Darkniciad: Stories

An Arts Ardane Story (5)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Drought and crop blight have dampened the spirits and the hopes of Danica's community. It's going to be a long, hard winter, and it seems the Harvest Festival won't happen this year. Her teacher in the mystic arts reveals that there's far more to the festival than most know, and then she experiences the truth first hand. All the while, she has to struggle with her inability to tell her beloved that she's barren.

A Story in the Laresa World Universe
Blessed - or perhaps cursed - with a magical gift, Bear experiences a vision during his daily meditation. This vision leads him to discover a very special ring, which is tied to both his family history, and his gift.

A Nobles by Deed Story (8)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Arilee joins the staff of Blackhawk Hall, learning she has skills that she never knew she had, both magic and martial. Strange magic, monster attacks, and a self-appointed governor in the hinterlands interrupt the Duchess as she teaches young Arilee, and helps her explore her repressed desire for other women.

A Story in the Laresa World Universe
A lonely, bitter Musher finds a ring, and a genie named Laresa. My next story in the chain tale of Laresa. This story stands alone, and you do not need to read the other parts to understand what is going on. Immediately follows "Double the Trouble" by RedHairedandFriendly. / (Reviews)

A Nobles by Deed Story (2)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Christi Crimm is determined to ignore custom and prejudice to pursue her chosen vocation in the male-dominated world of sellswords. Along the way, she discovers this isn't the only taboo of society that she is inclined to ignore. If you're just looking for sex, skip ahead to chapter 3. This is a history tale about one of the main characters in my story Blackhawk Hall. / (Reviews)

A That Which Was Before Story (1)
Part of the Danica's World universe
A magic-user of little renown, Danica seeks a little excitement in her mundane life. When she is ensnared in the web of the Archmage Zoraster Arias, Danica gets far more than she bargained for. She discovers hidden power and hidden desires, long repressed, as Zoraster indoctrinates her to his service through pain, humiliation, and temptation. She forms bonds of friendship and love with others caught in Zoraster's web along the way, but can they escape and make him pay? / (Reviews)

A Story in the Laresa World Universe
A beautiful genie named Laresa falls into the clutches of a man who would be a God. He is familiar to Laresa, one of her people, and he knows far more about the Djinn than any mortal she has ever known. Who is he, and what is the "Society"?

An Arts Ardane Story (1)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Devan Ardane is struggling to decide what direction her life should take, now that she has mastered all she can learn of magic in the small town of her birth. Another decision is much easier to make, as she pursues a young man named Serhan that has struck her fancy. All the while, a murderer is creeping about the nearby area, raping and murdering young women.

An Ebon Offerings Story (1)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Love, loss, and torment transform the heir of Witharten. Be warned, this is a dark tale with taboo elements, although there is a theme of romance running alongside it as well. Details the origins of a major character in my world who will probably appear in later stories.

A Nobles by Deed Story (1)
Part of the Danica's World universe
Forbidden to study magic by his father, Darkni has been leading a double life to pursue the Art and keep it hidden. This business trip with his father proves fruitful in more ways than one as he faces destiny.