Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirror Shards: Volume Two | 2012 | Thomas K. Carpenter | Buy |
| 2 | Pulse Pounders | 2015 | Thomas K. Carpenter | Buy |
| 3 | Diabolical Plots: Year Three | 2018 | Thomas K. Carpenter | Buy |
| 4 | Fantastic Schools: Volume One | 2020 | Thomas K. Carpenter | Buy |
| 5 | Fantastic Schools, Volume Six | 2023 | Thomas K. Carpenter | Buy |
Thomas K. Carpenter has appeared in a variety of anthologies across his career. The Fantastic Schools volumes are a particularly good match given his extensive Hundred Halls universe about magical universities. His other anthology appearances in Mirror Shards, Pulse Pounders, and Diabolical Plots show his range across different types of speculative fiction.
Mirror Shards: Volume Two (2012) was one of his earlier anthology credits, and Pulse Pounders (2015) put him alongside other genre writers in a collection of fast-moving stories. Diabolical Plots: Year Three (2018) collects stories from the popular online magazine of the same name.
Readers who already know Carpenter’s Hundred Halls novels will find his anthology contributions are a good way to sample his shorter work. His stories tend to lean toward urban fantasy and near-future science fiction, the same areas he explores in his longer series.