“The sound of alarm bells woke Ella even before Papa’s heavy booted feet came pounding down the hall.”

My story, “The Color of Thunder” is available as a reprint in Journeys Beyond the Fantastical Horizon: A Galaxy’s Edge Anthology. Edited by Lezli Robyn. (September 2024)

Available in paperback and kindle at Amazon.

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In Alicia Cay’s thought-provoking and bittersweet short story, “The Color of Thunder,” we witness the beauty an author can create with words. Ella’s brother was murdered, and she is on the verge of losing her parents to grief and anger. How can she help her parents get closure for her brother’s death and save a magical creature’s life in the process, when she can only prove the Seraph’s innocence by revealing she has magical gifts of her own?

—Lezli Robyn
Editor of Galaxy’s Edge magazine

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From the publisher:

Journeys Beyond the Fantastical Horizon offers a fresh exploration of the magical and the otherworldly. From sentient spaceships to anxiety goblins, this anthology explores the breadth and depth of speculative fiction originally published in Galaxy’s Edge magazine, including Aurora, British Fantasy, BSFA, Hugo, Nebula, and Nommo nominated and winning stories. No two pieces are alike, yet all these tales represent the diversity and range of the genre, challenging readers to question societal norms and reality, igniting the imagination. Let each story transport you to unseen worlds, to places and times that exist beyond the boundaries of the familiar, beyond the fantastical horizon.

Your journey awaits.

~xo