Roar at the Universe

When the Universe won't play fair, it's time to roar!
Welcome to tales of people in crisis and their fight to survive
Featuring "Roar at the Heart of the World," selected for the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
On the moon, enslaved by a system that needs her exceptional talent, a young woman struggles to control her own destiny.
A confused man deals with a crazy aunt, or is he the one who's crazy?
Nature is broken. The remaining humans are in pieces, searching for a new way to become whole.
On a recently colonized planet, a team of damaged outcasts risk what little they have for another species.
In Kenya a unique little girl and her dog live across two cultures until a fire that cannot be doused threatens to destroy it all.
A young woman and a defiant lion restlessly seek escape from their protective prison.
Short fiction from Danith McPherson, author of Monarch of Lightning