Lean in: the Lord of Hell is coming / by Ericka Kahler -- Big momma saves the world / by Maurice Broaddus -- A legacy of ghosts / by Sarah Hans -- The M.A.M.I. incident / by Guadalupe García McCall -- Adya and the messengers / by Jaymie Wagner-- Soccer mom saves the world / by Addie J. King-- My roots run deep / by John F. Allen-- It's my nature / by JD Blackrose-- Truthteller / by Linda Robertson-- Utopia / by Vaseem Khan-- Jackalope wives / by Ursula Vernon-- Granny / by R.J. Sullivan-- Launch day milkshakes / by Jim C. Hines-- The sunspear / by Alexandra Pitchford-- Once a queen / by Alana Joli Abbott-- By the works of her hands / by LaShawn M. Wanak-- All the world's treasures / by Kimberly Pauley-- Strange wings / by Kathryn Ivey-- The mountain witch / by Lucy A. Snyder.
Summary:
"Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side? Whose idea was it to put the fate of the world in the hands of someone without a fully developed prefrontal cortex? In Never Too Old to Save the World, nineteen authors explore what would happen if the Chosen One were called midlife. What would happen if the Chosen One were: a soccer mom a cat lady a nosy grandmother a social worker a retiree an aging swordmaster? The Chosen One could be anyone-- because when the universe calls, the real question is whether the hero will take up the mantle and answer their midlife calling. Sometimes the world needs a hero who's already been in the thick of chaos and survived. In those cases, age does matter."--Publisher marketing.
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