Purging the Devilish Intention
Published in May 2004, Honorable Mention in Whim's Place Flash Fiction Contest
"The one called Assassin always watches..."
Slick Speaks Out
Published in January 2005, Black Hills Arts Anchor
"All right. I've had it. It's time to set the record straight. Give credit where credit is due, I say. So here it is, the truth in a nutshell. The world as you know it has narrowly avoided disaster..."
The Smallest Details
a companion piece to Slick Speaks Out, unpublished
"...let me tell you a great truth of T.O.P. The wars are lost in the smallest details."
Labyrinth
Published March 2006, Tales of the Talisman
" 'My life is like this stupid circle,' she muttered, gesturing toward the mosaic. 'It goes round and round and never gets anywhere.' "
Answering the Call
Published April 2006, The Leading Edge
"I don't know why it happened or why, but Man and Fairy were not meant to live this way. We should have been friends. Instead, the Man-world fears us. With good reason. We've used our magic to trick and to deceive. We've stolen their maidens for pleasure-loves and their children for sacrifices. We've given nothing and taken everything."
For Want of a Butler
Published January 2009, Beyond Centauri
"...the Gift you forsook, the Gift you called curse, has passed to your daughter and rooted itself so deeply that she can never renounce it."
