To all who are interested, there is a new anthology coming out next month and now available for pre-order: Thirteen: Stories of Transformation. It features a short story by frequent Axler author Rik Hoskin.

The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. This is the genesis and root of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation. The twenty-eight authors of this collection are voices—new and old—who are not afraid to explore what comes next. Whether it be a life after death, a life without love, a life filled with hunger, or the life shared by a ghost. These are stories of the weird, the mythic, the fantastic, the futuristic, the supernatural, and the horrific.

The ghosts of the past have been eaten by the children of the future: this endless cycle of birth, death, and renewal is the magic of thirteen.

Do not fear change. Embrace it. Let Thirteen be the handbook for the new you.

With stories from:

• Liz Argall
• M. David Blake
• Richard Bowes
• George Cotronis
• Amanda C. Davis
• Julie C. Day
• Jetse de Vries
• Jennifer Giesbrecht
• Daryl Gregory
• Rik Hoskin
• Rebecca Kuder
• Claude Lalumière
• Marc Levinthal
• Grá Linnaea
• >Alex Dally MacFarlane
• Juli Mallett
• Lyn McConchie
• Fiona Moore
• Gregory L. Norris
• Adrienne J. Odasso
• Cat Rambo
• Andrew Penn Romine
• David Tallerman
• Tais Teng
• Richard Thomas
• Fran Wilde
• A. C. Wise
• Christie Yant