Take Heart. Be Courageous

COURAGE – from the Latin word cor (heart), via French to Middle English – originally meant “what is in one’s mind and heart” but also came to mean bravery, pride, confidence, free will amongst other like ideas. Words for “heart” in the Middle Ages were often metaphors for inner strength. Sorry, the word nut in […]

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

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 […]

Apologies

Dear magical readers, If you logged in yesterday to read the next chapter of The Year of the Winding Road and discovered it wasn’t there, I do apologize. Because I am being pulled in several different directions with work, finding time to pursuit my other hobby of hiking and geocaching, and even other stories in […]

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. […]

Thanksgiving – The Year of the Winding Road (Chapter Ten)

This is the tenth chapter of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it […]

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. […]

Halloween – The Year of the Winding Road (Chapter Nine)

This is the ninth chapter of my second serial novel, The Year of the Winding Road < click here to see the main page for the novel, read the other chapters if you missed them or have no idea what this story is about. Note to readers: While this story does have events in it […]