Tailored Realities, Brandon Sanderson
Tailored Realities, Brandon Sanderson
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Tailored Realities

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Author: Brandon Sanderson

Narrator: André Santana, Avi Roque, Dion Graham, Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, Imani Jade Powers, January LaVoy, MacLeod Andrews, Michael Kramer, Ray Porter, Shahjehan Khan, Stephanie Németh-Parker

Unabridged: 17 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2025


Synopsis

"A rockstar ensemble of narrators makes this audiobook an absolute stunner." — Booklist

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of the Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga, and numerous smash-hit works of science fiction and fantasy―comes Tailored Realities, a new short fiction collection including the never-before-published novella “Moment Zero.” This program features multicast narration.

Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, Tailored Realities includes ten works of short fiction from the ingenious mind of one of the genre’s most beloved bestselling authors.

From futuristic detective thrillers to inventive space opera, superhero action, high-tech fantasy, and beyond, these gripping standalone reads have never before been gathered into one volume, with many available here in print for the first time.

Along with the thrilling new science fiction novella "Moment Zero," this collection includes:
• “Snapshot”
• “Perfect State”
• “Defending Elysium” (from the world of Skyward)
• “Firstborn”
• “Mitosis” (from the world of the Reckoners)
• and four other stories

Also including author’s notes, this visionary collection is a must-listen whether you’re new to Sanderson or a longtime fan.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

About Brandon Sanderson

American author, Brandon Sanderson, writes of epic fantasy and science fiction. His best known works include Cosmere, a fictional universe in which most of his novels are set. They include, the Mistborn series, and the Stormlight Archive, and also finishing The Wheel of Time, that was Robert Jordan's high fantasy novel (that he began writing before his untimely death). He also made popular the terms "hard and soft magic systems" in his Sanderson's Laws of Magic. The media company, DMG Entertainment has rights to the production movie of the Cosmere universe series.

Sanderson graduated from Brigham Young University. He began studies in biochemistry, to become a doctor, but after a two year break to do mission work for his church, he decided he wanted to write, and changed majors to English Literature. He took a night job at a local hotel in Provo, Utah while at BYU, so he could write while working. His roommate during that time was Ken Jennings, who ten years later had a 74-game winning streak on Jeopardy. After graduation from BYU, Sanderson married Emily Bushman, a fellow English major who later became his business manager.

Sanderson sold his first book to Moshe Feder at Tor in 2003. He had almost given up after submitting his manuscript a year and one half earlier. That first novel was Elantris, and over the next few years, Tor also published the Mistborn Trilogy, The Alloy of Law, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings, the first in the ten-volume series, The Stormlight Archive. The second in that series was Words of Radiance. Other volumes continue in the works. Sanderson's acclaimed Infinity Blade: Awakening was an ebook best seller for Epic Games, accompanying their popular iOS video game series.

Sanderson, his wife, Emily, and their three sons live in American Fork, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clace on December 15, 2025

I wanna write a review for each of the stories sooo rtc ___ You guys should have seen my state when I got accepted for a Brandon Sanderson arc 😭 Can't wait to read the new stories and reread the ones I already have 🤸......more

Goodreads review by Anna [Bran. San. Stan] on December 15, 2025

This collection of non-cosmere stories, some new, some old, also features a brand-new novella. Since I had already read the previously released stories, I have only read the newly published ones this time. I have reposted my (modified) reviews of the old stories and written new ones for the three ne......more

Goodreads review by Korynne on June 26, 2025

Overall rating of this collection: 3.15/5 stars. This is firmly a science fiction collection of stories. They are written well because Brandon is a good writer, but I find that I prefer his fantasy stories to his science fiction stories, and most of those tend to be set in the Cosmere and thus not in......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on December 13, 2025

I've read a handful of these before, so I've noted those, and I do have separate records of them on here. The rest I've just read in these past few days. I have also read the postscripts for every story including the ones I'd already read as these give background information about them. Snapshot - re......more

Goodreads review by The Bookish Elf on December 09, 2025

Brandon Sanderson has built his reputation on intricate magic systems and sprawling epic fantasies within his Cosmere universe. Yet some of his most daring storytelling exists outside those familiar boundaries. Tailored Realities assembles ten stories spanning twenty-five years of creative evolution......more


Quotes

Praise for Brandon Sanderson

“The face of modern fantasy.”―USA Today

"One of the genre’s most beloved authors."―TIME

“Sanderson raises the genre stakes… A fan favorite.”―The New York Times

“[Sanderson] is not a brilliant writer of epic fantasy, he’s simply a brilliant writer. Period.”―Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“[A] literary fantasy icon.”―Paste

“The genre’s most popular writer… easily one of the most successful and prolific fantasy writers of the century so far.”―Esquire

“Epic in every sense.”―The Guardian on The Way of Kings

“Sanderson’s vast worlds, surprising plots, and wonderful characters have taken the sci-fi fantasy world by storm.”―BookRiot

“Sanderson is a master.”—Library Journal