First Words is just that: Taylor Reese's first published work. In this volume of short stories is the work of the best decade from stories that are as varied as her life. There are stories about an abolitionist in the American antebellum south who captains her own airship. A wanderer looking to reunite with his friends from high school after the world is destroyed. There are stories about families, blood moons, recovering from alcoholism and PTSD,...