Fantasy Novels, Short Stories and Children’s Books

Various Published Fiction


Variety of published work ranging from the Yappari Chronicles ( a fantasy trilogy) to Bellybuttonless, a children’s book about dealing with cancer.


Speculative Fiction Novella

Where Summer Ends, Autumn Begins ( 2024)

When things fall apart, art reaches across the gulfs that separate us.

Autumn is a chaos bringer, assigned as the envoy to the main planetary colony. Summer is the tactical leader under the colony’s overseer, Luminary; they were never meant to interact, as their roles exist at cross purposes.

Their predetermined fates begin to unravel when Autumn comes across a sketchbook left behind and, on a whim, writes a note to its creator. Initially not realizing to whom they are writing, they continue to correspond and eventually discover common ground.

Without knowing the other’s identity, their relationship deepens and war breaks out between their factions just as they realize they are on opposing sides. As Luminary launches a planetary war, they are plunged into a race for their survival and that of their colonies; the strength of their relationship is put to the test against the loyalties they were raised to keep.

ISBN# 979-8335578905

Available on Amazon

 

The Yappari Chronicles ( Fantasy Trilogy)

THE WORLD OF THE YAPPARI CHRONICLES

Book 1 – Winterborn (2010): 

Generations after the Sidhe empire’s clan wars caused their obliteration, the remnants of their creations return to haunt their descendants. With magic gone unpredictably wild, it’s up to Mirin and Tereg ( a rogue fire mage and the pickpocket he rescued) to either save what is left of the Empire or destroy it altogether.

Available on Amazon. ISBN: 978-0-9867972-0-0

 

Book 2 – Battersea (2019):

When Salo, son of Matron Iona of the Yappari, goes missing both the Yappari Empire and the Sidhe clans are thrown into upheaval. Matron calls on Mirin, a Yappari renegade living among the sidhe, with the task to prevent all-out war.  As wyrms and sea dwellers take sides in the brewing conflict, Salo may be hard-pressed to escape with his life…never mind safeguard the House that sired him.

Available on Amazon

Book 3- Distant Shores (2019):

With the civil war between Yappari Houses spilling over into dry land and the vast expanse and various peoples of the Reach, the newly crowned Matron Sanhadrin and her cousin Salo have to find a way to cement her power and alliances… potentially at the cost of those few she truly treasures.

Available on Amazon

Bellybuttonless

Children’s Picture book about dealing with a parent’s cancer

Bellybuttonless (2013): A family’s journey dealing with appendix cancer. This children’s book was created with my child to work through our emotions and fears while battling cancer. ISBN: 978-1-312-33963-7

Available on Amazon

PDF version available by donation to the Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Survivor Charity

Sinombligo (2013): Spanish version of Bellybuttonless.

Art Books

Shadowspires Artbook ( 2006): A collection of my illustration work up to 2005.
(Currently out of print) ISBN: 978-1-4116-6379-4

Stories

“Of Trees and Other Ghosts”, Wharfinger Press, The Mayfly, May 2024.

Other Illustrations in Print

The Art of the Business of Fantasy Art (EMG-Zine.com Anthology, Volume 1) ( 2006) Illustrations

Baen’s Universe- Illustrations for “Benny Comes Home”