Sword and Sonnet — Alex Acks

Nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the Aurealis Award and the Ditmar Award.Sword and Sonnet contains twenty-three fantasy and science fiction stories featuring battle poets. A poet in search of the dragon her mother banished. A labyrinth that is the last sanctuary against the hunger consuming the world. A gunslinger who kills with a single word. A machete-wielding poet defending her street against the children of revenge. A spaceship-devouring poet who sings to the stars.With stories from:Alex Acks, C.S.E. Cooney, Matt Dovey, Malon Edwards, Spencer Ellsworth, Ingrid Garcia, Samantha Henderson, S.L. Huang, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Cassandra Khaw, Margo Lanagan, Kira Lees, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Anya Ow, Tony Pi, A.E. Prevost, A. Merc Rustad, Carlie St. George, Victoria Sandbrook, Hayley Stone, Setsu Uzume, Suzanne J. Willis and A.C. Wise