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Child of Shadows

Trigger Warning

This story involves the death of a child. If that is something that troubles you for any reason, first I offer my condolences for whatever you experienced, second I felt it was very necessary to the narrative and the structure of Sprite’s Universe.

-CC Ryburn

Mom wasn’t supposed to be able to have any more kids after me. The doctors all agreed I did too much damage to her body. A kid shouldn’t know these things. The guilt associated with that information was enough to drive m...

The Eternal Nemesis of Bullies

The bully factor is well-known to anyone that puts their thoughts or ideas into the nether realms of the internet. The stories of anonymous people trolling your work, posts, or tweets are (in)famous. Rachel Thompson wrote one of the best articles about it after the Fifty Shades debacle on twitter.

The bully factor is just as damaging when it comes from well-meaning but ill-informed “just trying to help” messages.

(side-note – I dealt with this from my previous editor. He managed to get me so...

Bringing a Book Together

Welcome to all these new shining faces,

Writing a book, doing the rewrites, etc are a major part of the life of the author and effects all of their loved ones as well.
Doing it alone is a huge mistake many make. I was lucky to have direction from Kory Shrum and S.E. Rise (Dale Reierson).

I wanted to take a moment to thank the people that handled all the important things.

Rebecca Cross at Dreams2media : Cover creation and design

: Actress and cover model

Jennifer Randall : Ph...

Chapter Three – The Last Sprite

I stared at my hand regularly during the drive, making sure I didn’t go into fireball mode again and hurt my poor steering wheel. Every few minutes I would pick up the phone to call my mom and tell her all about my day. What would I say? “Hi mom, I know you don’t even like fairy tales, but you should see what my hand can do.” I imagined a million different ways to at least let her know something. I always called her. She was my best friend. I had no answers for any of the questions I knew she...

Chapter Two – The Last Sprite

My first instinct was to head to my mom’s house. Even with our little family, Mom was always there for me. She may not believe any of it, but I knew she would be there for me. I was raised to only believe what I could prove. I could prove that I was hurt, but what I couldn’t prove is beings, that didn’t exist, had done them to me. As far as I knew we had no history of mental illness in our family. I didn’t know much about my dad’s side of the family. He died when I was really young and mom ne...

Chapter One – The Last Sprite

Three-hundred and ninety days, Three-hundred and ninety-one nights. I don’t need to watch over my shoulder, I just stay ready to fight at any moment. I tried running at first. I didn’t know what they really were yet; I just knew that they’re not human. I hurt one of them with what would have been a fatal blow to a person. He shrugged off the chair leg sticking through his chest and kept coming at me. Was it bad that I was the only one who seemed to see them for what they really were? They cal...

Liebster Award

The amazing writer Kory Shrum tagged me in this Liebster Award questionnaire. I love the questions and the chance to comment on my influences and goals. Thank you Kory.

1. What fictional character do you want as your best friend?

Molly Carpenter from the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. She is a powerful woman, but never became truly jaded no matter how many stones were thrown at her.

2. When you are writing/blogging, do you have to have a snack? If yes, what?

I have two, I am usually fou...

Honorable

There is a vast difference in the ideas of good and evil and right and wrong. We have both notions given to us in daily spoonfuls from the time we are old enough to move on our own.

Sometimes it is a matter of protection. “Don’t grab that fire.”

It can also be a matter of social protocol. “Don’t run out of the house without your clothes.”

The hardest one to quantify is the matter of beliefs. “Thou shalt not covet.” “Think of others before yourself.” “Never give in to a bad situation, you will...

CC Ryburn

I am the writer of the Sprite Series as well as several other upcoming works. I find happiness in the real world and the ones I create.

I call Monterey Bay, California my home. I have lived all over the world, and I am not finished exploring yet. I am rather bohemian about life in general, love yoga, and practice meditation daily.

I have worked in IT, Bars, Animal processing plants, and everything in between.

I post semi regularly on
ccryburnauthor.wordpress.com

All of my work goes through th...