Beneath the Sky Rings and Other Tales

Beneath the Sky Rings, Ajos of the Rattana discovers a new world beyond her imagining.Damaxi twins, Kil and Sun, are counting on the legend that 'No one looks a Damaxi woman in the eye and refuses her' to help them make their way across the galaxy and out of danger in Second Chances.A Colorblind woman teaches an unkind stranger the power of intention in a world where color is magic.The Eye of Rua Hatu is a rare prize that pirate Capitaine Sabine St. Laurie will risk her life and her crew to possess.There is No Beginning Only Being drags us through the visceral reincarnation of a nameless soul.Karina knows seven things: it's a he; he's huge, comes with the wind and doesn't like rain, light, or birds; he comes in a pattern and he eats people. She calls him Roofwalker.Samira made a video of The Diary of Ordinary Things in 2036 because humans were all going to die, either from aliens or by killing each other. It was all a hoax...probably.A stowaway named Val sees injustice in the acts aboard an airship and decides to take action as the hunters go after the beautiful, cosmic Butterfly Squid in Roar of the Butterfly.A 'miracle worker' curses Ilea's farm after she slights him and she rises from his curse to get an elegant revenge in Cursed Fruit.Sara was The Chosen One-- was-- but there was a mistake, and now, years later, she suffers the consequences of years of battle that the true Chosen One was meant to do.Once known as La Saeta Rubia (The Blonde Arrow) in Mexico City, Tuli used to be a renowned superhero, but The Tale of Tuli took quite a dramatic turn, ending in a dogfight that she never fully recovers from.Agents S and M are confounded by their new work order, On Account of the Glitter, and the notation 'Christmas Miracle.' There are no further instructions.First Sergeant Elena Solís wakes up with a hangover to find herself in a- not the county jail- cell and the last thing she remembers is trying to tip a cow. Unluckily for her, it was The Wrong Cow.A woman goes to the mountains to shed her stress in meditation and encounters a stranger who seems to be from a different time, and mysteriously seems to change form in The Last Bell.Every time Maya looks at the clock it is twenty past the hour, and the world seems to be glitching. Is she going crazy or has she stumbled on something more profound in The 00:20 Paradigm?This collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction stories and flash fictions comes from author Carissa Starr. They range from the cerebral and horrific to the humorous and quirky. Come, join her Beneath the Sky Rings.