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WiP: Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction - Shiralee's Song

Last piece for the month - one that draws from Earth-folktales for inspiration, and then blends them with a little touch of science fiction, and just a little romance.

WiP: Another 366 Days of Poetry - The Seal Women

A final experiment with shapechangers and the didactic form, from the upcoming Another 366 Days of Poetry.

WiP: 366 Days of Poetry - What's in a Tale?

This nonsense blended science fiction and fantasy poem came from playing with words... while I thought about what practical use stories had. What’s in a Tale?Jelly beans andjuggernautsAll dancing on astringHarpies fly theminuetAnd mermaids learnto singSelkies shatterhigh notesRefusing to atoneAs minotaurs andbull menButcher low noteswith a moanRockets fly thestarlanes

WiP: Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction - A Nightmare from the River

I couldn't help it...I thought of blankets and I didn't know exactly where this drabble was going to take me, but here you go, one drabble featuring evil equines, from the upcoming collection:

WiP: Another 366 Days of Poetry - Scaled Seduction

Continuing with our experimentation with a third variant of didactic cinquain, this piece was all about the mermaid, another creature of myth.

WiP: Another 366 Days of Poetry - Twisted Sirens

Drawing from creatures of myth, this is one of the pieces to be found in Another 366 Days of Poetry. It is an attempt at a third form of didactic cinquain.TwistedSirens HarridansSharp-tongued,shrill-voicedSwoopingfrom the skiesInspiringawe and frozen-footed fearHarpies

WiP: Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction - Werewolf's Pact

Today's flash fiction is exactly 100-words long...and about werewolves.

WiP: Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction - Modern Tools

One of the pieces flash for the next collection - aka a technological approach to vampire incursions as 55-word microfiction: ModernToolsThe vampires cameat midnight, when the moon was covered by clouds.Claire watchedthem arrive and let them enter, then lined them up as they came through thedoor.The crossbows weredeadly when unexpected, but the drone-mounted flamethrowers made her

WiP: The Unearthed - First Chapter in Draft

 It's March - and I've started what will be my third...fourth?... book for the year, The Unearthed, Book 4 in the Strays of Lunar One series. Books 1-3 have already been released, and I'm enjoying the writing, so, without further ado, here's an early peek at the first chapter as it currently stands:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Rat Princess, a Rat Queen, & a Lead for Logan – My Time at Sandrock – ...

Who says the royal politics stands solely in the human domain?