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Heartlines Spec

Unfit for Purpose

Facing the sudden loss of her carer bot, eight-year old Marwa fights back with every trick she knows.

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Far Future Machine Sentience Young Adult X Family
Cover of Heartlines Spec, Issue 5, Summer 2024, featuring a stylized illustration of a person sitting on a shoreline next to an orange tent, looking out at a large, multi-humped spiky sea serpent swimming in a lake at night under a full moon.
Hidden Realms (Flame Tree Press)

Taher & Laith

Despite a multitude of chasms separating them, Taher and Laith found one another, but how long could this unlikely pairing last?

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Queer Myths Young Adult X Self Acceptance
Cover of Gothic Fantasy: Hidden Realms Short Stories, featuring an intricate gold filigree border enclosing a purple text frame with a small arched doorway glowing at the bottom.
The Colored Lens

Of Ashes & Tears

How far would Brynn go to save her mother? How far is too far?

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Myths Young Adult X Family
Cover of The Colored Lens: Speculative Fiction Magazine, Winter 2021, Issue #38, featuring an illustration of two children silhouetted on a rocky cliff, with one pointing toward a bright glowing star against a massive blue planet background.