Search Word: Lost

• Search Word Lost is a short story in the Search Word series.

Porcelain Smile

• This is the third entry for the Renaissance Remix contest, based around the universe of the new Miramax movie Renaissance. Karas, the detective. The most important character in all noir. In the movie description (and clip on the Miramax site) he seems to throw caution to the wind on a regular basis, pursues "no matter what sacrifices he has to make along the way. " People don't care about sacrifices when they've already lost everything. How did Karas get that way? This story attempts an answer.

The Collapse

• The Collapse is a short story set in the Angels Fall First universe, set around one of the lesser character.

Conduct the Day

• This is the second entry for the Renaissance Remix contest, based around the universe of the new Miramax movie Renaissance. When I write about my characters I often think about what elements in their lives could have led up to them existing as they do in the story. The same with my setting. When I was reading the contest description this brief line caught my eye - "Ilona and her sister, Bislane, were orphans rescued from the brutal, war-torn Caucasia region." I saw it and immediately a million different stories came to mind. I thought to myself, What would Bislane and/or Ilona of the Renaissance universe, orphaned kids, think when they woke up each day in a warzone? How would she/they cope with being surrounded by death and destruction? That is where this story comes from. Brislane and Ilona, before Avalon rescued them, stuck in a warzone.