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The Wings of Mercury - Chapter 5

Gual

Gual had changed a lot since the end of the war. From big changes like rail and telegraph lines leading from the coast all the way to Italia, Hispania, and eastern Germa...

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Country Roads Concept Art - Character Images

1) Hal Steiner 2) Alina Petrova 3) Quinn Chandler (publicist) 4) Cole Lawson

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Center Stage - Chapter 21

By lunch the following day, I felt like a zombie and was very glad I’d called in sick to school. Besides having a very hard time getting to sleep because of how worried I was for Hanna, the house...

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The Wings of Mercury - Chapter 4

Ky was again in his quarters, writing out endless stacks of instructions. It had been years since he’d done this, since well before the end of the war with Carthage, and he forgot how tedious the...

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Out of Control - Chapter 2

When I woke up the next morning, I could barely remember the rest of the night. Brandon and I never made it to any other frats and were drinking and having a good time until almost two, when I stum...

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Center Stage - Chapter 20

Another few weeks went by and I was back to my old routine. Mostly. School, homework, practice. Rinse and repeat. The only thing I missed was that the last time it was like this, Kat was still in s...

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Mortals, Mythlings, and Mischief - Chapter 1

It was my first day at a new school. Always a terrifying prospect even at a normal school. And this one was far from normal.

I stared up at the ornate wrought iron sign arching over the drive...

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Center Stage - Chapter 19

Thursday, I got home from school and realized that finally, I didn’t have to get on a plane and go anywhere. I finally had a weekend where I could play at the Blue Ridge and just relax for a litt...

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The Wings of Mercury - Chapter 3

Factorium

After the busy first day, following the news of the attack on their port, Ky had spent most of the time locked away in their rooms, writing out instructions all day...

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Center Stage - Chapter 18

Monday, I was back home and the tour was done. Warren was still working out the details of my tour, but it looked like it wouldn’t be happening until the next month at the earliest, or even May. ...

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3rd Unusued Cover Art

For Threads of Destiny, I actually got a third piece of art made as I was trying out illustrators. I liked this least of the three, but I thought I'd share it.

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Center Stage - Chapter 17

We weren’t playing a music-specific venue for our final show. Instead, they’d put us in the arena usually used for their professional basketball team, which held twenty-five thousand people, mo...

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Center Stage - Chapter 16

“Hey babe, what’s up?” she said, sounding out of breath but in a good mood. 

I’d cut it close for her pool time, so she must have either just gotten out, or someone heard the rin...

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Out of Control (The Influence Factor #1) - Chapter 1

The bus pulled into the station with a hiss of brakes, the old vehicle wheezing like an asthmatic. I grabbed my duffel bag from the overhead rack and slung it over my shoulder. As I stepped off the...

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Center Stage - Chapter 15

I didn’t get to see the finished results of all the security upgrades or get the walk-through Mrs. Phillips was getting when they were done, but she said she’d show me them and Isaiah said he...

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Center Stage - Chapter 14

Monday, I was back in New York, this time for the live taping of The World According To Harlan Nash. Considering it was almost as big as Late Night, the studio was much smaller. I’d always pictur...

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The Threads of Destiny - Chapter 23 (Final)

Chapter 23: Return to Avendell

The walk back to Avendell was, thankfully, uneventful. They'd managed to make it back to the barrier without encountering any more of the Breth...

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The Wings of Mercury - Chapter 2

Three hours later, Ky sat at the head of a long table, Lucilla at the opposite end, and a collection of whatever leaders they could get together on such short notice. Bomilcar, Aelius, Ursinus, Ram...

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Desperate Rendition - Chapter 2

Caracas, Venezuela

It was mid-afternoon when the taxi dropped Taylor off at the address he’d given the man, a run-down bar that looked like its last paint job was a hundred...

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Center Stage - Chapter 13

I finished my sound check, but wasn’t really present for any of it. While I knew I hadn’t actually done anything wrong, life had taught me, again and again, that didn’t matter. The problem wa...

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Interested in non-standard story

So, I've had some ideas for a series that won't ever go on amazon. I don't usually write more adult stories (like, with active sex and topics that would get my books put in erotica jail, since 1 bo...

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The Threads of Destiny - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: The Heart of the Temple

They left the skivver city with Blip, who led them down another tight tunnel almost too small for them to fit through. This one sloped dow...

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Center Stage - Chapter 12

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. The sun was all the way up and I blearily noticed the clock said it was half past noon as I slapped the nightstand a few times before finding my phone, w...

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The Threads of Destiny - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: New Friends

They didn’t continue for long after the doorway. In fact, it looked like everything to the statue room was a big, open landing, and the statue room ...

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Center Stage - Chapter 11

Saturday, I was in New York. The first two shows went reasonably well, with a good crowd and no major disasters aside from Vince and Julie still wowing the audience. Word must have been getting aro...

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The Threads of Destiny - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Rings and Guardians

“There are glyphs above it, like the ones in the keep,” Talia said as they began looking at the wall, seeing the best way to take it down....

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The Wings of Mercury (Imperium Vol II #1) - Chapter 1

Port Amicitiae, Africa

The port commander sat hunched over his desk, poring over the day’s shipping manifests and schedules. The scratching of his pen, one of the Consul’...

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Desperate Rendition (John Taylor #11) - Chapter 1

Valencia, Venezuela

A bullet slammed into the stone wall. Tania Laciter, or at least that was the name she’d been going by until about ten minutes ago, barely ducked behind...

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Center Stage - Chapter 10

Sunday morning, the first thing I did was call Warren. I would have called him the night before because the stuff with Julie really was weighing on my mind, but it was well after midnight on the ea...

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The Threads of Destiny - Chapter 19

Chapter 19: The Temple

They’d been walking for the better part of two days. Once Captain Lockewood let them go, they’d managed to make it out of Farvale with no additiona...

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