Available Short Stories
LIFE IN THE SHADOWS
A Sorceress finds the fabric of reality changing around her, but she is the only one who notices. Is it all a result of an
overactive imagination or is something more sinister trying to control her existence?

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"The Fractured Publisher" - Sept/Oct 2005
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Beyond Centauri" - July 2007
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MIDNIGHT SONG
Leathan has been forced to live for centuries as he sings of a deep painful loss. One night he is visited by a priest and a
ghost who change that existence forever.

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"Creature Fantastic" Anthology ed. by Denise Little - DAW Books - Sept 2001
Nowa Fantastyka - (Polish Fantasy Magazine) - August 2006
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THE FINAL BLESSING
Hope -- The most precious of all the gifts from the gods and the only one saved when Pandora lost the others. But, how
will the world cope when a major disaster strikes and it seems that hope is finally gone?

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"Stories of Strength Anthology" - proceeds to benefit the disaster relief charities.
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"Tales of the Talisman" - Mar 2007
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THE SWORD OF POWER
This was conceived as the tale of Excalibur, the Sword of Power, and how it came to be. However, the focus of the story
changed a bit, and now uses the sword as the pivot point between the faith of Avalon and the Church and who will control
the next High King

SELECTED AS A QUARTER-FINALIST IN THE WRITERS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST - DEC 2004

APPEARING IN:

"Illuminated Manuscripts" Anthology ed by Lazette Gifford - Dragon Tooth Fantasy - August 2005
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"Tales of the Talisman" - Sept 2008
THE GIFT OF ALL
A retelling of the Pandora legend in first person from Pandora's POV.

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Amazon Shorts
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PAWN'S GAMBIT
A retelling of the Sleeping Beauty legend told from the perspective of the "Evil Fairy" - whom it seems only had the best
interests of the kingdom at heart when she cast her spell.

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Baen's Universe -- Feb 2007
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DESCENT INTO CHAOS (A Chaos Reigns Story)
Torliana was an elf seeking something other than the frivolous life of most elves. She found herself as a novice in the
temple of Hellavar, the Lord of Fire and Order. However, her own fear of rejection and need to control leads her to be
seduced by Thynitic, The Lady of Chaos.

APPEARING IN:

"The Stygian Soul" Anthology ed. by Tina Morgan & Sheri McGathy - A Dream Realm Award Finalist - Double Dragon
Publishing - June 2006
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A GAME OF MARBLES
A look at the creation of the Asteroid Belt, and it all begins with a simple game of marbles.

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Beyond Centauri - April 2006
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Sony eBook Store
LEGENDS REBORN
In a world that was destroyed by war over two centuries ago, humanity is losing the struggle to survive.

Gwendolyn Robbins - Senior Geneticist for the World Wildlife Foundation risks her own life to violate the laws set forth
by the World Council to find a way to return Balance and Hope to the world.

APPEARING IN:

Pangaia Magazine - Summer 2004
Dark Tales Anthology - SpecFic World - Nov 2005
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DAUGHTER OF CHAOS (A Chaos Reigns Story)
Arielle was an elf slave owned by the temple of Thynitic in Nydith. The priestesses would often use her to practice the arts
of pain and torture as well as an demonstration tool before those humans who still had bitter feelings for the elves of
Rhysia. Then during one of those demonstrations something strange happens, the Goddess Thynitic speaks to her and
grants her the power to rise to a high position in the temple.

After a while, Arielle is directed to return to Kilenter and make contact with a group of elves there. But first she must
confront her past. Will she continue to follow the Goddess of Chaos and Pain or will she return to the life she once had as
a ranger of Frayrith, the Lady of the Forests? And will she be able to, after she is responsible for the death of one of the
Lady's dearest creatures - a unicorn?

APPEARING IN:

"The Stygian Soul" Anthology ed. by Tina Morgan & Sheri McGathy - A Dream Realm Award Finalist - Double Dragon
Publishing - June 2006
ADRIFT
Dewi Fokke comes from a family with a long history of ties to the sea. However, instead of sailing oceans, she now sails
among the stars. She knows the legends of Bernard Fokke, the Captain of the Flying Dutchman, but she never dreamed
she would one day have to stand in his stead in facing the ghosts of that ship.


APPEARING IN:

"Space Pirates" - Anthology ed. by David Lee Summers - Flying Pen Press - Aug 2008
THE PRESIDENT'S MEOW
Being the most powerful country in the world will not necessarily protect you from a Goddess who has decided its time
for you to be treated as prey just as you have treated others.


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Aoife's Kiss - June 2009
STOLEN FROM CHAOS (A Chaos Reigns Story)
Hendandra is a thief living in the town of Raspa. When she picks the pocket of a mage she ends up getting more
than she bargained for when he convinces her to help him recover some religious relics taken from a temple of
Rhyra by the followers of Ballan - the Goddess of Dark magic.


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