Stories tagged as "Free".
In the rainforest, there is love and magic, jealousy and romance, hope and fear. Now the road is coming, and everything will change, forever.
First published in Ideomancer Unbound, December 2002.
Marko is far too old for romance and adventure. As captain of the king’s guards, all he wants is to do his duty and keep his head down. So it really is a shame that his hotheaded young friend has fallen in love with a princess and that the princess’s chaperone is so infuriating. Because adventure and romance are coming for Marko, whether he likes it or not.
First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 23, June 2006.
Set two years before the events of SHADOW OF A DEAD GOD, nine-year-old Sereh must find a way to save her father from a deadly threat.
First published in Patrick Samphire's Newsletter, December 23, 2021.
From the moment they met, Ralph has always believed what his wife once told him, that she was the queen of the fairies. But now she has left him.
Together with his daughter, Bonnie, Ralph takes a trip to discover who his wife really was and where she came from. Neither of them are prepared for what they find.
First published in Realms of Fantasy, December 2005.
Once upon a time, a prince was turned into a frog. And that was where it all went wrong, because tradition or no tradition, princesses just weren’t going around kissing frogs anymore.
First published in The December Lights Project, December 2010.
“Moderate learning disabilities, he says. Schizoaffective disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, epilepsy, depressive psychosis. Well, Keith, he says. Looks like you’ve got a pretty good bundle there.
“The nurse behind him gives me a nice smile. I like her. She’s very pretty.
“Got a cold, I say.
“He raises an eyebrow. He’s laughing at me and thinking I don’t realize it. He thinks I’m stupid.”
First published in Abyss & Apex, Issue 14, 2nd Quarter 2005.