The fifth and final installment in the powerhouse science fiction & fantasy anthology series Shapers of Worlds, featuring award-winning and bestselling authors, is currently available!
Shadowpaw Press in Regina, Saskatchewan, is thrilled to announce the release on March 25 of Shapers of Worlds Volume V, the final installment in a powerhouse anthology series that has featured some of today’s top writers of science fiction and fantasy, including major award-winners and international bestsellers, all of whom were guests on editor Edward Willett’s Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers.
“Kickstarting and editing the Shapers of Worlds anthology series has been one of the greatest thrills of my career,” says Willett, himself an award-winning author, as well as publisher of Shadowpaw Press. “It has been a joy working with all of the amazing authors who have been featured in the five volumes—106 in total, including Hugo, Nebula, and Aurora Award winners and major bestsellers, as well as newer authors just beginning to make their mark. I can’t wait for readers to enjoy this latest crop of outstanding stories. My love of science fiction began with reading short stories, and it’s gratifying to be able to carry on in the tradition of some of the anthologies I read as a much younger reader. I’m also excited that, for the second time, the anthology is illustrated. Every story features a fabulous black-and-white illustration by talented Calgary artist Wendi Nordell.”
He adds, “While The Worldshapers podcast continues, it has now broadened its scope to authors outside of science fiction and fantasy, so this seems an opportune time to bring this particular series to an end.”
Shapers of Worlds Volume V features stories by Brad C. Anderson, Edo van Belkom, J. G. Gardner, Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Chadwick Ginther, Evan Graham, M. C. A. Hogarth, M. J. Kuhn, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Kevin Moore, Robin Stevens Payes, James S. Peet, Omari Richards, Lawrence M. Schoen, Alex Shvartsman, Alan Smale, Richard Sparks, P. L. Stuart, Brad R. Torgersen, Hayden Trenholm, Brian Trent, Eli K. P. William, Edward Willett, and Natalie Wright.
More about Shapers of Worlds Volume V
The fifth and final installment in a series of powerhouse anthologies featuring some of today’s top authors of science fiction and fantasy
From outer space to inner space, from realms of the never-were to those of the here-and-now and the soon-to-be, the twenty-four authors in this fifth and final collection of science fiction and fantasy by writers featured on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers plunge readers into fantastic worlds filled with unforgettable characters.
Teenagers are disappearing in a mysterious grove, and no one knows why—not even those who escape it. The god of love finds magical arrows just don’t cut it in the modern world of digital matchmaking. A prisoner discovers he has been stripped of thirty-five years of memories as punishment for a crime he cannot remember. Far from being a refuge from humdrum reality, dreams become a trap for one young man when he encounters those who dwell there. A man who hunts angels for a living has the tables turned on him by the last angel he corners. Talking beasts from the island of a certain infamous doctor arrive in London to make their way in the world of men, only to be caught up in the ongoing Martian invasion . . .
Travel into the past, the present, and the future in stories set in our world, in deep space, in the land of dreams, and in worlds of pure imagination, shaped by an outstanding roster of authors featuring many bestsellers and award-winners. All you have to do is turn the page . . .
Praise for the previous Shapers of Worlds anthology
“One of the most overall enjoyable anthologies I have had the pleasure of reading . . . I think that the editor says it best in his introduction: this collection is like a grand feast, made of many varied splendid ingredients, and you are quite sure to leave happy and satisfied when you are done.” – Tangent Online
More about the editor
Edward Willett is the award-winning author (under his own name and as E.C. Blake and Lee Arthur Chane) of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction for readers of all ages, including twelve novels for DAW Books, the most recent of which is The Tangled Stars, a humorous far-future space-opera heist adventure featuring an AI-uplifted talking cat who becomes a starship captain. Ed won Canada’s top science fiction award, the Aurora Award, for his second novel for DAW, Marseguro, and has been shortlisted several times since, including for his most recent young adult science fiction novel, Star Song. Ed has also won an Aurora Award for his podcast, The Worldshapers. In 2018, Ed founded Shadowpaw Press, publisher of the Shapers of Worlds anthologies among many other books, not only science fiction and fantasy but also literary fiction, poetry, historical fiction, children’s books, and nonfiction. In addition to writing, Ed is a professional actor and singer. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife. They have a grown daughter and a much younger black Siberian cat named, of course, Shadowpaw.
About the illustrator
Wendi Nordell has been drawing for as long as she could hold a pencil. It has always been a favourite pastime and eventually became an occasional job. While her three children were growing up, she painted many murals, including in the pediatrics wing of a hospital, in a school entrance, and in many homes. She also attended festivals and craft shows, selling hand-drawn gift cards, bookmarks, and illustrations. Now that her children are grown, she has pursued an illustration career, illustrating a dozen books in the last five years, mostly for children, but also including Edward Willett’s science fiction and fantasy poetry collection
I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust and the science fiction and fantasy anthologies Shapers of Worlds Volume IV and Volume V. Recently, Wendi decided to improve her artistic skills and abilities by returning to the Alberta University of the Arts, pursuing a degree in illustration. Wendi has almost always picked up books based on their cover art, and if there are illustrations inside the book, she thinks that’s even better. She truly hopes that her illustrations enhance readers’ experience with books—including this one!
About Shadowpaw Press
Shadowpaw Press, located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, was founded in 2018 by award-winning author Edward Willett. Shadowpaw Press is a member of Literary Press Group (Canada) and the Association of Canadian Publishers and publishes an eclectic selection of books by both new and established authors, including adult fiction, young adult fiction, children’s books, nonfiction, and anthologies.
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