Out of the Box Short Stories
Out of the Box Short Stories
Tilly got her way and joined me on the ship for the journey to the southeastern farrins across the violent seas. I was desperate enough to learn anything I could of Akoni Farrin and its clan before arriving there and so I granted my coverling her wish. I kept Tilly…
At that instant, hiding behind the large potted plant, watching my woman and Struble converse on the back deck of the Grand Ball Room as though it was permitted caused my flesh to boil with rage. Ship Captain Struble moved in close to Tilly and said, “I don’t think…
I presented the completed gowns to Tilly the day before the ball. I expected some gratitude but she didn’t respond like the typical female. When I pulled them from the bag, she scowled at the sight of them and placed her hands on her hips in defiance. She looked…
A month passed and Tilly was no closer to softening toward me than before. I forced myself on her not long ago and suffered for it. A wretched, ugly bruise on my cheek was my reminder of the incident. Only in my childhood did I suffer such discoloration, inflicted predominantly…
A week after I took Tilly, the woman from Akoni Farrin, under my roof I realized how full my hands had become. She was as fiery and complicated as I thought she’d be but not as difficult as that first night by the ship yard. Dealing with Broehain took…
A few months passed before I lifted my quill pen, dipped it into my ink urn and began to write again. I was out on the rough seas to visit my designated land masses to the west but I recently arrived home to Dwarkaa Farrin. Some changes have occurred since…
My name is Donagh, a ship captain and warrior under Casimer’s rule, a highly honored position among the Apolake Warriors. I live on Dwarkaa Farrin, the ruling farrin of the world, the land mass where Casimer, our Lord, dwells. I decided to start chronicling my life and the things…
What if, when man and woman sinned, God decided to depart? What would the world be like? How dark and evil would things have become? But, what if, in the midst of their reprehensible circumstances and suffering, humans began to seek God, beg him to return? I know that this…
The death of my husband in January of 2018 took the wind out of my sails for quite some time. I lost all motivation to do anything, writing included, as I grieved his home going. Jerrie was a wonderful husband, who supported my writing and always encouraged me. His absence…
Time Trilogy – Book Two (E-book now available) Two different stories, in two separate times, weave side by side in Time and Healing. Tessa Fields’ work at the Mansion of Hope, in a small town in Minnesota, brings her a sense of accomplishment. The Mansion of Hope, the restored home…
