Lisa Williamson
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"That girl is such a mess." "Why can't she be like her sisters?" Blah, blah, blah. That's all Mia Campbell-Richardson ever hears. From her parents, her teachers, and her never-do-wrong older sister, Grace.
So what if she parties too hard and studies too little? Who cares if she tends to end up with the wrong guys or says the wrong things at the wrong times? She's still a good friend (except when she isn't). And she still knows the way things should...
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Meet the young activist who stood up for her rights-and changed millions of lives.
Before Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. Growing up, Malala's father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational rights. When she did, she was shot by a member of the Taliban and the story received worldwide media coverage. Protests and petitions...
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Alisha the one of a rare group of people who work to balance out the magic. She is a Magician, not a mage but an Magician and she walks the streets of Barrie balancing the ever present magic so that the average person has no idea it is out there. Each day she walks and most days she only needs to tweak the magic to balance it but an old enemy has come back and is leaving pools of dark magic that traps the unwary. Can she stop the deaths before the...
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Angel City has over two million inhabitants, not all of them are human. Erika is a paramedic working for Other Medical Transport, an ambulance service that is called out for the nonhuman residents of Angel city. If a dryad needs dialysis or shifter needs to be transported to Jones EMS for treatment after an attack, Erika and her rookie partner are called in. She works hard, being one of the very few paramedics who can be reliably called on to deal...
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Mary runs a soup kitchen in the Queen city. It is a small place, a place that no questions are asked. YOucan come in for a cup of coffee, a bowl of soup and a hot dinner. It was a place that she could hide who and what she used to be.But when a tall stranger walks in from the rain, things will change. Old enemies will return and the stranger is more than he seems. Can Mary trust him and let him know just who and what she is? Only time can tell. A...
6) Worlds Apart
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There are worlds just a step away from the one we live on. Worlds filled with magic and lycanthropes who fly on world ships. If you like short stories that give you a look beyond this world, this is for you.
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Mythos - A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
Love stories are common throughout all cultures. These short stories are a fantasy take on love and magic, for romance can be found in any genre.
With tales of traditional love with a Knight riding out to rescue his kidnapped lady to a tale of love over coming even death, these five tales will be a...
9) Interludes
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Loralil has been living in the healing enclave for a year and it is time to make a decision. To stay and take vows or leave. There are too many who need her help for her to stay. But can she ?
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Lee has an ability to pull dark magic from the world around her. She quietly cleans up the bits and pieces that attach themselves to the peple and places that would slowly be poisoned if it isn't cleansed. Over the years she has quietly worked behind the scenes making the world safer one act of service at a time. When someone planted a dark seed into a sacred place she has asked to come in and remove it. Little did she know that in doing so she would...
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Waking up three hundred years after you laid down for surgery was something hard to understand. Angel wasn't sure just why she was, but the man in her bed explained it. Takeshi and Angel were called the Returned and they were something unexpected to come out of the genetic tinkering done to human dolls. They remembered their past lives. They escape their owners and start a journey toward freedom. When Angel's memories truly return there is a lot she...
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Drabbles are flash fictions of exactly 100 words. Growing explosively in popularity they are all over the net. Collected together here are drabbles written since 2014 based on images, web prompts and contests.
These tales in short are snapshots of inspiration and reflections of meaning.
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Knight Protector Yasha and vampiric Death Mage Hargon have been fighting a long standing battle . When last they were face to face Hargon destroyed what was previously pious to Yasha. Now they meet again. Hargon has kidnapped the Bard Elinor and plans to drain her of her bardic magic and her life. Yasha, with the mage Rener, the blade women Le name and Priestess Linelle race to her rescue, hopi g that this time the outcome will not be the same Trigger...
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Human beings tell each other tales, be they fireside or through the visual media of movies.This collection of short stories are modern tales told with the feel of ancient legends. From the tale of a bargain made for vengence to what might happen after the Norse end of the worl, Ragnarok, these tales are but echoes of Elder Times.The ten previously published tales have been re-edited and there is one entirely new story collected together in this...
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The holidays are some of the most interesting times for writers. There are so many different myths and legends from the various cultures in our world. From the legend of Jack-O-Lantern at Halloween to the well-loved Santa Claus we have told many tales. Inside this collection are short flash fictions dealing with these legends. You will find tales from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve. Most of the tales are retold legends but sprinkled...
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Face: A uniquely oriential belief concerning honor, respect and responsibility. Many will give everything, including their lives, for this concept.Destiny is a young woman of two clans. She has willingly joined the ranks of the Firm to protect a younger brother who has a great destiny. But it is her role that is the question. Was she simply born to protect her younger brother or is her role in the universe a greater one?When the unimaginable...
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My name is Kellie and I'm a single mother of four. I do all the things you expect, cook, clean, take the youngest to her clubs and oh yeah, I talk to ghosts. In the Gate city there are a lot of interesting stories and not all of them come from those still alive, human or Other. When I get called in by an old friend to check out a crime scene, I had to use my other gift. Talking to ghosts is just like a normal conversation, but using psychomtery on...
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Benjamin is the heir to the clan, but there are those wwho want him out. He manages to escape but finds himself far from where he intended.
Yvette moved to her brother's old cabin up in the quiet mountains. It was the perfect place for her to run her animal rescue. During the big storm she heads out to check on her charges when he sees a man during a flash of lightning. Stopping just in time, she jumps out and catches him as he slumpss to the mud...
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True bards are extremely rare, no matter the world and one who can hear the music of the world even more so. Jessalin is just such a bard. For years she has fought a losing battle for the very soul of a world. When the battle is finally lost she falls through a gate into the world of the Guardians. Can she find a place in Harry's world and maybe find the strength to move past all she has lost.