"I Have No Name" in Unmasked: Tales of Risk and Revelation
In a fantasy heist gone wrong, a nameless thief uses her powers of illusion to search for clues to her forgotten past. When these clues finally lead to the one person who seems to know her, she find herself wondering if she truly wants the answers she's sought for years.
She finds herself wondering: Is knowing worth the price of being known?
Behind the Story
I wrote this short story on a whim after hearing about the open call for Kevin J. Anderson's anthology. From the start, the heroine and her search for meaning in a forgotten life enraptured me. After the anthology was published, I began plotting out a trilogy to see the end of her story, which is how the Forgotten Masquerade Trilogy was born.
NOTE: This short story is published under the penname Andi Christopher.