Emma staggered back against the far wall of the corridor, sliding down as bonelessly as a puppet with cut strings. Ed gagged for air, collapsing to her knees. Auggie was sprawled on the floor. Suzie kept her eyes stubbornly open. “Almost...” The blue walls turned red. A high pitched whistle vibrated through her skull. She… Continue reading WIP Part 20 ~~hide~~
New Book
I have a new book up on Kindle. If you like fantasy, please check it out. 🙂 Summer Birds Torn from her mother's arms as a child, Kavi has spent most of her life in slavery to the brutal Milecian empire. A twist of fate takes her to the southlander city of Vayi, famous for… Continue reading New Book
WIP Part 19 ~~hide~~
Her hands twitched. She felt something warm and smooth -- leather -- beneath them. The sensation flash over her skin. Her head jerked. Hands. My hands. My head. They gave a shape to the dark. There was her head. There were her hands. And sound. Thumping, rhythmless and fast, it turned into flashes of light.… Continue reading WIP Part 19 ~~hide~~
WIP Part 18 ~~hide~~
Wyn took them across the long walk to the Centre. Ed did everything she could to distract herself from the empty air below her feet. They were...they had to know what they were doing. They travelled around in space. But still. Her stomach turned over any time she recalled how small their tube was. Like… Continue reading WIP Part 18 ~~hide~~
Chicken and Pumpkin Stew
My students carved pumpkins this year and, as every year, I thought it was wasteful to send it all to the garbage, so I rescued a couple. Even though they were small, It took the morning to process them. The seeds are going to another teacher, as I'm not a big fan of pumpkin seeds… Continue reading Chicken and Pumpkin Stew
WIP Part 17 ~~hide~~
The hum was gone, and the stars. She looked down. A white line stretched out at her feet. Beyond it the dark had swallowed the world. Her name. Her...someone. The featureless dark pressed down. She knelt beneath its weight. The rough surface of the road caught at her fingers, grit shifting, nipping at her skin.… Continue reading WIP Part 17 ~~hide~~
WIP Part 16 ~~hide~~
Ed walked beside Wyn. His cologne wafted over her whenever someone passed them. Every time it did she couldn’t help but close her eyes as it rooted into her hindbrain somewhere. It smelled like the time that her mother and father had gone to a party, all dressed in their finest, and seemed happy and… Continue reading WIP Part 16 ~~hide~~
