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"Reflections: The Mirror Speaks," Enchanted Conversation, A Fairy Tale Magazine, forthcoming.
Fantasy Poem. What did the magic mirror think of its part in helping the witch stalk Snow White? |
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"Not the Best Neighbors," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVI, edited by Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, forthcoming (November 2011).
Fantasy. Lady Janet, daughter of the Duke of Arbinclose, has an encounter definitely of the wrong kind with a wizard hired by a rival kingdom. Her resourcefulness is tested to the breaking point--or perhaps beyond. |
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"Soul Walls," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV, edited by Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, November 2009.
Fantasy. Tiva was apprenticed to Yongosona, who painted soul walls for the village. But she was never allowed to paint--just gather materials and prepare them. Would she ever become a painter?
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"Gathering Shards," Oceans of the Mind, Summer 2004, "Spiritual Science Fiction" issue.
Science Fiction. Lasai's sole purpose in life was to heal the ghosts of the Ebchians, who had died thousands of years before. He did not foresee what would happen when archaeologists began excavating the ancient Ebchian cities. |
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"Scavenger Hunt," Oceans of the Mind, Spring 2004, "Colonies" issue.
Science Fiction. The underwater domes of Chai complex are breaking down, and Modlene and her family will have to leave if Mod can't fix the water purifier. Can she and her brother Simon find the parts they need in an abandoned dome? |
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"Power Sources", Realms of Fantasy, February 2004. Finalist for 2004 Utah Speculative Short Story Award.
Science fantasy. Hallelujah Tuckett wanted nothing more than to get off the dreary world of Midway--until she discovered the Boon witch doctor could really do magic. |
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"An Old-Fashioned Christmas Tree," Dragons, Knights, and Angels Magazine, December 2001.
Science fiction. Life on the new colony world is good now. So why isn't Camille happy this Christmas? Why do memories of death and deprivation haunt her?
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"Granpa is Missing on the Mars Tranship," Spider, November 1997.
Reprinted in Nelson Language Supplementary Readings, Grade 6, ITP Nelson, June 1998.
Reprinted in Junior Reading Assessment 5, The Toronto District School Board, Nelson Thomsen Learning, August 2002.
Children's science fiction. What happens when a little boy, off to Mars with his scientist parents, loses his stuffed bunny on the spaceship? Will he and his brother be sent back to Earth to stay with their grandparents, and miss Mars? |
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"The Peachwood Flute," (with Brook West), The Shimmering Door, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, August 1996. British paperback edition, Sorceries, Voyager, February 1997. British hardcover edition Sorceries, HarperCollins, September 1999.
Reprinted (in French translation) in Extrême-Orient, Emblèmes 6, Editions de L'Oxymore, July 2002.
Fantasy set in medieval Japan. Noriaki is a ronin--a masterless samurai--and his flute-playing days are behind him. But when he and his companions wander into a cursed village, his forgotten skills may be the only thing that can save them. |
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"Weeds," (with Brook West), Enchanted Forests, edited by Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, December 1995.
Contemporary fantasy. Members of a college botany field trip start disappearing, and strange things are happening in the forest. Angela is the teacher's aide, responsible for the students' well-being. What will Angela and her husband do now? |
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"Sea of Chaos," L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Vol. XI,, Bridge Publications, June 1995. First Place winner, 1st Quarter 1994; Grand Prize winner, 1994, Writers of the Future contest.
Science fiction. Ancient navigators' art from Micronesia is used to navigate starships through overspace. Can Winin get the starship through the Maelstrom using only his knowledge and reflexes after the computer goes down? |
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"The Best Babysitter," The Friend, September 1989.
Children's fiction. Baby Andrew knows and likes Sarah. Why can't Sarah take over Juanita's babysitting job when her best friend gets sick? |
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