Story Index

My stories indexed by year written.

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.
2016-2022. Graduate school.
2022-2023. Worked at Texas Wesleyan.
2023-present. Worked at SunOpta; working at Dechra.

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 7^th-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.

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
- My original effort, a supernatural contemporary romance, and my re-write of it in college.
- A sort of prequel (1997) written after the contemporary novel about the historical characters referenced, and research notes.
- A Fragile Reverie, a re-write of the original story’s Prologue. Love’s Shadow (lycanthrope): an unfinished revision of the story with lycanthrope elements, and notes.
- The original, Love Among the Shadows. Possibly the very first draft, here (incomplete).
- Rewritten in its entirety as The Glass House (2004).
- My preliminary attempt at The Awakening (2003), partially revised. This is the working draft (2007).
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, original version and my edited version, and a version with notes.
I wrote a short story sequel, probably titled “The Return” in my beginning days at Mary Kay on night shift—Kathlene was still there, so it was probably 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
The Shrine (1999), and revision/notes. (2007)
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) I have plans to finish this story. Notes, first draft and deleted scenes.
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.
The Passion of Eve (Arlington).
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.
A Raven for a Lark (2005), and notes. Original story and Halcyon Days (2006), the prequel.
King Midas’ Daughter (Nov. 2005)
Notes (Nov. 2006) to become The Soul of the Rose (Dec. 2006). Light historical fiction.
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.
Snow White (June 2007)
Snow Princess (2007)
The Exile at Dunkeld (2007)
Cinderella (December 2007) – unfinished. Need to get this in a file.
Red Rose (November 2008)
Madelyn (2010)
The Fairies (2014)
Forest Violets Interactive Fiction (2014)
The Maidens of Winter (2014)
Wild Honeysuckle (2015)

Graduate School: 2016-2022

Blanche (2016). A version of “Blanche” in which she’s completely alone.
Heavenly Lover (2016)
Rose of Porcelain (2017)
Beyond Frankenstein (2018)
Fable’s Story (2018)
Rose Briar (2019)

2022-present

Secret Garden (2022)
Fanchon (2023)
The University (2023)
The Singer (2024)
Eleanora (2024)