Author’s Note: Although the reader can intuit the necessary details of this Peter Pan retelling, an even greater experience can be found by reading previous short stories: Never, Never, The Test, and Welcome to Neverland. These shorts have all come from Elegant Literature Magazine’s monthly challenges. In this case, the challenge was to address “Paradise …
Woohoo, thank you to Esme at The Weatherwax Report for her amazing book review! Liberation has been entered in the 2024 SPFBO (Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off), assigned in the first round to The Weatherwax Report. I’m so so so happy to announce that Esme enjoyed the read. In fact, she couldn’t put it down despite …
This short piece continues to add to the story started in Marked. For the first time, you follow Tara rather than Davon. I wrote this for Elegant Literature for the challenge on “mundane magic.” These shorts make the most sense read in order! If you have not yet read Marked or its follow up short, …
Author’s Note: Although the reader can intuit the necessary details of this Peter Pan retelling, an even greater experience can be found by reading two previous short stories: Never, Never and The Test. Enjoy! ***** Commander James F. Hoogeveen stared after the redheaded boy who shot into the sky like a shuttle launching. How could …
The fantasy romance of the summer is officially published on my wedding anniversary. Ain’t that sweet? Do not miss your opportunity to get Desert Rose, a fantasy romance inspired by the classic star-crossed lovers, but better because there’s magic and adult characters. Yeah. True to my dark fantasy self, this is not a light-hearted sappy …
By Guest Amberley Martin, Author of The Fairy Godmother Tales First, I want to thank Rebecca for allowing me to ramble on about one of my favourite topics: fairytale retellings. For those of you who don’t know me, Hi! I’m Amberley, and I write fun, fairytale adventures. I’m currently publishing one series, The Fairy Godmother …
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Enjoy this fairy-tale inspired short story, which I wrote for Elegant Literature (March 2024). This magazine features upcoming authors in all genres, challenging them with a prompt each month. The story below had to feature a theme of futuristic dystopia. I had already started a story retelling Peter Pan a few months ago, so here’s …
Enjoy this fairy-tale inspired short story, which I wrote for Elegant Literature (November 2023). This magazine features upcoming authors in all genres, challenging them with a prompt each month. The story below had to feature a theme of what to believe in, in a futuristic society. I decided to re-invent Peter Pan. Hope you like …
Sundering has gone through beta readers and is now ready for a professional edit. That said, I’m crazy nervous for this one! The stories in Liberation have intertwined into a tight braid, but even at the end of Sundering not everything is revealed. I give you some new characters, a new ship, and new places …
Yet another fantastic job by Eva at Celebril Art, who made my vision real with her gorgeous work. This process was really good. I offered two scenes that I thought were really powerful from the book, and explained why and how important they were to the story. She gave me feedback on which she thought …