The Unwicked Witch
Currently on submission
Alice’s magic is burning her from the inside out. She’s horrified. But it took six hundred years to become this powerful. So instead of letting the excess go, she hoards it. But magic stored outside the body is dangerous and unpredictable. Alice is devastated when it kills the gender-neutral Finn, her only family.
A hundred years later, nineteen-year-old Chloé falls in love with Finn — now a ghost. Finn helps Chloé curb her criminal inclinations and navigate nursing school, which steers her closer to living in a real home instead of a camper.
Chloé’s ecstatic to learn that Alice’s stored magic catalyzes time travel and that Finn, if not killed, could live forever. All Alice wants is a family, so Chloé persuades her to travel back and reverse Finn’s death.
But remaining alive will remove Finn’s ghostly fingerprints on Chloé’s life, utterly changing her as a person. While Alice must risk plunging herself into the unknown with volatile time-travel magic, Chloé gambles her past, her personality, and therefore her future to bring her true love back to life.
Two strong, morally-ambiguous protagonists recount their century-separated stories until they team up to bring an extraordinary ghost — Chloé’s true love and Alice’s only family — back to life.
This adult romantasy, with forays into Irish and Canadian history, is set in North Vancouver alongside the same fantasy world as CROWS OF TRUIMPH and ÉTAÍN’S DAUGHTER.
Chapter Six, adapted into a short historical fiction, won 3rd place in Vancouver’s 27th Annual North Shore Writing Competition. My two published short stories, Ghost Story and Gender Neutral, along with the history of my hometown of North Vancouver, inspired the events and characters.
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Étaín’s Daughter
Currently Drafting
Nineteen-year-old Bryar wants nothing more than to graduate from her aspirant program with an invitation to Esplanade Ballet Company. But discovering her inherited immortality, Bryar’s warned she has a limited number of years before her agelessness becomes obvious, and if not concealed, Ireland’s gods will kill her.
Staying undercover in the modern world costs a fortune and Bryar needs money lickity-split. A mentor advises her to divorce rich men.
But when ongoing evenings of debaucherous dating weakens her dance performance, Bryar must choose between accumulating enough money to keep safe from prying eyes. Or have enough belief in her own plan for immortality to gamble on true love and a ballet career.
This contemporary fantasy with romantic elements is set in North Vancouver alongside the same fantasy world as CROWS OF TRUIMPH and THE UNWICKED WITCH. The Least of Myself, a short story published with Pulp Literature Press, is a scene in this novel.
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Crows of Triumph
Currently needs rewriting.
Eighteen-year-old Olivia must prove she’s magical enough to claim her immortal life, and join the fight against human defilement of the environment—at the Tuatha Dé Danann’s behest. Or die. But quickening this magic requires embracing their risqué mores: gender is irrelevant, monogamy inconceivable, and romantic partnerships are group affairs.
This contemporary fantasy with romantic elements is set in North Vancouver alongside the same fantasy world as ÉTAÍN’S DAUGHTER and THE UNWICKED WITCH. Writing CROWS OF TRIUMPH was instructive in developing my craft and instrumental in building my unique fantasy world. I’m excited to rewrite this story and share it with the world.
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