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Was just thinking that I should keep track of which stories have already been published. The first was "The Return of Baba Arleti" (Den of Thieves Anthology), then "Pawn", (Den of Quills Spring Anthology), then "The Symbol and the Ring" (Den of Quills Summer Anthology), and now "The Killing Parts" (Den of Quills Fall Anthology) will be released sometime in the next few months. "Monsters" will be coming out in a horror anthology later this year or the beginning of next year as well. Hopefully "The Broken Bell" will be picked up for the winter anthology. That will make six stories published so far! What a great start! Good luck to all the other authors out there! Make it happen!

Going to work this weekend on The Broken Bell, a short story for a winter-themed anthology.  
          "A frozen landscape, sorcerous sisters, an ancient trapper,  a magical bell, and one wayward son coming home for a funeral." 
          Should be a good one. The beginning is going great so far. Wish I could turn down the AC to 40 below for some real inspiration!

I have two stories submitted to two different anthologies. If these two go through that will be five short stories published this year!  One story is Monsters, that you can find here on Wattpad. That one is being submitted to a Horror anthology. The other story is called The Killing Part, and it is a tale of two cousins and the lengths one will go to keep anyone else from dying.

Revising some portions of "It's a Trap!" Trying to tighten it up a bit. Any comments and critiques are welcome.

Another short story sent in for publication. A battle between a magical symbol and a ring, Set in Los Angeles and starring a death by bowling ball.

Working on background material for my stories, timeline stuff, details on groups and different portions of the New Lands and the Old Country.  There has to be consistency!

New story out!! New story out!!!  Titled: PAWN. It's a twisted tale about a chef turned thief trying to revenge himself on the Queen. Sounds odd? Well, it is! It's full of action, two vague references to a Smiths song, an allusion to the US presidential election, a hedge maze, menopause, and best of all: no cooking! All that in one short story!  Wow!  If you spot the two references to the Smiths song, I'll send you a virtual cookie. No cheating though! Enjoy! Here is the link. Oh, and my wife has a story in there as well and she took the photo used as the cover art, how bad-ass is that?! http://www.amazon.com/Spring-Dreams-Nightmares-Seasons-Book-ebook/dp/B01E06NFYM/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1460168143&sr=1-2

More editing this weekend. Finally came up with an uplifting ending to my WIP novel. No one wants a downer ending.  At least now there is hope for the future...

Editing my novel-length story this weekend.

Working on a short story this weekend about a man who can render any object incapable of harm.  Nothing can go wrong with making the world a safe place, right?