Ghost Town, my newest short story, is published!

My newest publication, ‘Ghost Town’ is an adventure story, published in the newest Writing Journey Anthology called JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE – A Writing Journey Anthology.

The story collection in this anthology is all about adventure, quests, and thrilling expeditions offering a great variaty of genres and diverse tales.

‘Ghost Town’ features two characters from a middle grade series, ‘Panther’s Head’, that I am working on. In this story, two girls enjoy a summer camp in the Colorado Mountains.One afternoon, the campers visit a ghost town, and the two girls stumble over a secret.

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New! My fourth Short Story Published!

I am happy to announce, that my fourth short story is published. The Family Tree is a story for the Hidden Identity Anthology and now published in a brand new book. 40 stories and poems written during the challenging year of 2020 by authors belonging to the Writing Journey are compiled in “Masks, Facades, and Reveals.”
And this time I am not only an author, but I also contributed two illustrations.

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The Mouse in the House – Part 1

There was nothing special in a cold Chicagoland winter, it has always been like that. The only special in that particular year was, that it was that cold. Single digit temperatures and even negatives several days in a row. Everything was frozen, and I really mean, everything – the tree branches, the bushes, the little and even the big lakes. There was even a layer of ice on the roads because the salt didn’t work anymore, which make the humans grumpier that usual.
So, you could probably say it was a hard winter that year. The deer and the coyotes fought over the last warm spaces beneath the bushes and the hawks fought over the numerous squirrels that were still out there and were having fun with all the bird feeders in the area.

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