Angus wakes up one day with a problem: his memory is gone. He doesn't know who he is or what he does. Voltari tells him he is his apprentice, but Angus knows nothing about magic. Still, Voltari is a Master Wizard, so he would know, wouldn't he? Voltari knows other things about him, too, but he isn't talking. Then, just as Angus begins to come to terms with his situation, everything changes....Angus wakes up one day with a problem, a very BIG problem: his memory is gone. He doesn't know who he is or what he does. Voltari tells him he is his apprentice, but Angus knows nothing about magic. Still, Voltari is a Master Wizard, so he would know, wouldn't he? Voltari knows other things about him, too, but he isn't talking. Then, just as Angus begins to come to terms with his situation, everything changes....

“A Bard Out of Time” is a long poem that centers on a bard singing songs and traveling from one village to another in a fantasy world. Spells, magical creatures, werewolves, etc. make an appearance in the bard's ballads. The other poems in this collection are likewise fantasy-oriented ones.“A Bard Out of Time” is a long poem that centers on a bard singing songs and traveling from one village to another in a fantasy world. Spells, magical creatures, kings and queens, werewolves, and the like all make an appearance in this poem as he regales his audiences with the ballads he sings. The other poems in this collection are also fantasy-oriented, but they did not fit in with the plot / structure of “A Bard Out of Time” (most are not ballads) or were not reflective of the setting of that poem. Some of these poems cross over into the dark fantasy/horror genre (particularly the ones with demons in them), but others are playful or risqué.

Story Sampler is a free sampling of stories found in my other collections that provide the reader with a broad cross-section of the types of stories I have published in these collections (mystery, science fiction, fantasy, mainstream, cross-genre).Story Sampler is a free sampling of stories found in my other collections. Five of the stories come from Have You Seen My Cat and Other Stories (a collection of mystery, science fiction, and cross-genre stories); seven come from Worms and Other Alien Encounters (science fiction stories about alien visitation on earth or stories set in space); three are from Last Rites . . . And Wrongs (a collection of poetry and mainstream stories involving death and destruction); and one light fantasy story from The Drunken Wizard's Playmates and Other Stories (a short novel with four bonus stories). Together, they provide the reader with a broad cross-section of the types of stories I have published in these collections.