Once upon a time, James Hance was living in Florida, creating Relentlessly Cheerful Art that features Wookie the Chew and the Doctor and his Wife. Lisa Mantchev was across the country writing young adult novels and covering everything with glitter. Then their worlds collided, a fairy laughed, and that laugh broke into a thousand story pieces.

Lisa and James are now spending quite a lot of time putting those story pieces together. But here's a sneak peek at what's coming:

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The place where the real world ends and Allyria begins isn't marked by a wall of any kind. There's not a line in the mud or a gap in the leaves betray it, but the border is there just the same. Wavering. Golden with dust motes captured in slanted sunlight

Just beyond lurks a priestess heart-tethered to a dragon. The Hunter and Hunted. The massive stone-hewn tiger under a terrible curse

And all of them wait for the child. The girl with eyes the same blue as the sky

The one who can save them all.

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