I still can’t believe how lucky I’ve been to be part of the Uncollected Anthology.

We’re a collection of urban fantasy writers, and we come out with new short stories four times a year (roughly quarterly), each of us writing to the same theme.

The first story I wrote turned out to have legs, as it were. Dancing with Tong Yi has now had two sequels.

I don’t know yet if there will be another sequel, or if I’m just going to have to write the novel. (Yes, there will be a novel, possibly titled, “The Immortals’ War.” There’s too much of that story still to tell, and I don’t know if I can break off more chunks or not.)

In the meanwhile, to celebrate the release of The Sweet Shop, the latest Tong Yi story, I’m going to list the first Tong Yi story here for free for a week.

Tong Yi works for Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren’t quite human.

When the newest job comes up—delivering a message to Zhang Guo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals—Tong Yi assumes the job will be tricky because the immortal likes to play games.

He has no idea that Zhang Guo Lao isn’t the only one interested in “dancing” with him.

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This story is the first story about Tong Yi and The Immortals’ War. Find the second story, War on all Fronts at your favorite retailer.

Tong Yi carries the mysterious message of Zhang Gua Loa back to his boss.

The immortal had said there would be war. But between whom? And why?

Huli Transport takes advantage of the situation to become the messenger service of choice in the war zone. They promise to remain neutral, and to deliver messages to all sides.

In the meantime, Tong Yi has battles of his own to fight, both with his older brother and his own growing understanding of magic.

But in the middle of a war, is it possible for him to remain neutral? Or has his side already been chosen for him?

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Tong Yi waits for something to happen—for his brother to return from the war zone, for his boss to trust him again, for his magical training to be expanded.

Something. Anything.

Then powerful wizard Uncle Bei takes him to The Sweet Shop—a magic shop more special and strange than Tong Yi has ever imagined.

Tong Yi finally returns to the war zone as well, delivering a message to a client he’d never expected.

But he must now make a decision about the war, about his place in it, about his magical training.

And everything, everything, has a price.