Shining Brightly – The Polestars sampler

You’ve seen me mention the Polestars short story collections from Newcon Press before now? Twelve volumes (so far), bringing together selected short fiction from acclaimed authors writing across the full gamut of speculative fiction.

Now there’s a taster collection of a dozen stories, one from each author, available in an ebook from Amazon for the bargain price of £2.25. Click here

In case you’re wondering, my story in this has only previously been published in my Polestars collection, Different Times and Other Places.

Where are you going to get a better offer today? Enjoy stories from writers whose work you already know and like, and try authors new to you. Start your 2026 Year of Reading in style!

Author: Juliet

Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels so far. Her debut, The Thief’s Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. The Green Man’s Heir was her first modern fantasy inspired by British folklore in 2018. The Green Man’s Quarry in 2023, the sixth title to follow, won the BSFA Award for Best Novel. The Green Man’s Holiday continues this ongoing series in October 2025. Her 2023 novel The Cleaving is a female-centred retelling of the story of King Arthur, while her shorter stories include forays into dark fantasy, steampunk and science fiction. She promotes SF&Fantasy by reviewing, by blogging on book trade issues, attending conventions and teaching creative writing. She has served as a judge for the James White Award, the Aeon Award, the Arthur C Clarke Award and the World Fantasy Awards. In 2015 she received the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award. As J M Alvey, she has written historical murder mysteries set in ancient Greece.

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