Dragons are well known for their hoards—but not hoards are created equal.
A young dragon starts his hoard with some very precious gifts. One dragon shares her complaints about taxes with a friend as they wait for a lunch delivery. Another dragon defends her most precious treasures against a group of greedy goblins. And yet another may hold the solution to saving the Earth after a devastating apocalypse in his collection of bottled treasures.
In addition to the normal gold, silver and jewels here you will find dragons who collection many different treasures.
28 storytellers invite you to enter The Dragon’s Hoard and share the treasure’s within.
A native Texan, Carol found her way to her current home in Colorado by way of a five-year detour in The Nederlands - courtesy of her husband Tim and the US Air Force.
An avid reader at a young age, her strong desire to write came from her love of (her husband calls it obsession with) Star Trek. It was this early love of Star Trek that led her to the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres.
Carol's family includes her husband Tim; their son John; and her four-footed canine friend Kans, all of whom somehow manage to tolerate her imaginary friends and worlds.
In addition to her own writing she is an acquisitions editor for Flying Pen Press - also located in Colorado. She also edits and publishes two on-line magazines - The Lorelei Signal and Sorcerous Signals.
A member of:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) Electronically Published Internet Connection (EPIC) Pikes Peak Writers Broad Universe
Her publication credits include:
Creature Fantastic (Anthology) - DAW Books - 2001 PanGaia Magazine - Summer 2004 Illuminated Manuscripts (Anthology) - Dragon Tooth Fantasy - 2005 Stories of Strength (Anthology) - 2005 Beyond Centauri - Apr & Oct 2006 The Stygian Soul (Anthology) - Double Dragon Publishing - 2006 Baen's Universe - Feb 2007 Tales of the Talisman - March 2007
She is also a contributing author to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction - Dragon Moon Books - 2007
Her work has been translated into Polish by Nowa Fantastyka.
You are invited to visit her website at www.carolhightshoe.com Feel free to email her at petaQ@msn.com "
Published by Sky Warrior Books, The Dragon’s Hoard is a themed anthology where every story has two things: a dragon, and a hoard. Exactly how those two words are interpreted is entirely up to the author, and there are a lot of different interpretations spread across twenty-seven stories. As always, no rating and no opinion from me for a volume I'm in. You couldn’t trust it, anyway. Are there good stories in The Dragon’s Hoard? Absolutely. Do I think you should buy it? Of course. I have a story in the book, after all.
Table Of Contents:
Musings of a Dragon – Joseph Macolino Dragon Treasure – P. Irene Radford Life With Smokey – John Lance Hoard – Deby Fredericks Hosting Happy Hoarders – Sheryl Normandeau Meltdown – Chris Barili When the Next Wind Blows… – Holly Holt Mosaic – K.L.J Anderson The Problem with Princessess – Sarina Dorie Ugly Girl – Lyn McConchie The Young Dragon’s Hoard – V. Hartman DiSanto Feed the Dragons – Christina Morris Time of the Month – Carol Hightshoe Dragon’s Tooth – Alexis Glynn Latner A Different Kind of Dark – David J. Fielding The Naming of Cats – Rebecca McFarland Kyle The Dragon’s Clause – Kelly A. Harmon The H-Word – T. J. O’Hare Shreddy and the Dancing Dragon – Mary E. Lowd Here by Choice – Gerri Leen Dragonomics – Lance Schonberg The Price of Everything – Shenoa Carroll-Bradd Here Be Dragons – Violet Addison and David N. Smith Smelling Gold – Matthew Harrison The Tortoise – Helen Greetham These Things Held Most Dear – Harry Harding Hawkins Jr., Harding McFadden The Dragon at the End of Time – Kathleen Price