Serials
Serialised fiction published in Piker Press — ongoing stories told in installments, spanning genres from sci-fi to contemporary drama.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Book Two -- Seeking Sanctuary: Nightmares by night and by day -- sometimes the only place you can battle feelings of despair is in your dreams.
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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.
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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.
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Mark reminisces about the rest of his family, and his first descent into darkness.
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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.
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<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?
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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.
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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.
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Mark wakes up in scenic Collinsville, IL... meets Gordi, and remembers some good times.
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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?
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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!
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Mark contemplates Perfectionism, and finds out where a real Stiffy is kept.
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<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.
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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.
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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.
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Mark and Cliff resume their journey, coming home to meet a Special Guest Star! (or two... or three...)
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<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 ...
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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.
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<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.
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Mark continues his journey through his past. We meet his grandparents, who helped inspire his original thirst, the thirst for knowledge.
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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?
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We see Nick, Jack, and Natasha again for a bit of light entertainment, and Mark mulls over the strength and beauty of glass.
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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.
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First draft serial fiction. Michelle and DeSorcy return to the capital city of the Fae to question Bowgren the fletcher about a murder, but there's still a little time left over for DeSorcy to try to show off and for Michelle to pick a fight. It's a trip to the mall, Fae-style, in this episode of the traditional fairy tale retold.
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Vol. 7 - Journey to Esidarap - Part 1 <br> On the road to Plyse, Lisya and Kate meet up with an old "friend". Meanwhile, the Sword of Destiny is reclaimed and Brand's nightmares become reality.
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Poor suffering Sully gets the chance to wallow in the lap of luxury while she sorts things out -- unaware that what she will learn at the Estate is going to change her perspective on life completely.