A Servant's Heart, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 The sun was further down the horizon by the time Meriah woke again. There were no other dreams to haunt her sleep and when she woke, she felt as refreshed as ever. Her bed was in the far corner of the cabin right under one of the many...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 The sun was setting over the horizon when Meriah finished sealing the top on the bucket of meat she had just finished seasoning and salting. She stood up, wiped her brow and then carried the bucket with her to the small, inconspicuous...
The White Robe Chapter 21
The house was quiet when Corbett opened the door and walked in. He was used to coming home late and having his wife already in bed asleep when he got home. He specifically called and asked for her to wait up for him this evening, though, so the eerie...
The White Robe Chapter 20
Caitlin laid on the bunk and found herself once again staring at the concrete ceiling of the cell. There wasn't much else to look at and she didn't want to take herself to the window and see that pole in that courtyard any more. Every time she looked...
Changes Chapter 6
This story continues directly after chapter 5 ends. I really should have made it all one chapter, but I didn't. This one was fun to write. As always, if you like my work, please comment! Leave me feedback. I love to hear from people who enjoy reading...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 11
Chapter 11 It took a while to find a way to get Meriah free of the conduit, and in the end they decided that there was no way for her to make it through the woods with a piece of metal in her leg. Despite Stargazer's misgivings, they decided to remove...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 The afternoon sun was full against the side of Meriah's cottage when she woke, little beams of light making their way through the thick curtains, even with them drawn tight over the windows. She'd been awake for a while, though, and when the...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Time didn't seem to matter where Meriah was, and flashes of awareness blended with dreams and nightmares. There were images of times long past, playing in the forest with Lyria as she was taught the rudiments of keeping game. More recent...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 6
Part 2 - Traveler Chapter 6 Meriah heard the door hissing shut behind her and she looked in wonder at the room beyond. She'd seen parts of the Master's house that had electronics and other human inventions, but for the most part, Marcus had shunned a...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 "Here's your certification," the Master said, sitting across from her at the table. They sat together in the busy lounge of the Callahan Spaceport, the thing that connected the Master's world to all the others that the humans had found and...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 10
Chapter 10 "And that's when the guy said, 'I don't know how those bottles got there.' Like fifteen hundred bottles of bootleg Franzian ale just magically appeared on his ship." Jason laughed along with Steve while Meriah tried to find some frame of...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Meriah swam slowly back to the surface of consciousness, gradually feeling the world around her resolve into something solid, and she found herself laying on a comfortable bed with the scent of her forest all around her. For a moment, with...