a
- master
- mage…
- if
- only
- she
- could
- remember
- her
- vocabulary.On
- the
- planet
- Caledonia,
- little
- Ellie
- Fisher-Jones
- quickly
- discovers
- tree-climbing
- just
- isn’t
- the
- same
- when
- the
- trees
- ask
- questions.What’s
- a
- Horsewoman
- of
- the
- Apocalypse
- to
- do
- when
- she
- wearies
- of
- bloated
- babies?
- Go
- shopping,
- of
- course.In
- space,
- there
- are
- no
- rest
- stops.Sir
- Henry’s
- collection
- of
- Egyptian
- antiquities
- is
- the
- finest
- in
- Europe.
- Now,
- if
- his
- granddaughter
- Beatrice
- would
- just
- stop
- raising
- the
- dead....Alison
- hears
- voices.
- Some
- people
- think
- that’s
- a
- bad
- thing.
- The
- voices
- disagree.Thomas
- Reed
- just
- wanted
- to
- buy
- some
- land.
- He
- didn't
- intend
- for
- the
- village
- midwife
- to
- go
- up
- in
- flames
- in
- the
- process.The
- Natives
- say
- if
- suitable
- offerings
- are
- made,
- the
- Lake
- Spirits
- return
- what
- was
- lost
- to
- the
- waters.
- But
- Kate
- never
- lost
- anything…
- so
- what
- out
- on
- the
- dark
- lake
- is
- watching
- her?Ten
- tales
- relating
- snippets
- of
- the
- human
- experience,
- each
- with
- a
- speculative
- twist,
- from
- dark
- fantasy
- to
- science
- fiction—plus
- a
- touch
- of
- warped
- humor,
- along
- with
- a
- dash
- of
- creepy.Includes:
- “Voices
- in
- a
- Distant
- Room”
- (Young
- Adult),
- “Mordecai’s
- Grimoire,”
- “Lonely
- Famine,
- Happy
- at
- Last,”
- “Lake
- People,”
- “Hallyhee,
- Cried
- the
- Trees”
- (for
- kids
- and
- their
- grown-ups),
- “Upon
- the
- Daily
- Cargo
- Run”
- (Middle
- Grade),
- “Immolation,”
- “The
- Mage,
- the
- Siege,
- and
- the
- Miscast
- Spells”
- (Young
- Adult),
- and
- “Sir
- Henry’s
- New
- Mummy”
- (Middle
- Grade),
- as
- well
- as
- the
- post-apocalyptic
- western,
- “Ten
- Gallons
- a
- Whore,”
- winner
- of
- Writers
- of
- the Future.
