Of Dragon Genes And Pretty Girls

 So all of humanity is on a spaceship and there's no dragons, right? No, this is nothing like Chen D’Angelo and the Chinese-Italian Dragon, published in Dragon Bike. This is a totally different story about a generation ship and needing to find a Chinese dragon.

Swear.

This is a story about genetics and destiny and the ultimate quest to find a cute nickname for your girlfriend.

A long, long time ago, 12 animals ran a race and the order that they placed determined the order of the Chinese zodiac, which some people believe determines everything from your personality to who you should marry.

But when you're in space for a long time, the calendar can get kind of… wonky. So humanity has decided to run a new race when they get to their new planet. But there's only one problem.

They don't exactly have a dragon.

So in order to hold the race (and maybe, possibly, influence the results so she and her girlfriend will be compatible?), the descendent of a long line of dragon riders will have to get creative if she's going to find a dragon…

Of Dragon Genes And Pretty Girls is available in paperback and e-book along with 15 other stories in Hear Me Roar!

I am extra excited about this book because The Other Jen, Jennifer Donohue, is in it! We both lived in my old hometown at the same time, and we have been in the same books multiple times.