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Milo and Clack: An Elvin Love Story

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What's Happening With Me?

Today I drove down Main Street in Mesa, AZ to see if the Buckhorn Baths Motel was still standing and was pleasantly surprised to see that it was.

For those who don't know, I wrote Taking a Chance for Love based upon my love affair for Mesa (a suburb of Phoenix.) This old, abandoned and rather scary yet historically significant motel caught my attention years ago and has never let go.

If you've read Taking a Chance, you'll probably identify this as the motivation for the hotel renovation mentioned in that book.

My drive-by felt like seeing an old friend. I certainly wish someone like the boys in Taking a Chance would take a chance on this old beauty and fix it back up.

What's Happening With Me?

So, as usual, I've got way too many irons in the fire. I just sent book 5 of the Coming Home Series, Bound for Home to my second editor yesterday. (All of my books typically go through at least three edits plus beta readers and ARC readers that also provide input for corrections.)

I have a short story that'll be part of an anthology under Adam J. Ridley that's due in April, so I've been burning the midnight oil to get that one done. More on that one later...

It official, I'll be in Kansas City for ConQuestKC in June for the release of my first Superhero Sci-Fi novel. That one's title is Emergence. I hope to have it up for presale in the next week or so.

It's still unclear where we will be this summer, right now, San Francisco area, Northwestern California, and even possibly Massachusetts is all in the running. Stay tuned to find out where we end up next. 

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Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator; A Charity Anthology

Do you like mechanical devices with personality? Sure, who doesn’t?

How about when they hold your life in the palm of their hands?

Hmm…less sure now, yes?

Don’t worry, you’re gonna love this.

  • At an LGBTQ literary retreat in October of 2022, a group of authors met a particularly cantankerous elevator.
  • Doors slamming open or closed for no apparent reason? Check. Scary noises, also for no apparent reason? Also, check.

Were we concerned for our lives? Okay, listen…This cranky elevator figured heavily into conversations for the next few days, many of which included expletives in a dozen languages, but eventually, it became a (somewhat) beloved mascot.

Some people actually chose it over the other elevators! The resulting mayhem is 25+ different author takes on the underlying story behind the elevator’s peculiar behavior.

Possession? Poltergeists? Personified mechanical objects? Vampires?

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Proceeds for the sale of this book benefit The Trevor Project, which provides crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. More information about this worthy cause can be found at https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

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Released February 11th

A Long Way Home

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Sapphire Water

Book 4 - A Selkie Novel

Available March 17th


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Milo and Clack: An Elvin Love Story

Part V: The King is Found, Too Bad for Him

Clack

“Tell me again, child, what did you see? And don’t leave anything out.”

Laci looked abashed. “I-I might have yelled at him. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. He wasn’t listening to me.”

I cringed. I didn’t remember the former King and Queen, but even I knew that despite being beloved by our people, they were not ones to tolerate disrespect. I hoped their son didn’t take the girls' insubordination too badly.

“We’ll address that later, start from the beginning and tell me everything you saw.”

The girl nodded and retold the story. This time she added the part where she caused an earthquake when he refused to listen. I silently reminded myself to begin training her immediately, starting with teaching her not to yell at a King or create an earthquake when she didn’t get his attention. May the Gods help this kid.

I sighed. “I’m sorry, Laci, you should’ve been warned. The youngest member of the King’s Guard is the messenger between the King’s court and the Guard. So anyway, the King is unaware of who he is… which is problematic. Did he tell you where he was? How to find him?”

The girl shook her head. “No, I-I didn’t think to ask.”

I nodded. “Okay, well, if you see him again, you must ask where he is and how we can find him. I’m guessing, since he doesn’t have his powers, he was brought to you through someone who is in charge of caring for him. Maybe they will reach out again. If they do, you must find his location.”

She nodded, then sighed. “Am I in trouble?”

“Yes,” I said, then regretted it. “I don’t know, you can’t speak to a king like you did, even if he doesn’t know he’s the king. I don’t know what will happen when he becomes King. I don’t even know what kind of person he is, but if you’d done that to King Atticon, well, you wouldn’t still be standing here.” The poor girl swallowed hard.

I hated to be the one to tell her, but she needed to know that insubordination with the wrong elves could spell disaster for her.

“I’ll tell the others what you’ve seen. For now, we’ll keep that part of the story to ourselves,” I said, knowing how hard the older warriors could be on the young. “For now, go to bed. I’m sure the lead guard will want to interview you."

“Should I tell them that I…you know?” she asked.

I shook my head. “No, it’s best you just tell them the basics.”

I left the girl to find her way back to her tent in the apprentice area and went to see Olcarlamon. The old guard was over three hundred years old, but none of us really knew how old he was. He refused to tell us. He also refused to let us use a nickname for him, although I’m guessing Carl would be it. Old Carl is what we sometimes called him back when I was sleeping in the apprentice tents myself.

“Sir, I’m sorry to disturb you, but we’ve been contacted by the King.”

“King Atticon?” he asked, surprise flitting across his face.

I shook my head. “No sir, King Repratian.” I said.

The old warrior’s face fell. “Oh, well, that’s too bad.”

Next Week: Follow the story as Milo discovers his foster parents aren't exactly who he thought they were...

Adam J Ridley's Book Catalogue

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