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A Taste of “Dragon’s Tear: Denicalis Dragon Chronicles – Book Three”
** Author’s note – This is the third book in my series and is currently in production. It is due to be released in April, 2008!
The first thing she realized was she was alone and it was no longer dark. Instead of sleeping beneath a black sky filled with tiny, glittering stars, she [...]
A Taste of “The Prisoner: Denicalis Dragon Chronicles – Book Two”
The monkey surprised them when it suddenly moved back a few branches. As it settled into its new location, it once again held the ring out in its opened palm. As before, the rest of the creatures in the tree fell silent. They watched their leader as it held the ring, still [...]
A Taste of “Dragon’s Blood: Denicalis Dragon Chronicles – Book One”
Nicho held up his hand to have the others stop behind him then cautiously walked over to the hole, carefully stepping on the rocks, wanting to get a better look down into it. When he got a step away from the edge, he stopped and leaned over slightly as he peered into the darkness below.
“Nicho, [...]
They Forgot to Plant an Acorn on the Moon
The surface of the moon looks a lot like a desert. It’s dry, rocky, and sandy. There are no plants on the moon. Not even a small cactus.In the year 1969 human beings from planet Earth first stepped on the moon. They walked around a bit and collected some moon rocks to take back with [...]
The Invention of the Steam Engine
It’s common knowledge that modern civilization was forged in the factories of the industrial revolution. And these factories themselves were powered by the steam engine.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that steam engines ushered in the modern age. But where did the steam engine come from? Who was the inventor of this “mover of [...]
Driving on Ice
In many northern states the winters are so cold that the lakes freeze right over. In Minnesota, Michigan, and Maine, the ice in these lakes can freeze two to three feet deep.
When the ice is that thick it becomes possible to actually drive a car or truck across the ice. While driving on ice sounds [...]
When the Clock Got Sick
Once upon a time, in a land not too far from where you live, there was a bank whose outside clock was the talk of the town. Clocks usually don’t cause people to talk about them, unless they’re not working right. This clock wasn’t working right at all.
The clock was a digital clock, meaning [...]
Ellen the Eagle Needs Glasses
Ellen the eagle first suspected that she needed glasses the day that she swooped down out of the sky and grabbed a small lawn chair to carry back to her hungry children. When she arrived back at her nest, perched high atop a cliff, her oldest son said, somewhat sarcastically, “Great. Another lawn chair for [...]
Patty the Pigeon
Patty was the type of pigeon who always had a sense of adventure and an active curiosity. She lived in a brick hole near the top of a building near Union Station, in Washington D.C. Patty loved watching the trains come in and go out of the station. She loved the clackety-clack sound of the [...]
An Ordinary Mother
Katrina Katrinka was like any other ordinary mother with two kids, a stationwagon, and a 6O foot tall crane in her back yard. The crane just showed up one morning. A construction company was building an apartment building down the street. One day the company went bankrupt, and left their crane in Mrs. Katrinka’s back [...]
