RISING WONDER: Portals & Gateways to Other Realms brings together sixteen stories from independently published authors: veteran USA Today Bestsellers to debut storytellers. Within this volume you will find unique stories that cross fantastical worlds: guardians of powers bridging realms face off against a festering darkness while fae royalty fall into an unassuming high school girl's backyard. A field trip goes wrong and class of fifth graders find themselves on an alien world.