Stories
Currently, I’m working on episodes of my Vella One for the Levy: A Nivarden Saga.
It’s Vikings in space with witches and warriors and enhanced soldiers, oh my!
New episodes every Friday.
The first three are FREE!
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
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!
WIP: Ezra’s Adventures in Fairyland – Someone’s trying to kill Ezra, but before he can stroll around the block with his pet skunk, his estranged grandfather arrives to whisk him away. Short story? We’ll see…
WIP: Soul Collector Cameron – Cam has made a bargain with the Fae. In order to stay on the right side of the Mist, they must collect their monthly quota of human souls. But when they suffer an acute attack of conscience that puts their own survival on the line, they go on the run. As Cam races against time to save their own soul, they encounter folk from their past.
M. K. Martin 