Fantasy Stories

A story in the Stories from the Hearth Universe
Imagine, you are 87 years old and it is literally your last night on Earth - non-negotiable. You have one opportunity to resolve one issue before you die. All of your family and all of your friends are dead. There is only one other person you care about and she is 60 years younger than you and has no idea that you love her. Oh, did I mention the Norse Goddess of Death is involved?

The third Gareth and PteriDae story... but wait! How can it be that they are fighting a War with the Gods? On OPPOSITE sides? And do you hear ticking?

A Nobles by Deed Story
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 young monster hunter embarks on her first mission in a run-down New England town. Relationship trouble, cockroach monsters and a dead girl's vengeance await.

He was called in from training early to serve. He proved himself and his art and lived his dream

A Weaver's World Story
A young student finds himself spurred to enlist as the result of being given a white feather, for cowardice, by his ex-girlfriend. Facing death and near disaster at every step, he learns about different colored feathers, such as the blood red arrows of the Boar-Men. Damaged in heart and soul, he returns home to a land nearly without men, to feather her nest in an entirely unexpected way. An interlude, and the 2nd story of Weaver's World.

Mercy, a female warrior of great courage and skill sets out on a quest to save the king’s only son from the evil witch of the woods. Things look bleak when she is captured, and discovers that the prince is now a princess! Just when she thought it could get no worse, the witch alters Mercy’s body! Can Mercy control her own lust until she can free them, or will she succumb to the urge to use her new manhood on the comely princess?

Camille Wynter, suffocated by corporate life and hollow relationships, abandons everything to live naked and wild in Unbar Blackwood Reserve. Renaming herself Lena, she becomes one with the land—until Kelvin, a government consultant, arrives with plans to "restore" the reserve. Initially hostile, Lena teaches Kelvin the canyon’s rhythms, and he abandons bureaucracy to join her.

An Eternal Serpent's Tale
In Nick's final Tale, literally, he sends Joe and the other listeners back to Renaissance Spain and South America in the time of the conquistadors, and to Japan to complete the circle of the narrative. As usual, much sex and many adventures ensue. As usual, reading from the beginning of the series is highly recommended.