Rising Moon

Shadow Connor, the Huntress series
Book 2
 © GL Drummond, 2008-2009
Excerpt:

The phone ringing sort of brought me back to the present. Blinking, I wondered how long I’d been sitting there staring at the wanted poster in front of me without even seeing it. The office door opened, and a familiar, entirely unwelcome scent flowed towards me.
James Wolfe, [...]

Lasting Echoes

Shadow Connor, the Huntress series
Book 0
Lasting Echoes is a collection of short stories covering Shadow’s past.
© GL Drummond, 2008-2009
Excerpt from The Outcast:

Lubbock, Texas 1958
In the lunchroom, I went through the line and paused, surveying the tables for an empty spot. There was one that no one was sitting at the end of, so I walked [...]

After the Fall: Tria’s Tale (excerpt)

In 2078, Earth was invaded. After the Fall tells the stories of that time.
 © GL Drummond, 2008-2009
Excerpt:
The Journal of Katria Stevens
I was thirteen the day the world as we knew it ended. The day the aliens invaded.
I suppose I was fortunate, in that both my parents were employed by the government. The public was fed [...]

Feral Intensity: Prologue

Shadow Connor, the Huntress series, Book One. Word Count: 595

© GL Drummond, 2008-2009

Three years ago…

I gave out a yelp of pain as his fist smashed into my face. Dude packed a decent punch, I had to say. I dropped, since that was probably what he meant the punch to cause. I caught another thump on the temple as I went down. Not quite enough to daze me, but I let him think it did. Man, I thought to myself as he yanked my arms behind my back and cuffed me, Maureen’s going to be pissed at me in the morning.

The Hunt

This was the first appearance of Connie, who turned out to be a vampire hunting Librarian (with help from Kate and Damian!).

Flash fiction, word count only 197.

© GL Drummond, 2008-2009

There’s power in his movements, but it doesn’t occur to me to be afraid as he approaches me, holds his hand out in offer. I take it, gazing at his handsome face, the dark eyes that smile quietly at me. The club is crowded, yet we may as well be all alone as he leads me out to the dance floor. I’ve never danced like this, so sensually, with so much body contact. His hands search the bared skin of my lower back, caressing lightly as we move together.

Precious Illusions

A short which, according to Damian, is quite a journey away from the opening office romance.
Word count: 836

© GL Drummond, 2008

“You’re doing very well,” Kiane whispers to Tell, smiling at him. She didn’t add any of the obvious remarks others might have made. She wasn’t like the others, Tell knew. He’d known it the day they’d met when she’d smilingly offered her hand to him as she greeted him.

“It’s all due to you,” he replies quietly, dark eyes meeting her light ones squarely. She shakes her head slightly, a familiar gesture to him now after months of working together.

“You’re the one that’s done all the hard work, Tell. And you have done it.” Her hand touches his forearm briefly. “You deserve all the credit.”

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