The contracts are signed, and the edits are in, so it’s official: a new Thunder Road story will be appearing in Pirating Pups: Salty Sea-Dogs and Barking Buccaneers!

My contribution is “The Empress of Marshmallow” narrated by the titular character, an obstinate chow, and featuring a young Tilda.

The story was, in part, inspired by this handsome fellow, the latest chow chow sibling:

And of course by this ungovernable boss:

I’m not sure when exactly release day is, but keep an eye out, I’ll let you know as soon as I can share a preorder link. (The formal Table of Contents announcement is on May 10th.) I’ll also try and get an excerpt up soon to give you all a teaser.

Hopefully folks will find this a nice companion piece to “All Cats Go to Valhalla.”