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"Strength, Wisdom, and Compassion," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVII, forthcoming (November 2012).
Fantasy short story. When Queen Renata is to be married to the usurping King Terzo, she requests a spell bath from the witch Hyacinth, her old nurse. She wants the strength--both for herself and her unborn child--to survive life under the greedy and rapacious Terzo. But what toll will the spell exact from both mother and child? |
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"Not the Best Neighbors," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVI, edited by Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, November 2011.
Fantasy short story. Lady Janet, daughter of the Duke of Arbinclose, has an encounter definitely of the wrong kind with a wizard hired by a rival kingdom. Her resourcefulness is tested to the breaking point--or perhaps beyond. |
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"Tyler's Garden," Callihoo Publishing, November 2011.
Children's fiction. Larry and Tyler were best friends and did everything together, until Tyler's family moved away. Now a new lady lives in Tyler's old house, and the garden that Larry and Tyler planted together is dying. Doesn't Miss Black care what happens to the garden?
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"Changes of Life," Callihoo Publishing, October 2011.
Fantasy short story. The villagers of Lexby have barely survived a magic-induced plague. Sarah lost her husband to the flesh rot that nearly killed her and her daughter. She's not about to let the Pantaj do more damage to the village. But what can a handful of women and children do against an invading army?
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"Reflections: The Mirror Speaks," Enchanted Conversation, A Fairy Tale Magazine, 24 June 2011.
Fantasy Poem. What did the magic mirror think of its part in helping the witch stalk Snow White? |
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"Soul Walls," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV, edited by Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, November 2009.
Fantasy novelette. Tiva was apprenticed to Yongosona, who painted soul walls for the village. But she was never allowed to paint--just gather materials and prepare them. Would she ever become a painter?
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"Gathering Shards," Oceans of the Mind, Summer 2004, "Spiritual Science Fiction" issue.
Science fiction short story. Lasai's sole purpose in life was to heal the ghosts of the Ebchians, who had died thousands of years before. He did not foresee what would happen when archaeologists began excavating the ancient Ebchian cities. |
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"Scavenger Hunt," Oceans of the Mind, Spring 2004, "Colonies" issue.
Young adult science fiction short story. The underwater domes of Chai complex are breaking down, and Modlene and her family will have to leave if Mod can't fix the water purifier. Can she and her brother Simon find the parts they need in an abandoned dome? |
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"Power Sources", Realms of Fantasy, February 2004. Finalist for 2004 Utah Speculative Short Story Award.
Science fantasy novelette. Hallelujah Tuckett came to Midway to escape the slums of her home world, only to find that Midway was probably the most boring planet in the galaxy. Augmenting her salary as a forklift driver by moonlighting in a beauty salon, she's saving every penny so she can get off the planet. Then she discovers that the alien taleweaver she has been visiting can really do magic. |
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"An Old-Fashioned Christmas Tree," Dragons, Knights, and Angels Magazine, December 2001.
Science fiction short story. Life on the new colony world is good now. So why isn't Camille happy this Christmas? Why do memories of death and deprivation haunt her?
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"Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship," Spider, November 1997.
Reprinted in Nelson Language Supplementary Readings, Grade 6, ITP Nelson, June 1998.
Reprinted in Junior Reading Assessment 5, The Toronto District School Board, Nelson Thomsen Learning, August 2002.
Children's science fiction. What happens when a little boy, off to Mars with his scientist parents, loses his stuffed bunny on the spaceship? Will he and his brother be sent back to Earth to stay with their grandparents, and miss Mars? |
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"The Peachwood Flute," (with Brook West), The Shimmering Door, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, August 1996. British paperback edition, Sorceries, Voyager, February 1997. British hardcover edition Sorceries, HarperCollins, September 1999.
Reprinted (in French translation) in Extrême-Orient, Emblèmes 6, Editions de L'Oxymore, July 2002.
Fantasy short story set in medieval Japan. Noriaki is a ronin--a masterless samurai--and his flute-playing days are behind him. But when he and his companions wander into a cursed village, his forgotten skills may be the only thing that can save them. |
 
 
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"Weeds," (with Brook West), Enchanted Forests, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, December 1995.
Contemporary fantasy short story. Members of a college botany field trip start disappearing, and strange things are happening in the forest. Angela is the teacher's aide, responsible for the students' well-being. What will Angela and her husband do now? |
 
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"Sea of Chaos," L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Vol. XI,, Bridge Publications, June 1995. First Place winner, 1st Quarter 1994; Grand Prize winner, 1994, Writers of the Future contest.
Science fiction novelette. Winin is a wayfinder: he uses ancient Micronesian navigator's art to navigate starships through overspace in a virtual reality outrigger canoe. Winin is chosen for a rescue mission seeking a starliner adrift in overspace. When the virtual reality in his ship goes down, are his knowledge and reflexes enough to guide a starship through the Maelstrom? |
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"The Best Babysitter," The Friend, September 1989.
Children's fiction. Baby Andrew knows and likes Sarah. Why can't Sarah take over Juanita's babysitting job when her best friend gets sick? |
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