Michael Dalton

In the magic lands of the Fae Wild, the Goblin King's virility is the lifeblood of the realm. But an insidious curse has put the kingdom on the precipice of a population panic. Enter Thomas Stone: architect, engineer, and unknowing half-blood heir to the goblin throne.

In this 2026 anthology, 10 top men's adventure, fantasy, and litrpg authors will entertain you with their special, never-before-published stories.

I don’t know who I am. I only know what I need to be. I awoke in a tomb. I had nothing but a big sword and uncertain memories from uncertain lives. I was a great warrior who wandered this land before being killed by an ageless tyrant wizard-king....

Former Marine and lonely single dad Will Hawthorne just wants to clear his head with a weekend in the woods with his live-action roleplaying group. But a careless misstep sends him tumbling through a cave into an alien world.

Deep in the elbow skin of the Fae Wilds, far from the teeming fortress of the Goblin King and the glittering palace of the King and Queen of the Elves, there lies a forgotten hideaway of crumbling single-wides and rusty Airstreams.

Thirty years after a failed invasion of the goblin home world, power technician Kevin wakes up in a wrecked Imperial Marine dropship with no clue how he got there. Worse, the planet has been devastated by a biological weapon, and the few survivors are bloodthirsty mutants.

Roland, Antonia, and Laetitia have formed a trio despite their many differences, and they’ve settled into a close-knit team. But Roland still has to find a dragon to cure of the Curse, and the great families of Avilus continue to conspire against him.

I thought I’d left my past behind for good. But when my older brother gets killed in a car accident, I’ve got to come back to take over his car-tuning business. But things are not like I remember....

After a decade as a single dad, I thought I had life figured out. I put my broken heart on the shelf to raise my daughter Maddie, and watching her grow into a woman has been reward enough. Still, life has a way of throwing curves at you—the kind of curves that will get any guy’s attention....

Tensions in the trailer park have reached an all-time high. Between Mrs. McGillicuddy's determination to defeat Jolene the Wasp Queen at her own game, and a Tablet Wielding assassin, Colton has his hands more than full. Thankfully, he has a solution: hold a Zone Faire.

Underneath the world we know is one filled with monsters and mayhem. And the only thing standing between it and us is Nick. Recruited by a mysterious woman in latex, he has one job: Keep the supernatural in check.

For a hundred and fifty years, Ezekiel Zane knew nothing but war—endless war in the name of the Fates, the Fae, and anyone who would hire him. Yet the glory of leading the most elite team of magical mercenaries in existence cost him the only thing he ever loved.

Zane is ready to retire. All he has to do is take down a demonic army that’s about to unleash the greatest horrors of the Fae Wilds onto Earth.

After a decade as a single dad, I thought I had life figured out. I put my broken heart on the shelf to raise my daughter Maddie, and watching her grow into a confident, successful woman has been reward enough.

I thought my life was full with two beautiful, amazing women to love. Adding Meredith to our family has grown things in ways I could never have expected. But Meredith’s needs are not the same as Lexie’s and Olivia’s.

For two years, I’ve lived the dream. Family, friends, career, and four beautiful, wonderful women sharing my life and my home. But life moves forward. My daughter Maddie is getting married, kicking into motion a range of issues we’d thought settled and dealt with.

Monster hunters for hire, fueled by Waffle House and each other, they're used to low-level threats and manageable chaos. Their mysterious benefactor Anastasia had other plans. Libusen has a problem: people are vanishing without a trace, leaving nothing behind but the sound of gnawing teeth.

Five years after making an enormous mistake, Ryan Mitchell is just trying to rebuild his life along the beach. But opportunities are limited for a disgraced securities trader who moonlights as a sorcerer.

Deep in the elbow skin of the Fae Wilds, far from the teeming fortress of the Goblin King and the glittering palace of the King and Queen of the Elves, there lies a forgotten hideaway of crumbling single-wides and rusty Airstreams.

In the magic lands of the Fae Wild, the Goblin King's virility is the lifeblood of the realm. But an insidious curse has put the kingdom on the precipice of a population panic. Enter Thomas Stone: architect, engineer, and unknowing half-blood heir to the goblin throne.