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Chicago

Having a family history that spans pretty much one state (I’m looking at you, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania!) and the Eastern Seaboard, I never really thought much about the city of Chicago. I read about it for my history classes. I learned facts that seemed to go in one ear and then out the other about […]

Family history becomes stories

If you follow my blog or any of my social media stuff, you’ll note that this past Saturday, I posted the final chapter of the serial novel I had been working on since November of 2022. The Magician is a twenty-five chapter urban fantasy serialization about an enslaved magician named Ignace Godding and a spirited […]

Postlude (The Magician – The Final Chapter)

This is the twentieth-fifth and FINAL chapter of the serialization novel I was working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Postlude The gilded opera house was once again filled with spectators, buzzing with excitement and anticipation. The […]

Reconciliation (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-Four)

This is the twentieth-fourth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Reconciliation Vanessa collapsed on the sidewalk, utterly spent from the tremendous amount of magic she had just exerted.  […]

Treachery (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-Three)

This is the twenty-third chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Treachery Swayed by the persuading of Evelyn to give Ignace a second chance, the collective Tamberlane, Rankin and […]

Disoriented (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-Two)

This is the twenty-second chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Disoriented Ignace woke in a hospital bed, hooked up to a number of machines, tethered with cords to […]

Retribution (The Magician – Chapter Twenty-One)

This is the twenty-first chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Retribution It was early the next morning when Vanessa woke to a notification on her phone.  Freddy had […]

Confessions (The Magician – Chapter Twenty)

This is the twentieth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Confessions Vanessa stared out at the lake again as she pondered the situation, trying to understand her cousin’s […]

High-Rise (The Magician – Chapter Nineteen)

This is the nineteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. High-Rise Per her mother’s suggestion, Vanessa had spent the rest of Sunday afternoon holed up in her apartment, […]

Safehouse (The Magician – Chapter Eighteen)

This is the eighteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Safehouse It took Vanessa a few hours to regroup and get herself back together. She had to chat […]