Award winning short stories in Anthologies
The Alvarium Experiment
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: A SPECULATIVE FICTION ANTHOLOGY
"MALICE": Mapimiran of Planet Kirospatos, aka Mary Alice of Planet Earth, is on a mission to collect a set number of humans from around the globe for display as specimens in Earthworld where they are expected to live in a “natural habitat”. While on Earth she takes on employment as a lab tech, drawing blood as part of her effort to find humans with the right genes; she also draws an online cartoon using a play on her own name, “Malice.” First, she must face the judge after she accidentally kills one of her specimens.
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"MALICE": Mapimiran of Planet Kirospatos, aka Mary Alice of Planet Earth, is on a mission to collect a set number of humans from around the globe for display as specimens in Earthworld where they are expected to live in a “natural habitat”. While on Earth she takes on employment as a lab tech, drawing blood as part of her effort to find humans with the right genes; she also draws an online cartoon using a play on her own name, “Malice.” First, she must face the judge after she accidentally kills one of her specimens.
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THE MASTERS REIMAGINED 2: Speculative Twists on Classic Works of Art
"STOREY'S ORPHANS"
Grunsberry Murphy, a time traveler, appears as a twelve-year-old in 1878 London just in time to save the lives of Winifred and Laurance Allen from certain death when two ships collide on the Thames River. After rinsing the stench of the river from them, she leaves them to go in search of their parents. While doing that, the children disappear, and she goes on to the Alexandra Orphanage where she’s sure they will turn up. When they do, she is sitting in the front room where all children are received on arrival. Mr. George Storey has arranged to do one of his London life scenes at the home and captures the arrival of Winifred and Laurance, as seen in “Arrival at the Orphanage.”
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"STOREY'S ORPHANS"
Grunsberry Murphy, a time traveler, appears as a twelve-year-old in 1878 London just in time to save the lives of Winifred and Laurance Allen from certain death when two ships collide on the Thames River. After rinsing the stench of the river from them, she leaves them to go in search of their parents. While doing that, the children disappear, and she goes on to the Alexandra Orphanage where she’s sure they will turn up. When they do, she is sitting in the front room where all children are received on arrival. Mr. George Storey has arranged to do one of his London life scenes at the home and captures the arrival of Winifred and Laurance, as seen in “Arrival at the Orphanage.”
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THE MASTERS REIMAGINED: - Speculative Twists on the Classics
"ANNIE KARENINA" - Elizabeth Killington, recently widowed at age twenty-seven, flies to England to claim her late husband, Lord Horace Killington's, estate. She fins she not only owns a grand manor house in the country, but also the "crowds of people" who made Lord Killington avoid home for many years. As she meets and recognizes characters from her favorite books, and some she never heard of, she learns a wonderful secret from her lady's maid, Bridget. Is it possible that all stories can have a happy-ever-after ending? Even Anna Karenina?
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"ANNIE KARENINA" - Elizabeth Killington, recently widowed at age twenty-seven, flies to England to claim her late husband, Lord Horace Killington's, estate. She fins she not only owns a grand manor house in the country, but also the "crowds of people" who made Lord Killington avoid home for many years. As she meets and recognizes characters from her favorite books, and some she never heard of, she learns a wonderful secret from her lady's maid, Bridget. Is it possible that all stories can have a happy-ever-after ending? Even Anna Karenina?
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RETURN TO EARTH: A Science Fiction Anthology
"Recovery" - When a virus threatens the lives of everyone on board a transfer station for intergalactic travel, it's up to Dr. Candace Bertram to retrieve the only know vaccine from Earth. The risky, untested method of transport could mean catastrophic mission failure, and grave danger for Dr. Bertram.
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"Recovery" - When a virus threatens the lives of everyone on board a transfer station for intergalactic travel, it's up to Dr. Candace Bertram to retrieve the only know vaccine from Earth. The risky, untested method of transport could mean catastrophic mission failure, and grave danger for Dr. Bertram.
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Florida Writers Annual Collection
2019 - Writers at Work - Final Draft - After her father buys a new printer and becomes a recluse, his daughter steps in to find out what is going on. Publication date: October 2019.
2016 - Hide and Seek - Margaret Barnes - Set in Colonial America, a little red-headed girl, outcast by society and her family, finds comfort and love in the forest, until she is betrayed as a witch.
2015 - Revisions - Poisonberry Wine - A murder mystery author receives strange emails from her granddaughter.
2014 - Important Firsts - The Suitcase - In desperation, a woman picks up the only bag left on the airport luggage carousel, the first time she's ever deliberately done something so out of character. She should have known she'd be found out.
2013 - It's a Crime - The Anniversary Dinner - A woman scorned-need we say more?
2010 - Slices of Life - Standoff in the Alborz Mountains - A bright sunny day. A good day to go skiing. When a woman is confronted by a group of armed military in the mountains of Iran, she has only her wits to help her survive.
2009 - From Our Family to Yours - Larry and the Cat - Larry must choose between two companions, Hannah, the woman who professes to love him and Oscar, the cat who provides unconditional love.