Anthology | Edie Skye

Surprise! We’ve got a new short story out, this time in a sci-fi anthology! 😄

Dancing with Destruction comes from Editor Jason Cordova at Baen Books, and has a super fun origin story.

Basically, cover art was commissioned for another of Baen‘s books … but the resulting illustration ended up not fitting the vibe the publisher was looking for.

However, it was still a kickass piece of art.

So, Jason presented this art to a handful of authors – ourselves included – and said, “Hey, want to write a short story for an anthology based on this cover?” 😀

Jacob saw this art and immediately said “HECK YES! I already have the perfect Sol Blazers story in mind.” But then he looked at his packed writing schedule. 😬 Then he looked to me and said, “What if we make this a Jacob Holo + Edie Skye collaboration?” 😏

Thus we get “The Joy of the Chase,” an adventure in Jacob’s Sol Blazers universe wherein our underpaid heroes take a simple missing persons job on a deserted jungle habitat … and find it not so deserted at all. In fact, it’s a whole lot hotter than expected. 😈

Also, if you weren’t aware of my love for over-the-top 80s action movies, you will be after this short. Yes, I watched Predator for research. Yes, Jacob had to cut plenty of 80s action movie references, and YES, Jason cut more. 🤣

(This is not the version where Nathan + Aiko chase an acid-bleeding monster through simulated vents made of interwoven jungle branches, but I assure you, it’s still cool.)

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Also, if you have no idea what Sol Blazers is, go check it out! It’s basically adventure space opera for people who are mad that Firefly never got a second season, with catgirls, sassy androids, and maybe a lil’ mild cosmic horror. 🤣

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2024 is turning into our CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP year, so hey, here’s another pre-order! 😄

And it releases April 19th, so you don’t have to wait all that long for it! 😄

At last year’s FantaSci, editor Rob Howell told me he was putting together an anthology of heroic people doing noble deeds and asked if I’d be willing to contribute a Titan Mage story.

Since Titan Mage is chock full of heroic people doing noble stuff, no way was I gonna say no!

My entry in this one continues the adventures set up in Giant Freakin’ Robots. Titled “Romancing Some Rock,” it follows Rion and Sevas as they help a hot girl escape her crappy Vasori family by adventuring for a neat shiny rock. 💎 As Adventure Heroes do.

It’s a fun, wild read that plays on a lot of my favorite adventure movie tropes. (If you’re wondering whether the title is a reference to Romancing the Stone, you’ll be pleased to know there’s a beer in this story named Jewel of Denial. 😉)

BTW, we’re going to be guests at FantaSci in Durham, NC on April 19th-21st, so if you want to hang out in person, come see us!

Dancing with Destruction is out today from Baen Books!

Paladins of Valor is up for pre-order!