Bio: Michael, along with his wife and their dog, lives in Indiana, where he works for Grace College and Seminary. He has a Bachelor's from Princeton and a PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary, where he wrote his dissertation, "Secular Theology in the Fiction of Harlan Ellison" -- originally called "Author- and Reader-based Hermeneutics for Imaginative Literature as an Aid to Analyzing Popular World-views, with a Focus on the Fiction of Harlan Ellison." His SF friends asked what hermeneutics was, his school friends asked who Harlan Ellison was, and his advisors made him change the title.
While doing an internship as a mage in the customs office, Laurel accidentally lets in a shipment that isn't as harmless as it looked on paper. (Published: 2007)
Words: 4937 - Reading Time: 14-19 min. Category: Fantasy
Laurel expects to be stuck working in the Customs House forever (or until her brother Stephen passes his magical Ordeal, whichever comes first), but she finds something in a batch of documents with a shipment from China that will change her life. Of course, she doesn't even notice it at first... (Published: 2008)
Words: 5461 - Reading Time: 15-21 min. Category: Fantasy
Fifteen years ago the enemy king killed her husband. Now he's eating in her inn. Man does not live by roast kradlik alone ... you need something special to go with it. (Published: 1998)
Words: 1285 - Reading Time: 3-5 min. Category: Fantasy
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While doing an internship as a mage in the customs office, Laurel accidentally lets in a shipment that isn't as harmless as it looked on paper. (Published: 2007)
