"No matter what you lost, we will retrieve." Golden Retriever Agency is supposed to be a publisher, but Mrs. Elderberry, the seventy-year-old, hyperactive and slightly nutty CEO, has other ideas. Thus begins a series of (mis)adventures as Mrs. Elderberry and her loyal slaves-I mean employees-board a cruise ship rigge...
Glimpses out of the misty reaches of the past: Celtic rebels, a footsore Norman squire, a Roman lost in a haunted forest, & many more tales.
A collection of short stories and random thoughts, covering various genres and tropes. Expect the unusual.
From the very beginning it was all Toad's fault. A blundering, quick-talking thief, he was the one who cut a deal with the dangerous Edward P. Owl: track down the ingredients to the Seeking Solution, or else. Twenty-five thousand gorents, he'd said to her. That was all it took for Melena, a lonely orphan with a knack...
A shantytown sails upon the sea; a lonely boy builds himself a friend; and the night sky in Japan's frozen north is filled with stars. Surely you've heard the Tale of the Five Magicians: Anne-Marie, Paolo, Goodman, Fyodor and Aika? let me tell it to you again, and for the very first time.