TweetAlexandria Duke returns to the game for another year, except this time, she must beat the unbeatable dungeon. The Citadel of Broken Dreams was not meant to be explored. It was—as Alex was told numerous times—a trap. But the Citadel was the last place Lily’s brother had entered before he disappeared. He’d been in search […]
Category Archives: Stories
Thomas K. Carpenter Award Eligibility for 2019
TweetIt is that time of year when nominating for awards gets down to business. Of course, nominating can’t happen without reading, so now is the time to push forth our favorite stories for consideration. While there were a number of things that I published this year, I would only recommend reading one story for awards […]
New Release – Gladiators of Warsong
TweetAlexandria Duke returns to the world of Gamemakers Online for her second year, this time to challenge the Plains of Warsong and its endless gladiatorial combats. Not all games were meant to be beaten. After the first year in Gamemakers Online, one of near solitude, Alex is looking forward to pitting herself against the gladiators […]
New Release – The Warped Forest
TweetCould you defeat the world’s hardest immersive game? Alexandria Duke must learn how to or risk losing everything. When Alex joins Gamemakers Online, she finds there are no newbie areas, no tutorials, and nothing but vicious critters hunting her down. This seems like an impossible task but Alex is a veteran platinum achievement hunter who […]
New Release – The Webs That Bind
Tweet“Even the best plans fail. “ This is how the final installment of the The Reluctant Assassin series begins. It’s a fitting opening line for the series as Zayn has had to contend with countless setbacks in his plans to slay the Lady of Varna. As they say, no plan survive first contact with the […]
New Story – The Stylized Unicorn Escapes Its Poster in a Seattle Teenager’s Bedroom
TweetAs some of you may have heard me crow about on social media, my story “The Stylized Unicorn Escapes Its Poster from a Seattle Teenager’s Bedroom” is currently out in Issue #37 of Galaxy’s Edge. It’s one of my favorite stories that I’ve written for a variety of reasons. It’s received good reviews so far. […]
New Release – The Veiled Diplomat
Tweet Even a master assassin can be foiled. Divination—the magic of seeing the future—provides peace in the realms, because no one can launch a war or assassination without being discovered. But when a strange building appears in the city of sorcery, everyone believes it’s benign—everyone except Zayn and his teammates. To save the Hundred Halls, […]
New Release – The Sorcerous Spy
TweetZayn’s story continues for his second year at the Academy of the Subtle Arts. I’m pleased at how this one turned out. Zayn has a special story and I hope you stay with me through this series. It’s going to be great! When a rogue assassin starts taking heads in the Hundred Halls, no one […]
New Release – The Reluctant Assassin
TweetTechnically, this book has been in the works for three years, though it changed a few times along the way. Originally, the assassin’s story was going to be my first venture into the Hundred Halls, but as stories have a way of morphing into other things along the development path, so too did this one […]
Coming Soon – The Reluctant Assassin
TweetI know fans have been waiting a long time for the next Hundred Halls series, but the wait will be over soon because the next book will be out in 38 more days on September 18th. The first book in the next series is called The Reluctant Assassin. It follows Zayn Carter, who some of […]