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Free Stories & Samples
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Free Short Stories · 1 resource
A Wonderful Week for a Quest — Samples · 7 resources
- A Wonderful Day for a Quest (PDF)
- Both an Ox and a Moron… (PDF)
- A Quest That Doesn’t Go…Well (PDF)
- Leftbeard’s Treasure (PDF)
- The Whatsit’s Rebirth (PDF)
- Battle of the Bards (PDF)
- The End of the Quest as We Know It (PDF)
The Canticle Chronicles — Samples · 4 resources
- The Canticle Prelude (PDF)
- The Canticle Kingdom (PDF)
- The Frozen Globe (PDF)
- The Skyward Isle (PDF)
The Chess Quest Series — Samples · 5 resources
- Paladin: Pawn (PDF)
- Nemesis: Knight (PDF)
- Rook: Revenge (PDF)
- Bishop: Betrayal (PDF)
- Sovereigns: Song (PDF)
The Penultimate Dawn Cycle — Samples · 1 resource
- The Hunger (PDF)
The Last Archangel Series — Samples · 4 resources
- Age of Archangels (PDF)
- The Last Archangel (PDF)
- The Last Dawn (PDF)
- The Last Kingdom (PDF)
Other Fiction — Samples · 7 resources
- A Past With Two Faces (PDF)
- Death/Wish (PDF)
- New Frontiers (PDF)
- The Lost Barge (PDF)
- The Adventures of Mr. E (PDF)
- Wally, the Web Wizard (PDF)
- Tales from the Promised Land (PDF)
Practical Nonfiction & Family — Samples · 4 resources
- In the Quiet Heart (PDF)
- Before Sunset (PDF)
- First Things First (PDF)
- The Year of the Dad (PDF)
Music & Christmas — Samples · 6 resources
- An Advent Carols Countdown (PDF)
- Christmas with Henry (PDF)
- Sacred Days, Sacred Songs (PDF)
- Songs for All Seasons (PDF)
- The Song of the Righteous (PDF)
- The Song of the Saints (PDF)
Illustrated Prequels & Bonus Stories · 9 resources
- Truth in a Jar — Illustrated Prequel (PDF)
- A Stake in the Matter — Illustrated Death/Wish Prequel (PDF)
- The Crimson Casting Call — Illustrated Launch Time Prequel (PDF)
- The Red Measure — Illustrated Story (PDF)
- Keket and Yahmose: The First Balance — Expanded Illustrated Story (PDF)
- The Heavenly Draft — Illustrated Last Archangel Prequel (PDF)
- The Garden That Growled — Illustrated Prequel (PDF)
- First Things First — One Year Later Epilogue (PDF)
- Xiaphius and Trezzlepeg: The Price of Knowing — Expanded Illustrated Story (PDF)
Reader Bonus Claim Pages · 2 resources
- Wally, the Web Wizard — eBook Claim Page (Web page)
- Tearjerkers for Tots — Reader Bonus Claim Page (Web page)
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