![Image by Mark Basarab](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_314f74556b445f38737663~mv2_d_3880_2586_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_528,h_352,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/nsplsh_314f74556b445f38737663~mv2_d_3880_2586_s_4_2.jpg)
Works
When Chickens Turn Blue
- flash fiction -
Old lady Margaret Stone gets ridiculed by the townsfolk for claiming to have seen a blue chicken. Meanwhile three kids band together to right a wrong.
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Published in The Walnut Branch: Vol 2
(buy your copy here)
![Chicken](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_30754e396946346d674449~mv2_d_4096_2731_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_240,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20JOHN%20TOWNER.jpg)
The Wait
- teen fantasy devotion -
Mior waits for the Lord to bring help and save the people from the beastly Karith. But it's silent. And the wait stretches on.
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Published through Unlocked
(read here)
![Cavern with light pouring in](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_48693062644f307645666f~mv2_d_3648_5472_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_141,h_212,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20Ivana%20Cajina.jpg)
Spindleweed
- middle grade fantasy novel -
Emma and Cody accidentally return to Lumina when they come across a startle flower in their world. When they arrive, it seems that Lumina is at peace . . . until the Wolf King's sister shows up with a warning. Together, Cody and Emma must work with her to defeat the Spindle Queen.
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Published through Hudsonville Living Magazine.
![dark trees crowing around a circle of sky](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_5a4b31485a694d5a32454d~mv2_d_4608_2592_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_240,h_135,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20John%20Silliman.jpg)
The Storm
- flash fiction-
A storm brews and a woman makes a horrible mistake.
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Published through Exhale. (Email me to read my contribution)
![lightning](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_33717563423755326c3749~mv2_d_2088_3152_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_140,h_212,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20Brandon%20Morgan.jpg)
The Artisan's Mask
- young adult fantasy novel -
Arion Naveh awakes one day standing in a foreign castle and wearing a strange mask. All but his name has disappeared from memory. The nearby villagers claim he's the cruel Ever King, but something doesn't feel right. Was he really the Ever King? Or is there something more complicated playing behind the scenes?
As his memories slowly return, Arion must work quickly to unlock the secrets of the mask and stop the real Ever King before the people—or someone far worse—kills him.
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- work in progress -
![mask with black background](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/637557_0e3c1fab12154e1d9f1cea53d88ca86c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_223,h_212,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Artisan's%20Mask_w%20name_edited.jpg)
The Beast
- teen fantasy devotion -
A girl confronts a great evil that is scourging the land. She failed once before, but now she has armor.
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Published through Unlocked (read here)
![warrior facing a dragon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/637557_a3a65834611041ac95f01dca3eded3a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_209,h_212,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Screenshot%20(33)_edited.jpg)
Silence
- young adult fantasy novel-
Griffin adjusts to his new role as leader of Moonlight Band, but it's not as easy as Wolf had made it look. Thankfully, his new friend Wild gives him aid. And little by little he gains respect and power . . . and the location of the Land of Green and Gold. Griffin will need to tread forward carefully, for evil lurks in the shadows, much closer than he realizes.
*Book 2 in the Shadow Weaver trilogy
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- work in progress -
![Silence cover](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/637557_6ff19a95c541427bb459a89dba1ed37d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_136,h_212,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Silence_new%20cover.png)
The Fire Feather
- flash fiction -
Five adults enter an elevator on a seemingly normal day . . . to then be surprised by a non-burning feather wreathed in flames.
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Published through The Makeshift Review
(read here)
![Skinny orange flame](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_0ad05d421a4e44d5bf8a3b9dd6de7f70~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_141,h_212,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20Marek%20Piwnicki.jpg)
Arrival of the Night
- prose poetry -
The sun sets and the sky is painted and the day becomes night.
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Published through The Makeshift Review (read here)
![pink and blue sunset](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a370a7dc9b53405e876ed0f28e0d8f2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_240,h_160,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20Quino%20Al.jpg)
Twindlewood
- middle grade fantasy novel -
Cody and Emma stumble upon a strange wand and a magical land called Lumina . . . that's being darkened by the evil Wolf King. The good news? The wand they found is super powerful. The bad news? It's not working.
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Published through Hudsonville Living Magazine
![beautiful lake with an island](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_43664d456563794e744863~mv2_d_3264_1836_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_240,h_135,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image%20by%20Francisco%20Ghisletti.jpg)
Flight
- young adult fantasy novel -
The day magic returns, 17-year-old Max escapes enslavement--but at the cost of leaving his little sister behind. As he strives to learn how to use his magic and find a way to go back and save his sister, he finds that not even magic can heal the dark trauma that plagues him. He will need to learn how to face his greatest fear--the Task Master--if he ever wants a chance at getting his sister back.
*Book 1 in the Shadow Weaver trilogy
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- on submission -
![Flight cover](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/637557_fcf7384e1ded464c9defe54b0b2ffbd6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_136,h_212,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Flight_new%20cover.png)