Short Stories
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Short Stories
Silver Moonlight
Irene, whose family maintains one of the grand hotel resorts in the New Hampshire mountains year-round, reluctantly agrees to help end the misery of her fiancé, who suffers shell-shock from the WWI battlefield. But before she will participate in his desperate plan, she makes him agree to ice skate with her at a patch of ice deep in the forest they both remember from their childhoods – a special place where help just might be found.
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Built to Last
After being neglected in a dank garage for months, a beat-up old car secretly helps its new driver push through their shared grief.
“Built to Last” is a speculative fiction short story appearing in Omicron World Entertainment’s “Automobilia” anthology.
Paper Hearts
Leo’s had a rough six months since his homelife turned upside-down. And now a stupid act of vandalism has got him doing mandatory community service helping differently-abled kids make Valentines. His sucky day takes a turn for the better when he snags the empty seat next to a smokin’ hot volunteer rocking a Delta Gamma tee-shirt, but it turns out she sees him better than he counted on.
Debuted in Elderflower Press’ anthology WORDS WITH HEART, all proceeds supporting the charitable organization Girls Not Brides.
Magazine Short Stories
Smooth Sledding
Woman’s World magazine, Jan 2016, as “Kady Winter”
On Blueberry Hill
Woman’s World magazine, July 2015, as “Kady Winter”