Short Story: A Magical Snowflake (Gen)

Title: A Magical Snowflake Author: Chark (aka Serenity Blaine) [yes, I have an alias or nom de plume] Genre: Young Adult/Children Rating: G Ten year-old Mara is standing outside on a cold winter day in Wisconsin feeling disgruntled with life as she knew it. Her parents had just come home with her new baby sister [...]

Short Story: Prophecy of the New Moon (Gen)

Author: Chark Rating: PG Word Count: Approx. 3000 Summary: A young girl learns that she is linked with a prophecy, one that has been ten years in the making. Excerpt: “…thought my birth and the tenth anniversary of it would be a heralding of… the apocalypse, maybe? I’m certainly no devil spawn or harbinger of [...]

Cardboard Moon and Silver Stars (Gen/Kid)

inspiration for this story provided by Fantacy Bryant I thought with longing on the book of stars I had in my possession just this morning. My mom had reserved a copy and checked it out from the local library for me just over five days ago and for the past week, I had taken to [...]

First Time Forest Dweller (Gen)

As the sun slowly rose over the horizon, the first rays of yellow and warmth touched the tips of each limb and needle along the tops of the forest. The sounds of life started to increase from the occasional chitter to the symphony of birds chirping as they began looking for that early worm.