books and stories
traveler
“ Coffee and aliens, what more do you need?”
– Kate Juden, Amazon reviewer
Caught in a cafe that travels to seven dimensions on an infinite loop, Jaz Contra serves coffee while trying to locate the mysterious white-haired man who trapped her there. When a young shapechanger named Bracken—whose search for his missing aunt leads him to this very cafe—stows away in her basement, Jaz must help him survive until he can return to his own world.
Through a series of bizarre encounters with talking tigers, polymorphs, alchemists, thieves and the occasional grim reaper, Bracken’s efforts to locate his aunt create daily chaos, threatening Jaz’s chances of ever escaping—not to mention the stability of seven universes.
pirated
“I”
~ DJC, Amazon reviewer
In this short story, a girl named Charlie discovers a vine hanging through a hole in her bedroom ceiling and climbs up into a gallery of paintings, each painting a living copy of herself. Charlotte, the creator of the living copies, tricks Charlie into switching places, trapping her in a deadly dreamworld.
on a crowded floor
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In this lightly romantic short story, a young man named Duncan tries to court a girl who doesn’t speak his language.
fear the hunted
“B”
– Ilona Nurmela, Amazon reviewer
Her memory is blank. Her name is not her own. Found in a field, covered in bleeding lash marks, Troy of Cathylon searches for a new life. Taken in by outlawed scholars, trained in a city hidden beneath desert sands, she masters the lore of a supernatural stone called elaa and joins an uprising that could overturn the present regime.
Hunted for her ability with the powerful blue stone that seems to do anything she wills, and a book containing the scholars’ secrets, every move she makes brings her enemies closer – a zealous new ruler, traitorous warriors, and a ruthless commander – who recognize her from her past. Enemies who hold the answers to it. Their first encounter erased her memory. Their second will end her life.