Sunlight-Colored Roses

A sanctuary for dreams and shadows

Story Index

My stories indexed by year written.

1991-1992 (6TH GRADE)

  • In the Place Called St. Heather
  • Island of Desolation and The War. I wrote Island of Desolation on Diana’s computer, and I wrote The War at Dad and Diana’s house on notebook paper.
  • The Inner Fire: not sure when this was written. It was probably 1991-1992. It’s definitely juvenilia.

1992-1993 (7TH GRADE)

  • The Magnificent Journey
  • Winter Rose (original), written for Lydia. Winter Rose (2002), rewrite and notes. 12/9/19: I still have the original manuscript for the 7th-grade Winter Rose that needs to be transcribed. There are some ethical problems with Craig’s scorned fiancée killing herself, since that makes way for Rose.

TIMELINE OF LIFE EVENTS

  • 1991-1992: 6th grade
  • 1992-1993: 7th grade
  • 1993-1994: 8th grade
  • 1994-1995: 9th grade
  • 1995-1996: 10th grade
  • 1996-1997: 11th grade
  • 1997-1998: 12th grade
  • 1998-1999: College freshman. Lechner 1998. Lechner Spring 1999. Worked at Friends Summer 1999. Lived in apartment with Mom that summer.
  • 1999-2000 College sophomore. Hart Fall 1999.
  • Hart Spring 2000. Creative Writing II was in Spring 2000. Worked at TDC Summer 2000.
  • 2000-2001 College junior. Hart Fall 2000. Hart Spring 2001. Summer school 2001.
  • 2001-2002 College senior. Hart Fall 2001. Hart Spring 2002. Worked at TDC Summer 2002. Stayed in trailer Fall 2002.
  • Worked at Bethyl March 2003-November 2003.
  • Moved to Arlington in December 2003. Started night shift job in November 2004.
  • Worked on night shift till April 2006. April 2006-May 2007 in Product Safety.
  • October or November 2007-January 2016. Worked at Sovereign.
  • 2016-present. Graduate school.

Stories

  • Melissa and Raoul, a fragment (1996)
  • A Strange Land (Winter 1996); Fatimah’s Pride (rewrite). Original notes. Written notes on Turkish culture to be copied from my notebook. I don’t have any plans to put this on my site. I remember writing this a very, very long time ago on my 486. I wrote a detailed story about Givencha which may be entirely lost to me. I thought I wrote it in a bound journal one summer at my grandparents’.
  • The Titanic Necklace, originally untitled.  
  • The Violinist (Grandma and Pop pop’s, Laptop). 12/9/19. This is an interesting fragment. I could put it on my site.
  • Engel von Nacht (1997) Dark Shadows fan fiction posted to SciFi BB. Also Samantha, Carrie. Revise slightly for my site.
  • The Grove—originally titled “Daughter of the Grove (1998).” I have plans to revise it slightly for my site.
  • The Awakening
  • Lucrece (Laptop). Notes. An outline I have started. There are several different versions of the story layered in one file. At this time, I don’t know what I will do with the story. I have no plans to finish it right now. Here’s the original of the story with no additions, dated 2000.
  • Castle of the Seventh Moon (1998), revised as The Summerhouse (2006), and notes.
  • Bronwen – notes. Later to become my novel, Victoria’s Dance.
  • The Pianist (Lechner)
  • The Beekeeper
  • “The Return”: short story sequel to “The Beekeeper.” Late 2004 or early 2005. I accidentally deleted the entirety of this story, to my great regret. Maybe one day I will find it archived on my computer, but I don’t think so. In “The Return,” Leda goes on a journey to the mansion where she played out a drama with her beloved sister Ursula years before. Ursula is now dead, and Leda feels lifeless without her gentle presence. On the steps of the old mansion, Leda finds a young boy with curly black hair and an impish smile—the love-child of Ursula and her young doctor. Leda embraces the child, grateful to have a part of her beloved sister—but her realizations about Ursula shock her deeply. She was not the only sister to have deceived the other long ago.
  • The Tower, and notes.
  • Gisela, a fragment
  • Some fragments written in the summer of 1999.
  • The Shrine (1999)
  • Rewritten as The Statue (2000) with motorcyclists. I found the original .wps with motorcyclists, a shortened version in the first person with Fanchon only, and a revision in the third person with Fanchon only.
  • The Annunciation (2001)
  • The Mirror Crack’d (2000). The original. Also written for Creative Writing II. I have an additional paper version I want to check against this text.
  • A Vampire (2002), and notes.
  • Blanche, present version, and previous versions. 11/18/19: I added to this while working on night shift, handwritten and transferred to the file, so 2005-2006. It still doesn’t have an end—or maybe that really is the end.
  • The Dark River (possibly late college, after The Sound and the Fury).
  • The Inheritance (2002), and notes.
  • A Shadow (After JOUR 101). A scene.
  • Gloria’s Paradise (Hart), alternate version, notes and outline.
  • Fragment (Hart, after Winter Light). I never attempted film noir before this. It is still untitled. I have no plans at present to finish it, but it is interesting. 12/28/06 I wrote comments on it. It’s not like any of my other stories, but I don’t think I know enough about that kind of thing, or care enough, to ever finish this. 12/9/19: This is similar to the 1930’s romance magazine stories. I could revise it.
  • Moon Rising (Hart). It’s 158 pages. I need to read this one and figure out how much of it is repeated. I do not remember writing that much on this story.
  • The Mermaid Diaries (Hart)
  • Nausicaa (Freshman year).
  • When I Dream at Night (2000). Revise for my site, for Dark Shadows fan fiction section. Later, Notes for Carolyn (A Journey into the Past), another Dark Shadows fan fiction.
  • Salem (2000), and notes. I remember this story being very good, but unfinished. I want to revise it for my site, title it.  
  • Cymbeline, and deleted scenes. Juvenile fantasy romance novella.
  • The Magician (Hart). I do not intend to continue this.
  •             Notes on Ghislain, also called The Golden Gown.
  • Love’s Image, deleted scenes and notes. Rewrite: The Bohemians (2001), and notes.
  •             Summer Dream (2001), and notes. An additional version I found. I have not determined if it is older or newer than the other. 12/9/19: I can read the additional version, but that wps file may need recovery. This is a good fragment.
  •             Lorraine (2001)
  •             Notes (2001) help me date some of my stories.
  • The Siren (Hart/Bible study)
  • Victoria’s Dance (Hart) I have plans to finish this story. 12/9/19: I have no idea how I wanted to end this, but it was a good fragment.
  • Windflowers (Hart), and notes. 1/24/07: No plans to finish at this time.
  • Winter Light (Hart), and notes.
  •             Outlines of various stories, written while in Hart.
  • The Fairies (2002).
  • The Goblin Prince (2002), and notes.
  • The Golden Court (2002), and notes.
  • The Lover’s Conquest (2002), and notes.
  •             Fragment about a white gazebo.
  • Prelude, a fragment. (Bethyl, Mom’s house) Elements which I later used in A Raven for a Lark.
  •             The Last Romance (2003). Get my characters’ profiles and posts. I haven’t been able to find any profiles yet, but here is the posts file. I am thinking of resurrecting this game.
  •             Another role-playing character, Gabriel Lindsey.
  •             Cassandra Bouchard Collins, for “Dark Shadows: The Journey Begins”
  •             Rosamond (2003). Contains notes and story fragment.
  •             Angels, an interactive fiction. To be Dresden’s story, “The Empty City,” planned for NaNoWriMo 2007.
  • Angel (2003). 12/28/06 Commented on first draft. It has potential as one of my gothic fantasies. The setting and setting’s history needs to be firmly established.
  • Christine (2003), and notes.
  • Dark Diamond (Mom’s house, 2003?), the sequel to Winter Light. Hildegarde’s story.
  • The Immortal (2003), and notes.
  • Devil’s Oaks
  • Gisele (2003).
  • Red Rose (2003), and notes.
  •             Candlelight (2003). Interactive fiction.
  •             The Dark Angel (2003), and notes.
  • The Brass Monkey (2003).
  • The Awakening (2003), a reprise of The Glass House/Winter Light. I hope to include all of the important elements from both, eliminating the unimportant, and emphasizing the gothic fantasy setting.
  • Jenny (2004).
  • The Swindler (Arlington). Writing Cambriel caused me to believe that I may be capable of writing this story, so it may be continued.
  • The Young Lions (2003). A fragment set during the Roaring Twenties.
  • Lind (2003). A bleak, emotional story I really want to complete.
  • The Artificial Man (2003), and notes.
  • Michaela’s Apartment (Mom’s house). I am not sure if I wrote this before I graduated college or not. Originally a text adventure game. I am still interested in developing it as such.
  •             A Stranger in Paradise
  • Absinthe (Arlington), re-write of older story in 2000, and notes.
  • Peril. The original is absolutely ancient. I don’t know how I ever found it. I started re-making it as a possible text adventure game. 12/9/19: I re-saved it in a 2019 folder.
  • Garden Walk (2004), first draft and notes.
  •             A Question of Honor (2004). Notes, and re-write with additional character, Odette.
  • Notes on contemporary story, Desert Rose, never written.
  •             Notes on contemporary story, Summer Dream, never written.
  •             Lion’s Heart. Contemporary romance, and notes.
  •             Daphne (2004). Fragment of present-day Southern romance. No plans to finish it.
  • Cambriel (2004), and notes. Cambriel runs away from a dark life and takes a job at a dilapidated ranch house. Her employer has secrets of his own. 12/9/19: There was an earlier version I only have a couple short scenes for in which Cambriel is a blind composer and her love interest is her secretary transposing her music.
  • Notes (2004). Novel-writing workshop, character profiles.
  • Cendrillon (Arlington), and notes. 12/9/19. This looks like it was a promising fairy-tale reprise type of fantasy romance.
  • Colette (Bethyl, Mom’s house)
  • A Fragile Reverie, first draft, and notes for my Treo.
  • A Question of Honor (Arlington) – Jenny and Hitoshi, contemporary romance.
  • Notes on The Sacrifice. Never written, but some elements used in A Raven for a Lark.
  • Route 66 (Bethyl)
  • The Sleeping Doll (2004)—the beginning, a short story and notes. Later to become Cambriel (2006), an unfinished play, and a novel. Notes for Cambriel (2006). Futuristic fantasy.
  • The Captive, notes. (Arlington)
  • Love from the North (2005), and notes. Read 2/7/07.
  • The Ballad of Mary Ellen.
  •             Notes on Green Summer.
  •             Love Song for a Lonely City (2005). Rewritten in 2009 in my blog.
  • Snow Princess (March 30, 2005)
  • The Passion of Eve (November 13, 2005)
  • A Raven for a Lark (2005); Halcyon Days (2006), the prequel.
  • King Midas’ Daughter (Nov. 2005)
  • The Soul of the Rose (December 2006)
  •             Stealing Beauty (January 2007), syndicated in The Last Romance.
  •             The Raven, notes (May 2007). Slated for NaNoWriMo ’07. Boy’s love romance notes. Boy’s love romance, juvenile.
  • The Exile at Dunkeld (May 7, 2007)
  • Snow White (June 2007)
  • Cinderella (December 2007) – unfinished. Need to get this in a file.
  • Red Rose (November 2008)
  • Madelyn (2010)
  • The Eyeless (2012)
  • The Return
  • The Fairies (2014)
  • The Maidens of Winter (2014)
  • Wild Honeysuckle (2015)

Graduate School (2016-present)

  • Blanche (2016)
  • Heavenly Lover (2016)
  • Rose of Porcelain (2017)
  • Beyond Frankenstein (2018)
  • Fable’s Story (2018)
  • Rose Briar (2019)