Dragon Gems Winter 2024 Available for Digital Pre-Order!

The Dragon Gems Winter 2024 anthology is now available for digital pre-orders!

This anthology contains my story “Draconis astronomus” alongside many other spectacular reads. You can currently pre-order a digital copy. The anthology will come out on January 26, 2024, and will be available later for paperback and hardback purchase as well.

I’d be absolutely thrilled if you checked out the anthology, via pre-order or release. You’ll be getting not just my story (which is pretty good if I do say so myself) but also the stories of dozens of other fantastic authors, and…there’s a baby snow dragon on the cover. Look at the baby snow dragon. Can you really say no to the baby snow dragon?


Dragon Gems Winter 2024 cover featuring a snowy forest background with an iced over lake. In the foreground, there is an adorable blue baby snow dragon holding a book. Dragon Gems is written across the top of the image and Winter 2024 is written down at the bottom.

Dragon Gems Winter 2024

Containing “Draconis astronomus” by Catherine Tavares

Space is alive, and it’s filled with dragons.

When Dr. Geraldine Whitaker first saw a dragon in the depths of space, she knew she had discovered something extraordinary. If only the rest of the world saw it that way. Denied access because of her gender and funding because of her beliefs, Geraldine nevertheless sets out on a lifelong journey to prove the existence of Draconis astronomus and recapture the wonder she witnessed as a child.