“Thom sat amidst the frigid beauty, barefooted and without a coat, singing to the wind and laughing at jokes only he could hear.” – excerpt from The Broken Court, Chapter 5 – The Lost Ones Changlings, Kilmeny, Rhys ap Morgan, True Thomas, Tamlin – many a tale has been told about those who were spirited …
Author: cari lyn jones
You see her in many fairy tales. She is the herb woman who gives the heroine just what she needs to escape her fate. The old woman in the cottage at the edge of a dark wood who advises the hero on which path to take. She is the giver of good advice and the …
From scarcity to abundance. Last year I lamented the lack of Monarchs in the garden, but I am happy to say this year is proving quite the opposite! At one point I found no less than eight caterpillars munching away on the butterfly weed (and it’s only February). And as you can see, they grew …
After the prologue, this is the first chapter of The Broken Court, the novella directly following Lumina and the Goblin King. It has not seen my editor yet and so is subject to all the warnings that come with such. Still, I hope enjoy reading it! Chapter 1 – A Summer Crown for Winter’s Head …
For the eld woman, life has changed irrevocably. Her mortality hangs on her like a shroud, and young Thom, newly returned from faerie, has turned her world upside down. Ill portents fill the air, and even the seasons are out of step… Stories often have a mind of their own, don’t they? Take Lumina and …
Back in September, I had the pleasure of reading an excerpt of Lumina and the Goblin King live at a Strong Women-Strange Worlds QuickReads event. It was amazing fun, and they have just started posting the videos from their events on Youtube! Go take a look…
When the sea looks like this you can’t help but stop.
That’s right, thanks to the amazing Janis McDavid. Molly the Mermaid now has a voice! You can find it in Reading’s a Breeze’s ever growing library of books. THE WORLD THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES. The delightful thing about childhood is that even the most mundane things can be fantastical. Every blanket becomes a vast fortress, …
Below is a short excerpt from one of my current projects. Where the Angels Dream (working title). Set in a time similar to the late 1800s, it is a story about Devon and Sara Amaris. A brother and sister to whom the dead speak and unknown powers take notice. It is still very much a …
