All three Wizard Tales and two bonus stories featuring the Wizard or his apprentice, Lucian.The Wizard Takes a Holiday is a flash fiction humorous rural fantasy of about 1500 words.The Wizard Takes a Fitness Class: A wandering wizard with regrets on his mind finds himself in a dance-off against an old enemy. About 5600 wordsLucian's First Trick is the story of a young man's last night in the childhood realm of his mundane life. Sometimes when you say “Trick or Treat...

A short non-fiction book about an accidental kitchen witch and the "spells" she has concocted for her life at home!His face was red, his mouth a sneer. I don't remember specifically what the fight was about, but I do remember one thing he said. Angry, grounded, and lashing out, my son reached deep into his bag of insults and produced: "You're a witch, Mom!" A look of triumph twinkled in his eye. What a sick burn.I was supposed to be hurt, I'm sure. Instead,...

In TROLL OR DERBY, fifteen year old Roller Deb is singled out by town bullies for both her skates, and for being different. When her popular homecoming queen of a sister is kidnapped by a scuzzy drug dealer, Deb must flee the trailer park in which she’s grown up, and rescue her. Along the way, Deb becomes enmeshed in the magical realm of trolls and fairies, and the blood-thirsty version of roller derby at which these beings excel. But spending too much time among the fairies comes with a p...

THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESSA Dark Fantasy Cosmic Cozy Thriller Where Reality Itself Is EquivocalJames Mason Community Book Club's MUST-READA MONSTER. A WOMAN WHO SEES TIME FRACTURING. AND A TOWN WHERE NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.Christine Grace is a philosophy professor who's spent her life searching for meaning in the abstract—until the abstract starts bleeding into her reality. One night, s...

In this short story, an old man with a lamp and a flea market gypsy are more than they appear.The fourth installment of The Wizard Tales, and a companion story to the Trollogy series.Originally published October 2013 as part of Allegories of the Tarot.

You asked for more Wizard, and you got it. The mysterious Wizard is back, and this time he's brought his demons--literally. What's this about a nemesis, and a gambling addiction? Can't an old man just grab a cone of Ben & Jerry's without Chinatown's zombies getting in the way?You don't have to be an LGBTQutie-patootie to shake your booty in The Wizard Takes a Fitness Class. Just ask anyone who's already read the latest wizarding tale--or better yet, read it, yourself.

The mysterious Wizard takes a student as his “+1” to the wedding of an old friend in the third episode of the Wizard Tales.

Another Fairy Wicked TaleWhen sixteen year old Deb heads to a roller derby tournament in Vegas, she hardly expects to skate against so many dangerous fairies -- much less for The Realm to experience a coup in her absence.What follows is an odyssey among fairy night life, beastly derby girls, blown out casinos and a mermaid with a hankering for a Philly Cheese Steak. Separated from her best friend Harlow, can Deb keep her head, or will she lose herself to th...

COFFIN HOP: DEATH BY DRIVE-IN is a collection of stories from the ranks of the annual Coffin Hop online horror extravaganza. Brains from Space! Robot Squids Gone Wild! Radioactive Microwave Men! Monster Mash Massacres! Crotch Tentacles! Werewolf lovin’! Vengeful Gods! Hot-Rod Hauntings! Alaskan Apocalypse! Vampire Seduction! Man-eating Toilet! an exclusive Robot Lincoln & Zombie Jackson comic by Craig Garrett and Jeff Wilson! Featuring interior art by the legendary Nic Ca...

Young Andre Mitchell is a gifted football player who is adept at dodging tackles and dodging trouble. In junior high he was a star. But now---in high school---Dre must not only make the grade in the classroom, he must hold his own on the field and in the streets.At John L. LeFlore, Dre is a small fish in a pond full of piranhas. He's uncertain if new love interests can be trusted or if old puppy love can mature. All of this becomes even more complicated when a run-in with ...

A stay-at-home mom, Ruth has been busy steering her family towards Christmas. All of this comes to a screeching halt, though, when she hears words she would never have thought possible coming over her phone. A warm-hearted story of love, family and a Christmas season well spent from celebrated author Annie Acorn. You won’t want to miss this one!