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Free Fiction Friday

Free Fiction Friday: The Pale Princess (Novel Preview)

March 8, 2019

I'm trying something different this week. The following is the first chapter of an upcoming novel called The Pale Princess. I'm not sure on the release yet - though probably early 2020. The book is complete and has gone through one layer of editing, but will go through more before it's ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Free Fiction Friday, New release, Novel Excerpt

Free Fiction Friday: A Deserved Fate

February 8, 2019

Set in the world of the Dark Ability. A short story featuring the early days of the assassin Galen. I could barely stand. Fire seemed to burn through my legs making them weak, a sensation I recognized from the last time Isander tried to poison me. I had no idea what he hoped me to learn this ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Free Fiction Friday, Short Stories

Free Fiction Friday: A Reasonable Bargain

December 28, 2018

Erryn looked down at the merchant, unable to look away from the twisted hands and wrinkled face, sunken sockets filled with rheumy eyes, an expression that seemed at once so familiar and somehow foreign at the same time. A few wisps of grey hair slipped out from beneath the raggedy shawl she wrapped ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Free Fiction Friday, Short Stories

Free Fiction Friday: Unstuck

December 14, 2018

Originally appeared in Time Streams: A Fiction River Anthology Unstuck Jason leaned against the old F150 staring at the night, unable to shake the fight with Rachel from his mind, the one she seemed so intent on starting. Moonlight prickled through the oaks he’d planted at the edge of his land ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Free Fiction Friday, Short Stories

Free Fiction Friday: Hide and Seek

December 7, 2018

Another flash fiction story that first appeared in Daily Science Fiction. A little snack of a story I hope you enjoy. I wrote this after a family gathering where all the little ones played hide and seek in the dark. Hide and Seek Lacey hunkered behind the thick oak tree, the thin fabric of her ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Flash Fiction, Free Fiction Friday

Free Fiction Friday: Fountain of Unclaimed Wishes

November 30, 2018

I don't have many Christmas themed stories, but this is one of them. I hope you enjoy.   Fountain of Unclaimed Wishes   Owen Cassini stood before the small fountain in the hospital atrium staring at the engravings worked around the edge. Coins littered the bottom of the fountain, ... Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Free Fiction Friday, Short Stories

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