DRAGONESQUE:

Is anything more terrifying than a dragon? Bat-winged nightmares swooping down from the sky to breathe fire and ice on the wretched humans below, kidnapping princesses, hoarding treasure, swallowing cows.

Or not.

In DRAGONESQUE, the latest fantastic anthology from Zombies Need Brains, you finally get to experience all that awfulness from the dragon’s point of view. And what if it isn’t necessarily that awful? What if the princess wants to be kidnapped, or the dragon is tired of being made fun of week after week at the Renaissance Faire? Or maybe a dragonet just really, really wants to be a unicorn? Perhaps they’re happiest collecting art, or enjoy being tattooed? Or maybe some dragons like putting out fires more than starting them…unless they absolutely have to? DRAGONESQUE features sixteen original stories from such fiery authors as Esther M. Friesner, Madeline Dau, Niall Spain, Russell Hugh McConnell, Grace Eliza, Mike Jack Stoumbos, Paul D. Smith, Jean Marie Ward, Gerald Brandt, Gini Koch & Bebe Bayliss, Larry Ivkovich, Barbara Campbell, Journey Sloane, Em McDermott, Auston Habershaw, and David B. Coe.

See the world as the dragons see it, from the delightfully delicious to the tastefully transactional. Welcome to DRAGONESQUE.

“Slay” by Esther M. Friesner
“Avarice and Vengeance” by Madeline Dau
“The Princess Network” by Niall Spain
“Cold Fire of Manhattan” by Russell Hugh McConnell
“Duck, Duck, Dragon” by Grace Eliza
“Sheep Rarely Wear Gold” by Mike Jack Stoumbos
“The Exposé” by Paul D. Smith
“Lord Bai and the Magic Pirate” by Jean Marie Ward
“Tatsu: Cryo Five” by Gerald Brandt
“A Kind Arthur Dragon in Space Station 23's Court” by Gini Koch & Bebe Bayliss
“Migration Season” by Larry Ivkovich
“Bone and Blood” by Barbara Campbell
“The Breeding Habits of Dragons” by Journey Sloane
“Gods in Chains” by Em McDermott
"The Left Hand of Giordino" by Auston Habershaw
"Reenactment" by David B. Coe