Anthony D Faircloth- Christmas Special Newsletter

The Nonplus Adventures of a Self-publishing Writer: Merry Christmas, and happy holidays! I thought I’d put out a Christmas newsletter, to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season, as well as let you know what’s going on at the ol’ Faircloth Family micro-farm. One of my doe rabbits had a litter of bunnies on Thanksgiving morning. Though several… (more…)

Elbraith and Verduun’s Golden Apples

Elbraith AnCluin was a mighty warrior among his people. He was a good leader and became chief of his clan, reigning for over thirty years. There was a younger Elbraith however, a man of fifteen who seemed to find trouble around every bend in the road. He is the Elbraith of this story. **** Elbraith AnCluin swatted the last of… (more…)

Anthony D Faircloth – Fourth Quarter Newsletter

The Nonplus Adventures of a Self-publishing Writer: Cover Shoot for “Just Us” Part Duex   The photo shoot is complete, long live the photo shoot! I decided to rethink this picture and just use the two main characters, Tobi and Yancy. Tobi is portrayed by Gabby Lofland, a talented writer and violinist, and Yancy is played by my son, Samuel,… (more…)

Hypersite War: Della Braxton’s Story

Della Braxton placed the last piece of chicken on the platter. “Hey baby, take this plate to the living room please.” Della’s daughter-in-law complied quickly. “Sure Momma, not a problem.” In the living room, several long white plastic tables sat. “First Apostolic Church” was written in marker on the edges of the tables, having been borrowed with the chairs from… (more…)

Shortcut

Jerry Bedford smiled across the desk at his boss, Maynard Hanson. “Yes, sir, it was good to have you tour our facility. I hope you had a good experience. Since my car is in the shop today, I’ll get one of my people to take you back to the airport.” Jerry rose quickly and stepped into the hall. He frowned.… (more…)

Anthony D Faircloth – Third Quarter Newsletter

The Nonplus Adventures of a Self-publishing Writer: Cover Shoot for “Just Us“ As a self-publishing writer I have found that I must also be a self-marketing writer. Upon completion of my scfi novel, Just Us, I now need to produce a book cover, and it’s harder than you might think. First, I gathered a few friends and relatives that kinda,… (more…)

First Inhabitants by Sean Shroll & Anthony D Faircloth

The large sea animal lolled about in the waters off the coast of the big land, its flippers hung long and low sometimes even touching the soft sandy bottom. The sun had been hot today, as it had been for the last several weeks and something in the animal told it that it was nearly time for the herd to… (more…)

Log of the Blue Star by Sean Shroll & Anthony D Faircloth

The following are historic excerpts from the log of the Blue Star, the ship that crashed and origianlly populated the planet, known by many names including, Darkworld. Many log entries were destroyed in the first weeks and months of the habitation, and many others failed to make it through the Nagg Ha’ddad wars. These entries were authored by Ruul Tac’ree… (more…)

Just Us: Chapter One

It Begins I walked quickly through the woods, thinking about the morning so far. It was all some kind of crazy mystery. When the team and I woke and gathered in the Commons for breakfast, we discovered the end of the building was missing and the woods had grown up in the space overnight. In addition, some of our utility… (more…)

Candle: A Sisters of the Secret Mystery Story

Sister Francesca opened the basement door and descended the stairs. At the bottom, her eyes caught the glint of light on the floor where a cellophane wrapper lay beneath the last step. She looked across a huge room, though exceptionally large, it was only a small section of the cavernous basement. The old sign that had hung outside their facility… (more…)