You can now download my award-winning short story “An Acolyte of Black Spires” as a digital standalone. This is the first time I’ve made the story available outside of Writers of the Future Vol. XXII, where it originally debuted. It serves as a (less direct) prologue to Turn Over the Moon, introducing key ideas and supporting characters, so it another way you can prepare yourself for the full epic coming in October.

The new digital edition features another stunning cover by Robert Zoltan: