Unfettered

You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hogdkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story Shawn could sell toward alleviating those bills—and suggested Shawn ask the same of his other friends. Unfettered is the result, an anthology built to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre. Every story in this volume is new and, like the title suggests, the writers were free to write whatever they wished. Authors contributing are -Walker and the Shade of Allanon by Terry Brooks (a Shannara tale) -Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks (a precursor to the Word/Void trilogy) -How Old Holly Came To Be by Patrick Rothfuss (a Four Corners tale) -River of Souls by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (a Wheel of Time tale) -The Old Scale Game by Tad Williams -Martyr of the Roses by Jacqueline Carey (a precursor to the Kushiel series) -Dogs by Daniel Abraham -Mudboy by Peter V. Brett (a Demon Cycle tale) -Nocturne by Robert V