Writing in fantasy

The Dragon of Dread Peak

A published in , October, 2017.

Flip and friends are hard at work training to take on Dungeonspace for more loot and adventure, but the team is struggling to come together in the face of hardship.  When news of an escapee from the Black Hole dungeon arrives, Flip’s world is thrown into disarray.  He and his party take a job with the powerful formulist Briggsby, and it’s no big deal. They just have to rob the great dragon Karnifex…

“The Dragon of Dread Peak” is the novella sequel to “The Cavern of the Screaming Eye” and a continuation of the adventures of Flip, Domino, and Basher, teen Dungeonspace adventurers. Their current storyline will conclude in a future novella.

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The West Topeka Triangle

A published in , January 2017.

Another child has disappeared in 1980s West Topeka, but this is only part of the strange events that Jason attributes to his very own “West Topeka Triangle,” an area of oddities and disappearances he equates with the more famous Bermuda Triangle. Jason struggles to make sense of the mysterious happenings and finds himself with an unlikely ally in the process.

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The Cavern of the Screaming Eye

A published in , October, 2016.

The first in the Dungeonspace sequence of stories, “Cavern” is the story of a young man struggling with the legacy of his dead brother, a great dungeonspace crawler lost to one of the most deadly dungeon anomalies the City has ever seen–The Black Hole. His mother will kill him if he takes up d-space adventuring–she […]

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Groob’s Stupid Grubs

A published in , 2011.

Once upon a time, Black Gate was a fiction magazine, and when they were, they published a story about my favorite goblin dad, Groob.  Groob lives in a city built in the safest place possible–atop a giant machine that is devouring the world.  He’s smarter than your average goblin, but he has grubs to feed, […]

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One Click Banishment

A published in , 2010.

Another tale in the Magic P1r4cy setting, where spells are turned into programs called sprogs.  In this story, we learn that it pays to read the terms of service when using magical SaS. STUCK THREAD * Six Lessons Learned in MAA’s Captive Servitude Posted by Hidr at 7:42 PM Yesterday Yeah, the rumors are true. […]

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Captain Blood’s B00ty

A published in , 2007.

In the Magic P1r4tes setting, computers can process spells like programs.  The only problem is, copyright of spells is tied to the life of the wizard that created it, and wizards live forever.  What’s a young wizard to do? Pirate magic, of course. Unfortunately, the Magical Association of Atlantis, (MAA, or, Big Mother) are in […]

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The Yeti Behind You

A published in , 2007.

Written long before I became a parent, this story deals with the anxieties of expecting parents, and the anxieties of even making the decision.  What does it mean to create new life on a geologic time scale? Michael’s yeti sits lightly on the foot of the bed, watching with soft brown eyes as Michael makes […]

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The Girl With The Sun in Her Head

A published in , 2004.

Emelia’s home is in a city where only children are allowed to draw graffiti on the crumbling walls. The old bricks and stones are covered in crude pictographs and stick figures, smoking chimney houses and bicycles with four wheels and two seats. Chalk is a penny a piece, any color to be had. A little […]

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