Somewhere Beyond

One collection. Ten doorways into worlds you won't want to leave.From a USA Today bestselling author comes an award-winning treasury of novellas, short stories, and flash fiction, spanning science fiction, fantasy, mythology, and the supernatural. Some stories stand entirely on their own. Others are your first step into full series that readers have called unforgettable.Journey with a Chinese sailor and a Portuguese cartographer, centuries apart, both touched by the same alien intelligence (East of the Sun, a Prometheus Saga story). Discover the hidden truth behind Rudyard Kipling's most infamous tiger (Shere Khan, a Masters Reimagined tale). Meet the woman who raised a Shang-dynasty queen in secret (The Seventeenth Slave, a Double Helix prequel). Watch a mother risk everything against a vampire dynasty in the domed city of eternal night (Nocturnes, an Aeternae Noctis novella). And step into the New Orleans underworld of clones, mutants, and telepaths with Miriya, your introduction to the multi-award-winning Double Helix series.Along the way: a haunted house's most put-upon ghost, a man returning home twenty years out of time, an immortal ferryman with one friend left to save, and a cafe where nothing is quite what it seems.Contents:Insecurity Complex (flash fiction, Royal Palm Literary Award winner)Delayed Connections (short story)East of the Sun (Prometheus Saga)Shere Khan (The Masters Reimagined)The Seventeenth Slave (Double Helix universe)Upon the Styx (short story)A Tail of Two Deities (The Light Fantastic anthology)OM-G Cafe (short story)Nocturnes (Aeternae Noctis)Miriya (Double Helix Case Files)Whether you're new to Jade Kerrion's worlds or already a fan, Somewhere Beyond is the perfect place to start, or to linger a little longer.