Stories
Currently, I’m working on the Levion books
A steampunk fantasy trilogy featuring flying cities, spirit-powered mecha armor suits, and assassins weilding shadow magic.
What’s not to love?
Toilet Paper Bandits – My first published short story is a mostly true account of a day in the life of American soldiers deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq.
What I Wanted, featured in “So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood” – A personal essay reflecting on my experiences as a new mom.
The Weight of Glass, featured in “Flash! A Celebration of Short Fiction”– An assassin attends a party where she carries out her mission.
The Old Ways, featured in “Strongly Worded Women: The Best of the Year of Publishing Women” – Trying to reconnect with herself after a bad break up, Deitra encounters more than she bargained for on the misty moors of northern England where the Fey still roam.
Noor’s best friend Mara is getting married and everyone’s excited. Except Noor.
Outside the family compound, conflict rages in through the streets of Aleppo as inside family and friends prepare for Mara’s big day.
A coming-of-age family drama set against the backdrop of the on-going Syrian civil war.
A Wedding in Aleppo is available from Barnstorm Journal
A college student brings her boyfriend home, eager to introduce him to the wonders of ice-fishing.
She remembers another winter on the ice when her younger sister almost went through.
Pizza Delivery on Lake Waconia is available from Wanderlust
Awakening is a fast-paced cyberpunk re-telling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale.
Come for the gender-swap, stay for the corporate espionage.
Available from Boundary Shock Quarterly
What compels people to take the law into their own hands?
In Making the World a Better Place Emery and Tomyris rescue other women from human traffickers and decide not to stop there.
Available from Thrill Ride Magazine
We are living through a fascist uprising. Do not wait for fascists to call themselves fascists. They are ascendent, and we have to learn how to fight back.
In the Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1, writers and poets will tug at your heartstrings, draw you to take action, and help you find hope.
Check out my short story, Le Coyote: A privileged young woman learns some harsh truths as she is forced to risk an illegal border crossing in search of healthcare.
Malcolm X said, “As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods or tactics or strategy to reach a common goal.”
There is a great variety of ideas about resistance demonstrated in the pages you’re about to read in Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 3.
My short story, Simple Sabotage, was inspired by The Simple Sabotage Field Manual, written by United States Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) to help guide Europeans resisting fascist occupation during World War II. Irony is not dead, eh?
Navigating Different Types of Romance – a craft article about, well, the different types of romance for those interested in which niche(s) might best suit your style and spice/heat level.
Unfortunately, only available to those with a paid membership to RWA.
Survivors’ Club, my debut novel. Meet the monsters that started it all!
Ashfall, Book 2 of the Survivors’ Club Chronicles.
More of the monsters and some freaky mind powers!
New Avalon Rangers, Book 3 of the Survivors’ Club Chronicles.
Sometimes the monsters aren’t the worst things out there…
