“She can’t do that.” Cheyenne started to turn around, but he grabbed her arm and squeezed with just enough pressure to get her attention.
His golden eyes flicked toward her, and he leaned closer. “Come on, Cheyenne. No skin off my back. I wasn’t planning on staying long anyway. This world isn’t big enough for her and me to inhabit at the same time, and I never liked my bitch of a sister anyway.”
“Your what?” Cheyenne jerked her arm out of his grip, and he ushered her through the archway with a chuckle.
Ember stared at them both as she floated along with them.
“Oh, yeah. You’re the rightful heir to the O’gúl Crown, Cheyenne, not just by challenge but by blood. Drow royalty and everything.”
“No.”
“Yes.” They moved down the corridor, which was lit by loose magical flames hovering against the walls. “It can’t be that hard to believe. Honestly, what we need is strong leadership on Earth, too. That’ll be part of your decision anyway when you make it. There’s time.”
“And what kind of screwed-up decision is that?”
He clasped his hands behind his back and took a deep breath as he led his halfling daughter and her fae Nós Aní through the halls of the Crown’s Heart. “Whether you’d like to take the throne in Ambar’ogúl or maintain drow royalty on Earth. Knowing you, I’d say you’re capable of both, but there might be some blowback.”
Cheyenne stared blankly at the stone floor in front of them. What the hell am I gonna do on a throne? “You can’t be serious.”
“I’m as serious as I’ll ever be, Cheyenne. You’re my daughter.” L’zar glanced at her with the only smile she’d seen him give that didn’t make him look insane. “You’re the bridge between two worlds.”
Overthrowing the O’gúl Crown is just the beginning. What happens next is a whole different game. Join Cheyenne as her adventures continue in The Drow Grew Stronger.
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Dark Is Her Nature
For Hire: Teachers for special school in Virginia countryside.
Must be able to handle teenagers with special abilities.
Cannot be afraid to discipline werewolves, wizards, elves and other assorted hormonal teens.
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The Magic Compass
If smart phones and GPS rule the world - why am I hunting a magic compass to save the planet?
Austin Detective Maggie Parker has seen some weird things in her day, but finding a surly gnome rooting through her garage beats all.
Her world is about to be turned upside down in a frantic search for 4 Elementals.
Each one has an artifact that can keep the Earth humming along, but they need her to unite them first.
Unless the forces against her get there first.
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Author Notes - Martha Carr
May 8, 2020
When it comes to trends, I tend to be very middle America. It will never matter whether I have a lot of money or none at all. What I like to wear, do, eat – the whole shebang – will never be the outer edge of what’s to come, but instead a reliable barometer of what the masses of middle class are loving now.
That’s how I know that my closet, which is three levels of sizes, is probably pretty typical. There was that short period around 2010 when it was all one size and a size I liked. Man, those were the days. I’d pass plate glass windows and sneak a peek just to see if maybe I was wrong and suddenly, I was not the size I always wanted to be. Nirvana. True to my middle class soul, it wasn’t a tiny size, it was just perfect for me.
Just before quarantine I was on a tear, baking up a storm. I guess I actually was a little early on one trend. All the sampling of what I made lead to a lot of extra pounds and having to get out the largest set of clothes. When sheltering at home began, I kind of snapped awake to what I had been doing. And I wanted something good to come out of the weeks, maybe months of this life changing event. That and I read obesity could make surviving the virus a little more difficult. There was so much I could do nothing about, but here was at least one thing I could change - should change – and maybe get back to that one wardrobe again.
So far I’m down eight pounds, hard won and it feels good. I’m taking long walks the equivalent of a 5k, 3.1 miles, which gets me outside, helps clear my head and works toward that goal. I’m not into level number two yet but it’s getting close and maybe by the time the world has righted itself again, I’ll even be in level one. I can’t wait to go shopping in my closet. The goal won’t light the world on fire and in the scheme of things won’t even change my life all that much. But still, worth doing and will make things easier just enough. I’ll take it. More adventures to follow.
Author Notes - Michael Anderle
June 14, 2020
Going shopping in my closet.
Ok, now THAT is an interesting statement and not something I can do, or do well. A couple of years ago (more like four), I went through a phase where I would wear the same type of clothes every day.
I took the idea (modified for myself) from Steve Jobs, who was known for his black turtleneck, blue jeans, and New Balance shoes. In fact, many successful people wear the same clothes.
Why is
