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Trust Exercise

10/16/2019

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The tenth installment of Out of the Shadows.

It had been a long time since Felicity had to dress up. What’s more, she had never had to do so when she wasn’t expecting trouble. She’d always had a reason to dress up and so she wasn’t sure what was appropriate when she didn’t.

She forced herself to go unarmed, partially out of respect for Howle, and partially because there was no reason to. She was a plus one for an intern. Her only job was to make Sally look good. Not gather intel on her behalf. Not take out her competition. Just make her look good.

Her barista job didn’t exactly pay for high end outfits, but she had options. Buy and return was out. She couldn’t trust that Howle or his people wouldn’t remove the tag when if she got frisked. She could go to a thrift store and cross her fingers that there was something high end that wasn’t too thrashed. She could steal something, but she really shouldn’t.

…or she could go to see Sally unprepared. She’d said to come early if she didn’t have anything nice. She’d implied she had something Felicity could wear. Felicity could trust her. It was a novel concept to willingly go in blind. She would never have considered it… before… It meant relying on Sally just because.
Felicity made her decision.



She arrived at Sally’s house in jeans and a t-shirt a few hours before the event. Sally beamed at her when she opened the door.

“Come in, I’ve got just the dress.” She seized her wrist and dragged her inside.

Sally presented her with a long, sleek, satin pink dress that she would never have picked for herself but suited her perfectly. It clung in all the right placed and flattered her figure. Sally added a clip with a pink cloth rose to pull back the hair at her temple that almost matched but was just a shade off.

She looked pretty. Not the calculated beauty that she had in the past. It wasn’t an outfit designed to be seductive, subtle, or overt. It was just her.

She’d been right to trust Sally.​
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Cause and Effect

5/26/2015

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Kevin did not like time travel. Time travel made his head hurt. So when Jessica appeared out of nowhere after a fight and stopped the one henchman he missed from plunging a knife into his back, Kevin didn't thank her. Instead he just groaned. Because Jessica was from the future. And Kevin knew he was in for a headache. Kevin snapped at Mark for being so happy to see her, even though he knew he was the only one upset. Sam and Daisy liked Jessica even more than Mark did. It wasn't that Kevin disliked Jessica. She was a fighter and had helped them save the city more than once. The problem was that Jessica made everything complicated. Kevin was a punch first, let Sam or Daisy ask questions later kind of guy.

Jessica insisted that some woman across town needed protection. Sam told Kevin to go while Jessica explained what was going on. Kevin was more than happy to leave before Jessica and Daisy started talking about conundrums and paradoxes.

But there didn't seem to be any reason for him to be there. Kevin grew more and more irritated as he followed the woman, waiting for something to happen. Then she was attacked! But Kevin easily stopped the man. The assailant was nothing more than a common mugger! The woman turned out to be more formidable. She insisted on treating Kevin to lunch.

Though Kevin found her charming, he was boiling mad by the time Sam called him back. This woman wasn't in danger! Why was Jessica sending them on a wild goose chase?! Kevin yelled all this at Jessica while Daisy tried to calm him down. Jessica just stood there smiling. When Kevin finally asked what was so funny, Jessica laughed.

"I'm just doing what you told me to, Dad." Then she winked, whispered "Call her." And vanished... Leaving Kevin with a pounding headache.

Continued in Predestined.


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Art Updates and The Snow Demon's Daughter

5/23/2015

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I hope that you all like the art. I've been adding several of my artist trading cards to the site as illustrations. Most of them are on the landing pages for each tab. I even made an entirely new one for the Crestwood Chronicles. I like it. I think it would have been better if I could have made the aura orange and red, but I couldn't blend them well enough with my pens, and I thought it might look cheap.

I added a story called the Snow Demon's Daughter which is about a Yuki-Onna who is half demon and half human.
It would be fun to create an artist trading card for. I wrote this story a good five years ago for a class, so I don't think it's my best work. I just wanted to update more often, and I am busy with my Excelsior script.

I'm hiding the Author's Comments about the Snow Demon's Daughter, so when you click "Read More" make sure you've already read the Snow Demon's Daughter or be ready for spoilers.

Update: Added picture for the Snow Demon's Daughter. (May 27, 2015)


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Prince Charming's Daughter

5/19/2015

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The King, who was once Prince Charming, never thought he would have a daughter. In fact, the possibility had never even occurred to him. Not once. But now it had happened and he was terrified. The realization that he had a daughter was more paralyzing than fighting a dragon or matching wits with a witch. It wasn't a safe world for a princess. He knew that better than anyone. How many royal maidens had he rescued from curses or dragons? Villains didn't seem to be worth their salt unless they had done something to a princess, and there just weren't that many princesses in the world!

But worse than that were the men. The King felt a hollow pit in his stomach as he considered the potential rescuers for his precious baby girl. The King knew better than anyone the type of person that might be attracted to a rescue attempt. He himself had been a lowly fifth son of a king who ruled a small and bankrupt nation before he began his crusade as 'Prince Charming' and rescued the wealthy, powerful princess who was now his Queen. The King knew of even worse options. A man who had nearly been his brother-in-law had stumbled into the title of prince by saving a princess. She died after marrying him, but the low bred brute had retained the title to impress the next princess he rescued.

No. The King decided. None of that. Not for his little girl. But how? The King couldn't always protect her from evil? Anything he tried, whether it be enlisting the aid of a good fairy or seeking to vanquish all evil from the land, would only draw farther attention to his little girl. What could he do?

As the King took his precious princess into his arms for the first time, and looked into her deep brown eyes, he realized there was only one way to ensure she was always safe. He had to train her to protect herself.


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Forgive Me, Father

4/6/2014

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Forgive Me, Father is a short story that can stand on it's own. I ended up having it be a Blackheart story because it does seem like Bianca Black. It's only one page long. And it would take place somewhere between ten months and a year after Black Start. I'll try to work it in to the tenth story. 

This is also a story about the difference between a hero and a vigilante. It should come up again later during Wattage Jr.'s crisis of faith. 
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Two New Stories!

4/5/2014

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I added two stories that I wrote some time ago. 

Hellrose & Nightstalker is the sequel to Symptoms. In the months since Anna learned the Memory Meddler's identity, Dr. Price has worked out a treatment for Anna's condition by studying the Memory Meddler; the Memory Meddler has told her friends at the police station about her new friend "Emo" (her nickname for Anna); and Megan, having revealed that she knows who Anna and the Memory Meddler are, is putting her own considerable talents to assisting them whenever needed. Hellrose & Nightstalker is the first time the new team is put to the test, after Memory Meddler is abducted by persons unknown. 

Silence is Deadly is a one page short story about the execution of an innocent woman. It received an Honorable Mention in the 2012 Fresh Ink Short Story Competition (Suspense Category). 
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Sanctuary: Earth

9/9/2013

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For years people have scoffed at the idea of aliens coming to Earth. “What can be here to justify traveling so far?” Earth is, in fact, rather isolated from the rest of the galaxy. That’s a small part of what makes it perfect. You see, Earth is where people, or maybe I should say aliens, come to hide. Something in the atmosphere makes scans virtually useless, it’s much harder to find what or who you’re looking for. In some areas there are trace minerals in the ground, which make even short range scans useless. With even the most advanced technology out there, you could not tell an alien from a human with a cursory examination. It is incredibly difficult to find people on Earth. That’s why aliens come. Refugees, fugitives, criminals, we’ve got all of them. Then there are the bounty hunters. Special skills are required to be an Earth bounty hunter. The bounty hunters though, a lot of them are virtually lawless.

The government can’t keep these aliens in check. There’s no unifying leader, or even species. As far as the government’s concerned, they can do nothing. No one else knew about the aliens, politicians get no recognition for dealing with the problem. So the government just ignores it.

That’s where Sìofra Alma and Cara Smith come in. They are the only semblance of law on the planet. Too fair to be vigilantes, and too sensible to be bounty hunters. They are the investigators. Living among the criminals and bounty hunters of the galaxy, they care about the crimes committed on Earth.

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Project LynZine

9/2/2013

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My name is Lyndsey Werner, and as part of my attempt to consistently release stories to the public, I have decided to release a monthly zine, both in print and online. There are a number of short stories I'd like to keep up with, however the primary zine should be the Crestwood Chronicles. 
Also on this site is my first published short story, The Angel's Heart. As well as Anomalies which won third place in the Fresh Ink Group science fiction contest 2012. 
So relax, enjoy, and let me know what you think of my work. 
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