Stories
Sunday, April 30, 2017
April’s Fantasy Faction theme for their monthly story was “Omens”. I went grimdark, and first-person-present. Crazy!
Friday, March 31, 2017
March Fantasy Faction short story contest entry. We’re looking at the world through a beast’s eyes. And, in this case, cats.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Fanfic crossover for the February short story contest. Betcha can’t tell which fiction character I like better!
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Urban fantasy entry for the January Fantasy Faction contest. But, wait! Since it’s “new year, new you”, we’ve added the start of a new life to this one.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Dragons were the theme for the Fantasy Faction short story contest for December 2016. Which begs a story about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
November 2016’s Fantasy Faction monthly contest was about a time-traveler to the year 1750. That, combined with an election that deeply affected me produced this poem. (promise i won’t write many more of these!)
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Fantasy Faction short story contest for October 2016 was about corpses — not zombies. I went for the Chicago back alley fantasy flavor.
Friday, September 09, 2016
Why do you follow pirate treasure maps instead of skipping to the end? Find out in September 2016’s Fantasy Faction monthly contest story written to the theme of Pirates.
Sunday, August 07, 2016
August 2016’s Fantasy Faction monthly contest story written to the theme of Potions and Elixirs. Also, with the added challenge of being dark.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
June 2016’s Fantasy Faction monthly contest story based on a random Wikipedia page for Twiga Cement.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
May’s Fantasy Faction writing contest featuring a fairy tale from a different point of view. You’ll never read Hansel and Gretel the same again.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
April’s Fantasy Faction writing contest on a dystopian society. You’re not afraid of a little blood, are you?
Friday, March 25, 2016
March’s Fantasy Faction monthly contest under the theme of Nightmares. It’s an avalanche of your worst fears — with a twist!
Sunday, February 28, 2016
February’s monthly Fantasy Faction writing contest was to take a couple characters from popular fantasy, and make them fight!
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Excerpt from an unpublished short story to be submitted to the Clarion Workshop.
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Excerpt from an unpublished short story to be submitted to the Clarion Workshop and the Guns and Dragons Fantasy Faction Anthology
Thursday, January 14, 2016
January’s Fantasy Faction writing contest was all about breaking the fourth wall in your story. Oh yeah!
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
1498 word “Young Love” entry for the December 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
1333 word “Mighty Beast” entry for the November 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.
Monday, October 12, 2015
900 word “Alternate Story With A Best-selling Title” entry for the October 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.
Friday, September 04, 2015
1200 word “Intrigue and Scheming” entry for the September 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.
Thursday, August 06, 2015
1500 word “Space Opera” entry for the August 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
500 word “Flash Fiction” entry for the July 2015 Fantasy Faction Monthly short story contest.