Finding Magic in the Mundane

I don’t lead an extraordinary life. Far from it. I work a pretty mundane full time customer service job where I am face to face with people all day long. I come home to my fairly mundane two bedroom brick house on the southside of the largest city in Iowa, known as part of flyover […]

“I wish you’d grow up”

When I was younger and living in the Golden State, my grandmother across the country used to send us money for Christmas. Each person got a set amount usually in the middle of December to spend as we pleased. My parents would take us shopping in the weeks leading up to Christmas so that we […]

The rest is still unwritten….

Lately, the muse of writing has been kind of quiet in my life….. But that’s understandable. I’ve been busy with other facets. I do work a full time job and sometimes it gets crazy there. The adventuring with friends to find geocaches has been strong, especially since I am less than twenty days from a […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Four: Home

This is the final chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Three: Loss

This is the third chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Two: Memory

This is the second chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter One : Adventure

This is the first chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. Adventure It has been many years since I had one of […]

Keeper of Memories

Magical readers, I am thrilled to tell you that I am releasing another story in my Portals Series! Unlike the novels or novellas in the portal fantasy adventure series, this truly is a short story at just under 8,000 words and four chapters. Since it wouldn’t be feasible to put this in print, I will […]

Halloween Town: Secret, Secrets… we all got a secret

This is a story about my Halloween Town. I used to put a description of the origins of my villages on every post about my villages, but since I have a whole created page about the Village Stories I have written, check it out there if you have no idea what my Halloween Town is. […]

Halloween Town: Newcomers again

This is a story about my Halloween Town. I used to put a description of the origins of my villages on every post about my villages, but since I have a whole created page about the Village Stories I have written, check it out there if you have no idea what my Halloween Town is. […]