Story starts, one shots, and drabbles--that's what this collection is made of. From sci-fi to fantasy, it's probably in here because I have the attention span of cat in a room full of mice. It makes it a bit difficult to finish stories, but tossing them in here makes it much less stressful to write things. If I actua...
In a land where magic was once the norm, it has taken time for the people to adjust to its absence. In the eight years since a plague took most of the land's Magi, the people of Darkspur have worked hard to put the dark days behind them. Now, after so long, they can truly say the worst is over. But, as the harvest fes...
Currently nominated for two major Australian literature awards. Sometimes, it's impossible to get home, especially if home is not where you think it is. Aboriginal urbanite Billy doesn't know much about his heritage and he's quite content to let it stay that way. One late night out changes all that. After being maroon...
A collection of shorts, some to make you think, some to make you smile. Hopefully I will be adding to this from time to time.
Grand-commander Morath is dead, and the fragile peace between the Order of the Plains and their former allies in the northern mountains is close to breaking. The knights of Klinberg, riders of the madriel pride, are preparing themselves for the High-tourney, where the new Command of their Order will be decided, and w...
As some of you may know my new book, Eagles At War (http://amzn.to/1FnfIrJ) , hits the shelves in April. Before that, however, I have written a prequel short story featuring one of the central characters from Eagles At War, Tullus. It's set on the German frontier in the Spring of 6 BC. When Lucius Cominius Tullus, a r...
When a multi-billionaire like Thomas H. Adams invites you for an interview you don't refuse, especially if you are just a rookie reporter at the local news station. The fact that this interview was scheduled to take place in 35 years time was cause for concern but given that Thomas H. Adams seems to have a knack for k...
Book 1: The Green (chapters 1-104) Five dollars to mail a letter seems like a lot of money to shy farm girl Lily McMillian. When she's hired in the spring of 1860 by Old Man Lynch as a cook for his stagecoach and Pony Express station, she finds out why it's so expensive. Dropped into a whirlwind of rowdy men and boy...
This is the story of a caveman but it is also the story of an executive. They occur a million years apart but they are the same story. Only the circumstances of their environment is different. These two have a similar beginning in life but they waste the opportunities they were born with. Can they get by in this worl...
Daring Dashwood - gentleman adventurer, or bumbling idiot? Find out as he and his valet, Argyle, brave the post-apocalyptic Capital Wasteland. Follow the continuing adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood in this series of short scripts based on Fallout 3's in-game radio plays!
A story is never a single tale. Two and a half centuries have passed since the Orders of knighthood defeated the demonic threat of the Predation. Now, thanks to the wisdom of the Association of Merchants and the intellect of the Guild of Engineers, the land is thriving once again. Its citizens sleep soundly in their b...
When Cassandra's father passes away suddenly, everything she thinks she knows begins to change. Her hero suddenly gone, she is left alone to tackle her complex relationship with her mother. With her outlook on love and life completed shattered, Cassandra finds herself making uncharismatic choices in love, life and fa...
Three people with three different perspectives live through the First Crusade siege of Nicaea. Submission for Historical Fiction Spring 2013 Smackdown, Round 2. For this round, we had to write a story set during the Crusades, using 4 of 8 pictures and 3 of nine quotes. Words: 4291 Time Period: First Crusade Pictures:...
"Antiquities of Furness", first published in 1769 purports to give the definitive History of this region of England from the Stone Age to the middle of the eighteenth century. Many of the connections made, and explanations given, in this book now seem implausible and in some cases even hilarious. "The Drustone " is a...
Clark Taylor is the sheriff in a small rural town in central Pennsylvania. On a cold winter night a person is found murdered with a mysterious wound to her neck. Soon other victims follow. Sheriff Taylor believes there is a serial killer in his town until the deceased begin roaming the streets at night and killing...
A series of quirky, often dark short stories. Each title also shows the number of minutes it takes to read it. Many can be read in a minute or less.
As the 1790s reach a raucous end, one young idler invents celebrity culture. Beau Brummell is seriously stylish, witheringly witty and ultra urbane: qualities which amount to careless creases in a cheap cravat when High Society makes an enemy of a certain butler lurking in the shadows!
When her father dies in a sudden bombing, Opal Hunt devotes herself to the task he left behind: finding the lost Library of Alexandria. Her quest takes her to the ruins in Alexandria, to the dens of pirates and spies, into the corrupt glittering streets of the Imperial City and beyond. As the journey unfolds, so do th...
A devastating blast destroys civilization as Beatrice knows it, forcing her to face an entirely new kind of life. But life after the blast has more wonder and hope in it than she imagined. ***** After a series of atomic blasts force Beatrice Hicks a...
************************************************************************************** An outcast rogue must break a curse put on his fate, or die on his nineteenth birthday. To survive, he'll need the sword of a maiden, the aid of an immortal, and the power of forbidden magic that could cost him the only girl he ever...
Resurrected once again, Ellie Blackwell now knows that there is no way to fight her destiny; so she decides to run, hoping that a new environment will wipe her slate clean. But she should have known that fate wouldn't allow it to be that easy. The same souls that have surrounded her in the past still find her again an...
Francesca is a headstrong teen from small town Italy who has been sent to summer with her uncles in Napoleon's Paris. Francesca is bored. Her uncles are tiresome, not very bright, and determined to keep her out of trouble. Fortunately for her, adventure is around the corner, and she soon discovers her uncles are work...
Washed up onto the shore of Newcrest, Juliette is lost. Trapped with an overbearing Aunt with too many expectations, a self absorbed cousin, and her Uncle as one of her only allies, she tries to find her niche among those around her. But she's always been and always will be different. She's a dreamer, an adventurer, a...
New YA series set in the Wild West… After her family is slaughtered by outlaws, sixteen-year-old Grace Milton goes on a vendetta to capture the gang who did it. When she discovers the corrupt sheriff is being bribed by the gang who killed her family, Grace hunts down the killers on her own. But can she survive the har...
He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing fee...
Sam is the most promising swordsman among this year’s crop of Paladin trainees...and knows it. Brash, cocky, and unbeatable with a sword (well, almost), Sam is the kingdom of Thule’s best hope against the violence wrought by demons. The only problem is that Sam is really Lady Samantha, daughter of the seventeenth Duke...
A tale from the world of Argoth. Alastor Hawkings, head scout of the Hawk Isles, sets out on another day of patrolling the lands.
Ryan Peters isn’t exactly your normal teenager. To the earth he’s a serial killer, wanted for numerous murders. To the Supernatural Realm he’s a member of the Fallen Ones, sent by the Great Evil to destroy all that breathes on earth. Ryan is doing well under the advice of the Great Evil until he realizes that the Ang...
Husband and wife thieves are on a mission. Just not the same one. He’s out to pay for her cancer therapy—at any costs. She’s out to humanize him, and make him less of a self-absorbed jerk. The fast talking, fast acting, adrenaline seeking duo pick up a few additional causes along their way, due to Delaney’s habit...
