Category Archives: Serials

Read Previous Chapters. Traveling under provisioned was among Mira’s top five most hated things to do. With a pair of curious children who’d never ventured more than a few miles from their home village in tow and the endless curiosity … Continue reading →

Ambassador Theodore Kingsley-Landon and his wife Stephanie looked around at where they were. They were both feeling groggy and light-headed. “Where are we, Theodore? This place is ghastly! How did we land in this most disgusting place?” “I think it’s … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters A mace shot. That’s how Mira’s head felt as she sat at the tavern table the next morning. Her wings hung limp, every feather ached, and she couldn’t help but wonder if the sun had a personal … Continue reading →

Read Previous Episodes. I fed the gull we rode in on and followed Gretchen and Dichall into the headquarters of the Micean Council. The guard had whispered something that sounded like a warning into Gretchen’s ear. What’s going on, here? … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters Insides convulsing, Mira bent over the edge of the tub. Every hair and feather trembled against the dozenth dry heave. She felt the sense that she should be ashamed, but it was only that. She couldn’t find … Continue reading →

Louie Carillo Speaks  Louie Carillo was sitting up in his hospital bed and his family were all there to cheer him on and support and encourage him. Margaret was helping him butter his bread. His daughter Mary was sitting down … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Charek. Blood. Pain. Mira couldn’t stop herself from retching. Her eyes refused to remain focused. In one moment, she was in the Larris Marsh, in the next, her eyrie home. A five-year-old child, alone and awash in … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Anti-light filled the basement. Not simply extinguishing but absorbing the scant sunlight filtering through the trapdoor. The vile energy coursing from the altar pushed back against Echo’s dispelling magic. She strained to maintain focus as necrotic bolts … Continue reading →

Everyone at the state dinner was shaking and trembling. Some people were vomiting while three suffered a heart attack in the aftermath of Jezi the Snow Monster from Uranus picking the White House off the ground and dropping it back … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Panic gripped the knight as she streaked into town. Echo and Rosalie had intercepted her en route, but, try as they might, neither could hope to keep pace. Not even in steep power dives. Heart thundering in … Continue reading →

Read Previous Episodes. I left the mice behind and boarded a metal house on wheels they called a “bus.” I found a seat and looked out the window to wave goodbye one last time to the only people I knew … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. “You can do this,” Mira whispered to herself. In all her years of service, never had her nerves gotten to her like this before. She’d stood at the door to the tavern, muttering assurances to herself for … Continue reading →

It was a foreboding evening. The sky was full of dark, threatening clouds. You couldn’t see the stars or planets in the night sky. The state visitors were all arriving for the state dinner for the Canadian Prime Minister, Vincent … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Breakfast was a rushed affair. Neither Mira nor Echo had much appetite after the previous night’s discussion. The knight struggled to eat half her plate, and the duchess barely finished her eggs. Both children were more than … Continue reading →

August 5, 1864 The light of early morn bare was beginning to break. A sleepy town still cast in twilight’s gray light lay dead ahead, of four sleek giants who crept ever closer through dark silent waters. Each, literally in … Continue reading →

  Vivian ran out of the room, and I was there waiting for her, on Waffles’s back with Gretchen and Dichall. She stopped when she saw her dog. “Waffles?” I waved to get her attention and activated my veilring. “Vivian! … Continue reading →

“I can’t believe this! Damn that alien! Where in blazing names did he go? What are we to do? Come on, Dick, you’re the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Get the Army, the Navy, the Marines, the Air … Continue reading →

A snatch of brilliant blue, a face and its tender gaze peering down at her in a corresponding hue: Charlie’s. Behind his head, the sky stretches into the hills. They’re on a train, holding hands. Peru. Vienna. Wales. It’s gone … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. “I said halt!” one of the infantrymen roared. But the little refugee family pressed on. Desperation etched their faces. Clean streaks carved the mother’s face from where her tears had washed away the road dirt covering her … Continue reading →

Coming out of a blackout (How many was it now?), Margaret looks up to see a shape hovering above her. Squiggly lines jump into focus as she squints, blurry-eyed. A giant nametag? No. She recognises the plaque from the door … Continue reading →

Charlie scribbled on the mental Post-it what he was calling the new nanny: MOL. Setting the bot’s power pack on SELF-CHARGE, he pinched himself, not believing his luck at how quickly the delivery had arrived. As much as he loved … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. By the time breakfast was over, neither zephyrni was confident they’d ever fly again. Cheesy eggs and sausage, bacon with fried potatoes, and pancakes stacked high and dripping in a sweet, thick, amber syrup. Mira couldn’t speak … Continue reading →

Magnitrude dozed, and I did, too, nestled in her warm dresses.  We both woke at a knocking on the door. Gombree’s muffled voice came from the other side. “Mistress Magnitrude, I have your foot cream.” “Yes, come in, come in! … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Mira’s eyebrow twitched as she touched down on the edge of Cawold. It was one thing to transport earthbounds every now and then, but this many times. In armor. In one day? She’d be lucky if she … Continue reading →

Through Emerson’s eyes I saw Eve Pixiedrowner climb out of Magnitrude’s dresses and up a nearby tapestry. I flew Emerson close to her until I had her attention. She nodded at me. Then I led her to the box on … Continue reading →

President Constantin Antonopoulos paced the floor in the Oval Office. Back and forth he walked; back and forth; talking to himself, then kicking his soccer ball around the floor.  Anything to take his mind off that horrible Snow Monster from … Continue reading →

I followed Waffles and Dichall out of Vivian’s room. I glanced back at the girl. She looked at me, stone-faced. “Just go away.” If our diplomat couldn’t win her over, I certainly wouldn’t, so I said nothing and crept out … Continue reading →

The networks’ satellites and transmissions were suddenly interrupted by the cosmic terror of one Snow Monster from Uranus whose name was Jezi. His power overtook their means of communication. Uranus was a planet that was centuries ahead of Earth in … Continue reading →

          At Paul Revere Hospital, Louie Carillo was in the Intensive Care Unit.  He barely could speak, and he was hooked up to an oxygen machine.  In his semi-conscious state, he envisioned Jezi the Snow Monster, … Continue reading →

Read Previous Chapters. Mira and Echo looked up at the sign for Narsis’ Apothecary. It was much the same as the other buildings in Cawold: a wattle and daub structure with a thatched roof. Only the windows sat so low … Continue reading →

Between getting her left hand chopped off and being held captive, it never occurred to Dani Botswana that Ulagi may have moved on from the dark moon by Balthazar where Don Lino had buried Fabiliacci’s black box. Dani had never … Continue reading →

Waffles sped up, with me, Dichall, and Gretchen on his back. I poked my head up over the fur and kept a lookout behind us. One of the humans ran back into the truck and followed in it, while the … Continue reading →

Gretchen, Dichall and I went under Jody Curator’s couch to hide and wait for the humans to arrive with our glasses. I glanced up at the chandelier and saw Jody’s husband, Gavin, perched up there. I waved. He nodded silently … Continue reading →