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After accidentally knocking Death down the stairs, Katerina enters a partnership she never predicted. Leading the reaper with song, she helps him collect the souls of the dead to lead them to their rest.Barry, a physicist and lover of song crosses paths with Death at a young age and seeks to understand the song he heard as his mother lay dying. As the two commune with Death, they face a more fearful demon than Death itself, and they'll need all the help they can get to stop him.Highest Rankings: #20 in Literary Fiction#74 in Violin#90 in Magic Realism#183 in Piano#683 in FantasyThanks for bearing with me while I re-write this. I'll let you know when I start updating regularly again!…

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Celeste always knew she was destined to travel among the stars. Terra knew she was meant to engineer the ships that would take both of them there.But what happens when their ship crashes, and Celeste is lost to the void?Magic can't exist, but something mysterious out in the universe gives them a hand as the two rally against a force they never knew existed, a force that could end humanity as they know it.Updates every Friday!Highest ranking: #750 in Science Fiction…

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My entries for ScienceFiction's competition, High Tech. Hope you enjoy!…

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As a way to boost morale during the pandemic-induced quarantine, the 12 Short Stories (where the goal is to write 12 short stories in a year) crew created a new daily challenge, the Keep Writing Challenge. In this collection are some of my favorite stories I wrote through this challenge.…

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Short story of going home.…

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Two-Part Inventions consist of two distinct melody lines that join together in moving harmony, much like the union of two friends as they travel through life. Lia learns to love and appreciate the piano with the help of her friend, Archer, and muse, Billy Joel. This is for a friend who passed in this last year. May he live through all I do. SDG.…

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A poem…

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Postlude and retelling of the myth of Daphne and Apollo, after the poison arrows shot by Eros lose their potency. The Myth: The god Apollo found sport in mocking the god of love, Eros for his interest in weapons, particularly his bow and arrows. Apollo told him that a child should not take interest in such things and leave those hobbies to those who are worthy. Enraged by his gibing, Eros took up two arrows, one of gold and one of lead. The lead one, to invoke hatred, he shot through the heart of a nymph named Daphne who frolicked nearby. The gold one, to inspire love, he shot through the heart of his enemy Apollo, who began to chase after the nymph. As she ran from him, she begged help of her father, the river god, who saved her by transforming her into the laurel tree. Though Apollo could no longer marry her, he vowed to tend to her and to crown only the most worthy with her leaves, so the world might not forget her, even employing his powers of immortality to keep her leaves green throughout the year.…