RISING WONDER: Portals & Gateways to Other Realms brings together sixteen stories from independently published authors: veteran USA Today Bestsellers to debut storytellers. Within this volume you will find unique stories that cross fantastical worlds: guardians of powers bridging realms face off against a festering darkness while fae royalty fall into an unassuming high school girl's backyard. A field trip goes wrong and class of fifth graders find themselves on an alien world. Amid the stars, an ace pilot must close a portal from a world-ravaging draconic species while a newly-hired grim reaper must be cross realities to harvest a wayward soul. A young couple destined to cross realities together vanquish evil in a LitRPG style adventure while a quartet of adventures open a portal to a realm where their deepest desires are granted. Witches aid a wayward soul to protect a child of immense power while a report delves into an asylum to find herself whisked off to the realm of ancient gods. A jester transports his audiences to distant worlds as a lone warrior ventures into a realm of a mad wizard. Portals are crafted by an immortal to escape his and his society's prison while the tethering stone of the Au'mish'k is birthed to end a war between the factions of dragonkind.