Crystal Carroll

Five years before, Aeschylus dragged his battered body home after a lifetime of service in Aegina's navy. He'd hoped for a place to curl up and forget. Instead, he'd found himself the city guard's captain and in the middle of a political firefight with Aegina's rival and nearest neighbor, Athens....

A child has their story ticket, ready to turn it in. “Crystal, can you tell me a story?” Soon, all the children are turning in their tickets. The storyteller and the children move a bit away from the parents, who are chatting by the campfire. Each child gets to decide who is in their...

There once were 12 princesses, who so frightened their father by wearing out the soles of their slippers each night in their locked room that he offered princes a kingdom for the secret and death for any prince, who failed to learn the truth....

In the woods, a group of friends gathers beneath the tall redwoods. There's a fire going against the chill. A child runs up to ask for a story with a story ticket in hand. Soon, all the children are turning in their tickets. Each child gets to decide who is in their story (princess, unicorn...