NancyKayClark

#1 rule of detectives: Don't fall in love with a suspectAmid civil unrest and unusual dust storms, twenty volunteer aid workers have disappeared in the slums of a mining colony on the planet of Simoom, including the long lost lover of Security Officer Vestra Gwir. Torn by guilt and heartbreak, Vestra vows to find the truth and bring the culprits to justice. But her world is upended and her beliefs undone when she's put in charge of interrogating terrorist suspect Ann Harmony. Ann's fragile appearance belies a steely interior. Day after day she provides only cryptic answers, and warnings about a red dust that seems to have a mind of its own. In a battle of wills, Vestra has met her match in Ann, and little by little as Ann tells her story, Vestra begins to realize guilt and innocence is not easy to define.Inextricably entangled now, Vestra must unravel the truth behind the disappearances not only to avenge her old love, but to save her new love. If only the dust would stop swirling.…

NancyKayClark

My mother Paulina was born in Montreal in April of 1936 and died - her lungs full of pneumonia - not long after her 82nd birthday in May 2018 in a small town hospital in Exeter, Ontario. The following, a collection of short 100-word stories, poems, letters and photos, is me trying to process her death, and explore her life and our relationship. What's in it for you, good reader? Did Paulina lead a fascinating life? On the surface, probably not. But underneath? Tragic deaths. Foster homes. Young love. Poverty. Adultery. Bigamy. Re-invention. Perseverance. Passion. Imagination. Hoarding and lots of shopping. There will be lots and lots and lots of shopping.…

NancyKayClark

Micro-flash fiction about daily life and the characters in my head. Posted weekly.…

NancyKayClark

An adventure story for kids of all ages!Eleven-year-old Prince Argus of Sudland, known as Gus the Fuss, suspects the "accident" that left him with terrible scars, was no accident. Someone is trying to kill off the royal family. But he can't get the new king (his older brother Rudy), or his sister Willa, or anyone at the palace to believe him. His scars are so bad, they won't even look at him anymore-never mind listen to him.Another attack from the shadows forces Gus to flee the palace. In disguise and with the help of his one trusted friend, a housemaid named Anna, Gus sets out into the wide world to find out who's behind the attacks.Now Gus is an ex-prince, hiding his scarred face, dressed in rags, mucking out barns, rescuing telepathic birds and being chased through a deep dark forest. Can he make his way back to the palace in time to save Rudy and Willa from the culprit, who is determined to steal the throne of Sudland?…

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In the town of Salvation, the air and the very walls and rooms around us are created and maintained by our thoughts. If we think something it happens; and if we wish to un-think something it disappears. And if we wish to turn our thoughts away from someone...that someone would cease to exist.…

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Hello, I'm Hammerhead a Top Line Champion in a RTS game - you know the one. But I've had it with fighting. Don't want to do it anymore. I'd rage quit if I could, but I can't. I'm stuck in the game and I want out, and maybe, just maybe there's a way.Many thanks to Nathan Bennet for letting me in on gamer lingo.…

NancyKayClark

On a mining colony on a distant planet, where dust clouds are constant and toxic, untidiness can get you arrested. If found guilty, the sentence is mandatory cleaning - but the dust you're sweeping can be lethal.…