Coming Soon - Saturday Morning

Rachel J Bailey's Saturday Morning is due to be published on NFTU in January 2013.

Every Saturday she sits at the same café table, alone, a crossword laid out over the red and white check plastic tablecloth. What draws her back week after week?

Find out in the new year.

Red Sand - Read Online

"The creature writhed, emitting a squeal. Its wings opened, flickering red and gold in the light of the lantern, the pattern of bones visible through the scaly skin. Flapping frantically it rose, desperate to escape the red hot lance pointing towards it, already tipped with blood"
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Timfana's father feels she's destined to train as a dragon flier - but does Timfana have other ideas?

See full story on Mirror Dance

Ruins - Read Online

“'Pow, pow, pow!'

Kayla watched her younger brother though the stone doorway of the tiny tower. Sunlight streamed through a vertical slit in the stone, illuminating the dead leaves on the floor and an abandoned crisp packet. The wind whipped her hair across her face and she stepped inside..."
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Past meets present day in a ruined castle.

See full story on withpaintedwords.com