"...one of the few writers whose work I'll read immediately, upon publication, in hardcover if necessary." -- Elaine Cunningham, New York Times best-selling author of Dark Journey What do a broom-wielding wizard's apprentice, a goddess with postpartum depression, a sentient electric chair, a Navy Chop on planetside rotation, and a boy with Downs Syndrome who is more than what he seems - at least some of the time - have in common? They're all characters waiting for you on the other side of Bridges of Longing and Other Strange Passageways, a collection of twelve stories and fourteen poems from multiple-award nominee Marsheila Rockwell. Once you venture across that mist-shrouded bridge and step through the swirling portal, you'll discover: * 1994 Dell Award Honoree, "Auf Widdershins," * 2006 Rhysling Award Nominee, "Fairy Tale Ending," * 2008 Rhysling Award Nominees, "Brothers in Arms" and "Those Who Wait," * 2010 Rhysling Award Nominee, "Of Amaranth and Honey," * 2013 Rhysling Nominee "Enter Persephone," * ...and many more, including brand new horror stories "Catechism" and "The Thing at the Foot of the Bed," as well as an ode to a god too clever for his own good, "I, Alone." So, come, cross the bridge, enter those strange passageways, and explore the magical worlds you find there - worlds you'll never want to leave. "Every time I re-read "The Short Bus" I wish I'd written it. One of the best, most moving short stories I've ever read, in a collection of amazing stories and poems, from one of my favorite, must-read authors? That's an automatic must-buy!" -- Gini Koch, author of the Alien/Katherine "Kitty" Katt series