HeyJaredFabled Lines: Soft Magic with a Sharp Wit
Stories of real life meeting whimsy, with chaotic rom-com energy.
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Ghost Writer, Chapter One (opens the original)
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Hey, y’all. Long story short, my life is crazy. I’m not sure what the future holds for me with writing (the query trenches did not find me well). But I do know I have this idea for a cozy rom-com mystery featuring a typewriter ghost named Wanda, and I want to know if anyone would be interested in reading more. One day, it might be a “real” book. Who knows? I have about seven chapters drafted, and the rest plotted. So, I figured sharing here would be a good way to keep myself accountable to actua
It’s All Greek to Phil, Ep. 11 (opens the original)
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Selling Drakendell: A Smaugust Prompt Story (opens the original)
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Does anyone remember my story from ‘s Pirates and Dragons contest last year? The one about the dragon whose hoard of rum was stolen by the second most fearsome pirate crew on the seven seas? Well, Blazerick’s back—with Debbie, of course. Please enjoy this fantasy comedy short story for ‘s Smaugust challenge, in which Doug Direclaw tries to sell the hottest piece of property in Drakendell to the world’s most aggravating dragon couple. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="h
Sunflowers and Sincerity (opens the original)
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This is a short dragon tale (pun intended) for the Smaugust challenge hosted by and . The name for my spunky Amythyst dragon character was given to me by . Here is the image prompt. I wrote a little…ahem, allegory about the commercialization of creativity. Not at all fueled by my rage at big corporations. All conclusions you jump to are purely your own. Haha. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fvA_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl
Smaugust Story: Red and the Lost Dragon (opens the original)
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Here is my contribution for day two’s prompt from ‘s and ‘s art and story challenge. I am woefully behind on the writing portion of the challenge, but this particular prompt inspired me to write a short story featuring one of my favorite side characters from A Court of Books and Coffee. Elbryn is the personal assistant to High Lord Nathaniel Goldenhair, the cursed ruler of the Golden Court from “The Golden Court’s Curse” — the fake Romantasy that my characters Callie and Nate get sucked into tog
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