Serials
Serialised fiction published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.
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Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: Some dreams don't mean anything; they're just for fun. Sully's subconscious mixes snakes and figure skating, and in waking hours, Sully mixes a little Cheech and Chong with a game of marbles.
How can you deal with being treated as a Nice Guy and Just Friends, when you're neither? Mark deals with his past anger and love of demon alcohol, while making his way across Missouri.
Vol. 8 - The Call - Part 1 <br> The road to Esidarap has ended and the final journey begins. At Zadara's home turf, the Wielder and his companions settle in. But all is not well as Chrava meets up with an old friend.
Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: Enjoying the security of a dog with Very Big Teeth, Sully once again asks prying questions about romance in the lives of her neighbors.
Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: The sorrows of the present have their foundations in the past. Sully recalls her mother's sucesses at bartering garden goods and forgery for hire.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 9 <br> The Wielder and all his companions are reunited at last. This is not good news for everyone, though. Chrava must decide her ultimate fate. Does she stay and be revealed or run before it's too late?
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 8 <br>Parental advisory: Some situations may not be appropriate for children.<br> The impending doom that awaits Brand and company in Esidarap sits only one day away. As both groups settle in for the final rest before D-Day, there's more than talking going on.
Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: Nightmares by night and by day -- sometimes the only place you can battle feelings of despair is in your dreams.
Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: Sully's mother wants no one's help and no one's sympathy, even in the face of her husband's death. Her life has been steeped in disappointment, leaving her as strong and bitter as coffee brewed far too long.
Mark reminisces about the rest of his family, and his first descent into darkness.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 7 <br> Zadara takes a field-trip to the last place she's wanted. There she has a bite to eat and finds the meal doesn't settle very well with her. In the end, things couldn't be any worse for the Wielder.
Mark wakes up in scenic Collinsville, IL... meets Gordi, and remembers some good times.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 6 <Br> As the journey nears the end, Borodan tells Brand and Miranda a story from his past. The mistakes of youth are revisited and all thoughts of the future are forgotten. For now.
First draft serial fiction. Michelle has been rushed off rather unceremoniously to the realm of mortals. Was it all just a hallucination? Five missing weeks to explain and one very important loose thread to tie up in the conclusion to this traditional fairy tale retold.
<i>Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary</i>: Did the lady who leads the singing at church really sound like a three-year-old with fingers up his nose?
<i>Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary</i>: Bodie and Andersol next door are like Siamese twins -- but joined at the mind, not the body. Sully, curious about allegations of incest goes next door to check it out.
Mark contemplates Perfectionism, and finds out where a real Stiffy is kept.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 5 <br> Plyse at last. Can the evil wizard of Plyse undo the stonerific damage done to our fallen hero at the hands of the love of his life? And what will become of this dark and mysterious wizard in the end? Stay tuned to find out!
Mystery solved, cold iron collected, Michelle has done the bidding of her sinister summoner. All that remains is to return home... and the small matter of a reward. Will Michelle get what she asks for in this episode of the traditional fairy tale retold?
<i>Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary</i>: How the heck did Sully's little sister get away with digging up the back yard when they were kids? Aha, Dad figured out a way ...
Mark and Cliff resume their journey, coming home to meet a Special Guest Star! (or two... or three...)
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 4 <br> A message from the sky shines like a beacon in the permanent night that has fallen on the world. But is it a beacon of hope or impending doom? Brand and Chrava share a little quality time while a spirit from the past watches on.
A mortal slain in the realm of Fae -- by cold iron. Michelle and DeSorcy have rooted out the last person the victim was seen with, a man willing to kill to protect his secrets. Michelle shoots her mouth off and nearly gets her mouth shot off in this episode of the traditional fairy tale retold.
Mark continues his journey through his past. We meet his grandparents, who helped inspire his original thirst, the thirst for knowledge.
<i>Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary</i>: The death of Sully's father is unexpected, untimely, and leaves the boulders of the mountain grieving along with his family.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 3 <br> The death of Nadara brings about vicious alterations in time and space as the Wielder and his companions escape from the scene of the crime. Meanwhile, something unexpected happens to two women and their statue.
Crossing new thresholds, Sully remembers learning that her attraction to Adam was more like an addiction, she admits to a reliance on her religion, and parasails above the Aquaducts of Roth.
We see Nick, Jack, and Natasha again for a bit of light entertainment, and Mark mulls over the strength and beauty of glass.
Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 2 <br> Zadara's adventures in harassing Kate and Lisya don't go exactly as she plans when she oversteps her bounds. At the military installation, Nadara rediscovers life and power. But for how long?
Part way down US40 and smack in the middle of memory lane, the countryside reminds Mark of the long-distance relationship which brought his beloved wife Laura, now dead, into his life. Sweet memories commingle with his bitter feelings as he recalls falling in love with her.