Listen to an excerpt of Into the Ruined Lands

Recently I published a fantasy short story entitled "Into the Ruined Lands," on Amazon.  In the story, two teen girls go on an adventure in the dangerous volcanic Ruined Lands to find a healing herb, which will be given to the mysterious Old Mother Aya to make a healing potion and save the life of one of their younger sisters.

But the Ruined Lands are extremely dangerous, risking their lives to dangerous beasts, volcanic eruptions, or harsh geography. And girls are forbidden to go on such adventures. They risk the ire of their fathers and the condemnation of their culture.

Once again, Overwrite Podcast has generously agreed to read an excerpt. Click below to listen to this exciting moment in the story.




Did that get your interest? If so, click HERE to download the short story for just $.99.

Overwrite Podcast has read two other excerpts of my stories in the recent past. One (HERE) was from my fantasy book in-progress, Footman of the Ether, highlighting a magical animal called a "guise cat." The other (HERE) was an excerpt of the big action scene from my story "Rabbit Cry," where a woman is running from a murderous teen who has aroused supernatural forces, from my published book of paranormal stories, Around the Corner from Sanity.

Cheers and happy reading!

Overwrite Podcast narrated an excerpt of my horror story, "Rabbit Cry"

As Halloween nears, the Overwrite Podcast is featuring spooky stories, and they chose my Around the Corner from Sanity, which is available from Amazon in paperback or Kindle, HERE. story, "Rabbit Cry," from my recently-released collection,

Overwrite features excerpts from a variety of different authors and genres, and has a contest to do so. If you're a writer, I recommend you submit to them. Entries are free.

So I sent them excerpts from a couple stories, and, to my great pleasure, they chose this one.

Listen to it HERE.

Nothing like a scary horror podcast to build up to Halloween, right?

They do such an amazing job. Enjoy listening!

Cheers and happy reading!

Podcast highlighting the "guise cat" in my fantasy novel Footman of the Ether.

The other day I was contacted on Twitter by the Overwrite Podcast, which features podcasts about writers and has a weekly submission contest. The podcasts are very well-done, entertaining, and are short, so it doesn't take up a lot of time.

In particular, Overwrite was looking for excerpts or information about "fantasy animals" by writers. I mentioned that I had such an animal in the fantasy novel I am currently writing, Footman of the Ether (which is a sequel to White Lands Dragon, that I am currently querying with agents).

The animal in question is a "guise cat" named Yaggu, who is the "familiar" of one of the mages in the book. Guise cats (also known as "ghost lynxes" are animals in the northern lands that are like lynxes or bobcats but have hair that can shift colors and patterns to match its surroundings, like a chameleon.

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Leading up to the excerpt, the protagonist, a female mage named Torra Com Gidel, is having trouble sleeping after she and her fellow mages discovered that her home town and its magical institute have been destroyed by a powerful renegade spell cast by the Emerald Dragon. After nightmares, she goes outside and encounters her fellow mage, Master Annorov Donovan, and his guise cat familiar, Yaggu....


Listen to the podcast HERE.


She narrated the voice of Master Donovan with a Russian accent, which is how I hear him in my head.

The book is only about 60% done, so consider this a "sneak peek".

If you are a writer and would like to submit something for the Overwrite podcast as well, go HERE.

Cheers and happy reading!