Short Journeys to New Worlds

By Mark Shrewsbury

In the first story, "Quick on a Fairy's Wings", Aismere is the Princess of the Fairyborn Nation. After discovering the theft of one of the Fairies' most important talismans, the Northern Light, Aismere is forced to go after the thief.

The second story, "An Assassin's Car", follows Jack, an assassin hired to kill a high value witness and his mistress. Jack is forced to make a tough decision when he discovers that the mistress has a child.

In the third story, "Alier", a Water Hunter named Alier goes on a journey through the World Desert toward the ruins of New York. Not long after her departure, Alier is confronted by another Water Hunter named Hiliis Rohs about her risky behavior.

The fourth story, "A Red Truck and Some Hope", follows Mike Whillemy, a depressed veteran whose wife and kids were killed. Mike receives an opportunity to rediscover hope from a complete stranger in a red truck.

The last story, "Into the Hell Shroud", dives into the story of Tyms Sig, the Captain of the Elven Queen's High Guard. Tyms is summoned back to the Elven capital city of Kporum Brim to receive a mission from the Queen. The mission requires him to return to the one place he swore he never would.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Shrewsbury
• Release date: May 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463639276

Mark Shrewsbury

Mark B. Shrewsbury is a film writer who specializes in science fiction, fantasy and horror. He is earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Entertainment at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Mark’s story, "Meghan Smith & the Averted Disaster on Flight 389", was published in Issue 4 of the Furtive Dalliance Literary Review in the winter of 2018. Mark is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and he served in the United States Army for twenty years as both a paralegal and a broadcast journalist. Mark can be followed via his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-shrewsbury-23a7a767/.

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Short Journeys to New Worlds

by Mark B. Shrewsbury

Copyright  Mark Brandon Shrewsbury, 2019

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Quick on a Fairy's Wings

An Assassin’s Car

Alier

A Red Truck and Some Hope

Into the Hell Shroud

About the Author

Quick on a Fairy's Wings

We must stop them, Aismere said. Her silky wings raised up a bit as if to reinforce the urgency of her words. She reached out, took Oslyc by the hand, and guided him over to the open window. Once there, Aismere reached outside the window and pointed east toward what could only be described as a great wall of wind and ice. She whispered, You know that no one ever comes back from the Arouran Fall.

What I know is that I am not going near that place and, if Idca and Unyp wish to end their lives that desperately, that is their business and not mine, Oslyc said defiantly. "As a matter of fact, I do think I will go sup with