From the bestselling authors of the award-winning Once Upon Anthologies, the next fabulous volume is here! Revisit your favorite faerie tales, masterfully retold in science fiction settings with delightful, and sometimes chilling, twists. What if the Twelve Dancing Princesses were undead clones? What if the witch in Hansel and Gretel was an AI-sentient house? Are you ready for the Three Little … Pigs… in space?
These fourteen tales will entertain and inspire you, and you’ll never see your favorite faerie tales quite the same way again. Grab your copy of Once Upon A Star, and don’t forget the other anthologies – Once Upon A Curse, Once Upon A Kiss, and Once Upon A Quest – for more magical retellings!
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This amazing Anthology gives you 14 great faerie tales with a twist of science fiction. It’s so interesting to read. One of my favorites is “Echo” by Nikki Jefford. A Pinocchio twist in a sci-fi setting. It was so interesting reading this new world of Echo and Boomer, her creator. Boomer a brilliant mechanic creates Echo, a cyborg with incredible intelligence and human like feelings. Echo finds her self in a few sticky situations. It’s a great read. I love the idea of mixing sci-fi and faerie tales. Definitely worth getting this anthology.
Once upon a Star brings together sci-fi and fantasy in 14 tantalizing short stories. Each unique in their own way; I found myself completely engrossed. This collection of shorts is a great way to find and get a feel for new Authors. I will certainly be looking into several of their previous/upcoming work and may even find some new favorites for the shelf. As a huge fantasy buff I found the mixture with sci-fi fun and intriguing. There is so much talent bundled in to one book. It was absolutely delightful! ~Sandy
I love Jenna Elizabeth Johnson’s work, so I was thrilled to get an ARC. Even though I wasn’t familiar with the original fairytale on which hers was based, I still loved it. This book is filled with great retellings that have a sci-fi twist. Even if you’re not a sci-fi geek, you’ll still love it. So many great stories
This Anthology is awesome. Each author has written great stories and characters. You must read this group of fabulous books. Phenomenal writers. Must Reads!
Every story in this Wish upon a Star Anthology is set up in the near future and got that Sci-Fi vibes to it! Heres a preview of some of the stories:
ECHO By Nikki Jefford
A “Pinocchio remake” but sci fi version! Hahaha. I loved it! And is not the Disney version either but the original one before that. I can’t express how cute this was. It had me glue from beginning to end. The curiosity of “Echo” robotic girl got the best of her and landed her in big trouble. She made a friend Proto another robot like her who got her on a sticky situation. The interactions she had with Proto was funny but what she shared with Boomer was special. Boomer was her maker and he did everything to entertain her but she still was a curious cat. She craved the “stars and where the wild things” are. And that got her captive by a poacher. While she was trapped and away from Boomer she made some animal friends and an alien blue friend that were prisoners too. She missed Boomer and wished she could return to him. She finally got her chance to escape but realize she could only save her friends get free. Little did she know her blue friend was powerful and actually helped her become human so she could escape. The reunion with Boomer was warm and beautiful.#bestfriendsfirst
True.Love by Alethea Kontis
Aww this one was so different. Set in the future where virtual reality games are everything, Brandon loves spending time exploring and playing the games…until his sister asks for help. She wants him to bring down the biggest love website down: TrueLove. It’s a 100% love matchmaking web that has not failed and paired most of humanity including Brandon’s parents. This drives Mal, Brandon’s sister really mad. According to her, love should be old-school where people meet and get to know each other not by some computer website. Brandon hesitantly agrees…and is shocked to find the creator of the True.Love alive inside the building who everyone thought was dead. It’s even more shocked…that the reason she still is breathing is because of Brandon. Brandon is her 100% match. *cry’s*#sleepingBeautyawoken
Blow Your Planet Down by Shawntelle Madison
What an interesting story. At first it was a little confusing trying to picture this in my head because it involved a wolverine. NOT Hugh Jackman but a real one. A wolverine man and a pig lady. Yes I said that right. I know it took me a while to understand it but once you get past that it wasn’t so bad lol. Let’s just say it takes a humble wolverine to break the walls of a stubborn sassy little pig set on destroying a planet for revenge and save the day.
A Cyrano Solution: A Gaian Consortium Story by Christine Pope
I heart this one so much! The princess and the frog. A “love from a distance” more like it. Marek is an Alien and has secretly liked this specific human girl named Alexa. He made a deal with Alexa’s father and bought her and now is his bride. Is not normal since he is an alien and she is human but he felt this attraction to her immediately. He has his artificial intelligence robot pick her up and bring her to her new home. Alexa is thrilled and a little cautious since she has no idea “who” bought her. He won’t introduce himself yet to her personally uses his AI robot to interact with her while he controls it as if it was him. It has enough backstory and great buildup to know what type of world this is. Both characters were fun to read! He finally gets the courage to meet her and the outcome is perfect. You get that “awww” swoon worthy scene I was waiting for!! I can’t wait to read more stories from this author!#MelovemyAliansRomance
Through Time and Space: A Little Red Riding Hood Tale by Julia Crane
Fae princess and a wolf. Ruby has this nightmares of a wolf. During one if her meditations routines Ruby gets pulled through a time warp only to meet the wolf who wants to End her. According to him Ruby is responsible for killing the love of his life and trapping him on Earth. Ruby believes he is wrong but after confirming with evil granny aka evil queen future version of herself she takes a leap of faith and saves the wolf and kills the queen. That sends Ruby back to her own time. I wish she could of stayed but the wolf belonged to someone else already. A nice little twist for Red and wolf!