The Bowsinger
Aralyn is a talented archer, known to the Elves as a bowsinger who can sing to her bow to make her arrows fly true. Due to tragic circumstances, she has left Elven lands and now lives among humans. When enemies attack her family, she kills three men, including the brother of the evil mage Mal'ev, putting
herself in grave danger.
And now the Elven land of Eyndor is calling her to return.Without their bowsinger, the magic around Eyndor willcrumble as the Age of Thunder approaches, and they will become vulnerable to attack.
Will Aralyn arrive in time to save her people? Will Mal'ev break Aralyn's mind as he invades her dreams and waking moments? And will she and the man she is forced to marry be able to join their talents to defeat Mal'ev and his armies?
On her journey, Aralyn rescues dragons, discovers unexpected friendships, and learns that her fierce independence can cost her and those around her.
Time Passages: Volume 2
The seventeen short stories in Time Passages are as diverse in technique and theme as our previous years’ writings; nevertheless, they are united in that a time element is expected. We invite you to take notice of the techniques used by this array of talented authors to weave those time-related appearances into their stories. These seventeen adventures will bring you to places you have never been. Volume II has nine stories from seven authors.
In Volume II, Bruce Hennigan’s A Death on Mount Driskill is a tension-filled adventure with Nick Saunders planning to end his life at the top of Louisiana’s highest mountain when some well-intentioned strangers intervene. Calvin Hubbard’s Pete’s Trek puts you in a moon rocket’s cockpit where Pete Gustavason struggles against a team of gremlins trying to ruin his mission. Eileen Keir Copeland’s The Dragon Speaker follows Emma’s adventure to discover her birthright, and her Time to Surrender retells a Biblical story through the eyes of Ladonal, who is struggling to survive in a harsh world. Tina Middleton’s It’s Time places you in Mary’s point of view as she releases her firstborn son to begin his mission. Tina’s second story, Spiritual Fight, follows Christi, struggling to help people who reject her help as she experiences a surreal event. Cindy Chandler Pye’s Time and Time Again is a time-traveling adventure where Caitlyn takes her husband, Reagan, on a fact-finding journey to connect with her past and unravel family mysteries. Carole Lehr Johnson’s The Light in the Mist follows Reid Graham’s life choices about a young woman he just met but is separated from and an assertive woman who demands his attention in his distant location. Finally, Marguerite Martin Gray’s Perhaps It’s Time recounts Raymond Wilson’s great challenge after many years of warring against tyranny. It’s all he’s known as an adult, but now he’s expected to return to a normal he’d never known.
Second Chances Anthology
These nine adventures will take you to places you have never been.
C.D. Sutherland’s Pop, Death, & the Devil chronicles the adventures of a retired bomber pilot turned novelist named Chandler Stud after he is brushed by death. Judy Burford’s The Journey will put you in Jenny Sue Cutter’s struggle to survive the perils of a nineteenth-century wagon train to Oregon and then her challenge to carry-on after others don’t survive. Eileen K. Copeland’s The Fisher will show you a precious moment shared by Josie Grace and her grandfather, and then reveal how it provides comfort and the hope of greater things to come. Beverly Flanders’ The Promise brings back a mother’s memories of a promise she made to God that would assure her of His presence through good times and sad times. Carole Lehr Johnson’s A Chance in Time explains how Bertha Carrick, a character in the novel A Place in Time, came to be at Dunbar Park as she sought peace to salve the sorrow of loss from London’s seventeenth-century plague. Susan Hiers Foster’s Goodbye Mrs. Kravitz is a sweet story of neighbors Sally and Jim who come close to missing out on a friendship that will enrich their lives. Internationally published author Tammy Kirby’s Second Chance Daddy tells a tale of love interrupted and God’s perfect timing. Marguerite Martin Gray’s Loyalties Severed examines George Elliott’s tough choices dealing with a young man’s wavering devotions regarding love, family, and loyalty. Finally, the talented and prolific author Mary Lou Cheatham uses Deborah to retell the story of the Old Testament prophetess and judge who led her nation to know peace without fear.
Celebrating the Short Story Anthology
The writing styles used in short stories can be somewhat unusual or surprising to its readers, sometimes their writers use literary techniques which might wear a reader down if employed through the length of a novel. Short stories make the perfect fodder to create anthologies. You will discover the seven short stories contained in this Celebrating of the Short Story are as diverse in technique and theme as one could hope for.
Nevertheless, they are united in the fact that they are each in and of themselves short stories.
Celebrating the Short Story takes you on seven diverse journeys. Go along with Delores Strong to what might be the end of the world in C. D. Sutherland's Roll Call. Experience a special Christmas celebration between a daughter and her mother in Beverly Flander's The Stroke of Christmas. See a widow solve a case of a missing prize rose in Judy Burford's The Theft. Follow a sister's adventure of discovery in Carole Lehr Johnson's Edge of the Sea. Discover how an entire clan was saved to alter history in Tammy Kirby's Saving the McKinnon. See how a young girl's life was changed because someone cared in Eileen K. Copeland's A Christmas Feral. Finally, experience a launch into space in Eileen K. Copeland's A Dream of Snow.