A man who's always seen the world through an artistic lens, where boat railings are covered in vermilion paint under cotton candy clouds, would like nothing more than to get validation from the son who's always thought his father was crazy. What if he isn't crazy at all? What if faeries are real? What if pixies did steal his shoes? Sometimes fathers and sons have lenses that will never be focused the same. Like most of my stories, this one has a surprise ending that makes people say, "Wait! What's next?! Give me more!" If you want more after you read it, you better tell me! :) ********** This is a short story I wrote for a series of shorts I am putting together for a community education course that I hope to teach one day (maybe in retirement to keep me from going stir-crazy, though that's still quite a ways a way). I've receive so much good feedback, that I have decided to turn this short into a novel. I wrote 60+ words for in November of 2019 for NaNoWriMo and am hoping to be done writing and editing it mid-2020 so I can query it to agents. All Rights Reserved. This is a copyrighted work. Do not reproduce without my express written approval. If you want to share the story, please link to this Wattpad story or send people to my Smashwords page or Amazon to purchase it. (It's often free to download to your Kindle on Smashwords. If it's not free, ask me for a coupon!)

Never take a faery bargain. Nissa learned this lesson long ago, when she and her princess lover, Rowan, asked a faery for a happily ever after and ended up immortal. Five hundred years later, Nissa hasn't aged a day, though her relationship with Rowan ended due to a messy breakup. Living alone in her tower for hundreds of years, Nissa has sworn never again to deal with faeries. But then her ex-lover shows up at her doorstep once more, pleading for her help. She claims that the faeries are no longer content with occasionally meddling with the human world. They're raising armies to destroy the human kingdoms once and for all. Nissa and Rowan are the only humans still alive who know their ways- and who can stop them before it's too late.

Ethnie is a powerful mage who lost the love of her life in the Abyss, a horrifying realm with five layers, each more horrifying than the last. Will she be able to save her wife, or will it be too late when she finally makes it to the fifth layer?

A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane