I present to you Chapter Two of the Charlie and Declan cowriting project, written with Harriet Stuart. Find Chapter One here. Charlie flopped down on her bed and examined the pocket watch she—no, Katriona—had snitched off of Declan Erikson. It felt so long ago now… had it just been last night? The watch wasn't what … Continue reading Chapter Two: Charlie
Fiction
“A Journey Through the Underdark”
A Dungeons & Dragons storyFor those of you familiar with the role play game Dungeons & Dragons, it is typical to write up some form of backstory for the character that you are playing in the game. My character for one of my latest campaigns had dissociative identity disorder--colloquially known as multiple personality disorder. The … Continue reading “A Journey Through the Underdark”
“A Night Out”
This is an excerpt from my work in progress novel, Preternatural Assassins' League. When Sam, an unstable assassin with borderline personality disorder, falls in love with a free-spirited ethics student, she finds the courage to defect from her organization, but quickly learns that her abusive superiors aren't going to let her go without a fight. … Continue reading “A Night Out”
Charlie and Declan – Chapter One
This is the first chapter of a novel that Harriet Stuart and I have written. It takes place in the early 1920s, following Declan Falker, a time traveler who falls in love with flapper girl Charlie O'Brian and has to deal with the consequences. Enjoy! Chapter One: Declan Declan let the noise of the club … Continue reading Charlie and Declan – Chapter One
“Only Stories in the End”
This was a short story that I wrote that won first place in the Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest a few years ago. There were certain words and phrases we needed to use within it, such as the phrase "At that moment" within the first paragraph, "candelabra," "asylum," "embellish," "loquacious," "quandary," and "tangible." I … Continue reading “Only Stories in the End”