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I am regularly involved with the Anglican Church (although my roots are RC). I write songs, poetry, and the occassional story. I am incredibly intolerant of stupidity and beurocracy. I have, at times, a mischievous sense of humour. I share my life with a fat furry feline fiend called Crystal
... and I probably don't use a spell-checker as often as I should!

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almost anything by Piers Anthony / Marion Zimmer Bradley / Jack L. Chalker

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"Dipping the toes in ..."

Chris Kaye

*not for publishing* ... merely a collection of short stories, prose and poetry, to illustrate my writing style(s).


I don't expect this to appear on anyone's bookshelf or watchlist: however, I will greatly appreciate helpful comments regarding any of its contents: and/or opinions as to what I should concentrate on. I will 'not' be at all offended if some of those opinions are of a "get a proper job" nature.
Here there are short stories of various kinds: poetry, songs and prose, even some absolute dogerrel.
A few pieces are set in the world of Healer's Journey, exploring more of that 'setting', whilst I continue with the follow up novels. There is a short series of some light-hearted 'school for psychics' tales, of varying lengths (I am still writing these).
If religious or esoteric poetry is to your liking, these are here too, along with a large number of 'haiku'.
I have included some miscellaneous stories, and I hope that people will feel free to browse the index, take a glance at anything they like the look of, and ignore the rest (That's what the index is there for - see Chapter 9).

Dip your toes in ,,, and see what the water is like!

Oh: and there's Star Trek. Consider yourself suitably warned!

 

Healer's Journey (part three -....

Chris Kaye

Time-travel and paradoxes. Our 'heroine' returns. Darker events, and some unpleasant revelations. It all ends here (with openings left for the sequels).


Right: Natalie/Alya has disappeared at the end of part 2 ... where do we go from here? It seemed a good idea to take the opportunity of explaining a bit about the magic-users of the world (fat chance of getting any 'understandable' explanation). Then we can bring back the healer, and throw the story in a different direction. Coming up with a new 'slant' on time-travel isn't at all easy, but some of the clues are already in parts 1 and 2. Alya 'is' stronger and more confident now, which is just as well. She has to deal with some nasty little shadows in the lives of those around her. Thanks to her 'involvement', a new healer is created, and we learn a bit more about other deities. There's an awful lot of what I consider 'necessary' history in this part (I trust none of it is boring), plus a fair mixture of laughter and tears. Do the pieces all fit together? Hopefully not too neatly. The loose ends are eventually tied up, with one or two 'knots' that may be unravelled in "Seer's Dilemma" and/or "Law-Giver's Trials". For now, though, Aeldor, and our traveller, are at peace.

 

Healer's Journey (part two - J....

Chris Kaye

Safely out of her dream world, but subtley 'black-mailed' into returning. Maybe that just puts an 'edge' on her character.


So: you can't blame me for being slightly angry. I was, of course, worried about my dream world, and wanted to know what had happened to my friend Colin/Chelden. I even missed some of the people I'd met there. That's no excuse for some interfering magic-user to dump me right in the middle of 'their' problem. OK: I learnt some new tricks, but at the end of the day I was probably more confused than when I started. Which part of, "I don't really want to get involved" do they fail to understand? Yeah, maybe I should be grateful. No big bad guy trying to kill me: no real 'villain' at all: only one little problem to solve ... so why did I get the feeling that everything was conspiring to make my life difficult? Everyone seemed to have fun apart from me (not quite true, but you'll have to wait if you want to know more about Fordan). Oh, and did I mention ... at the end of the story, I'm 'gone' (is that why some books have three parts? It must be time for a quick 'Arnie' impersonation ... "I'll be back").

 

Healer's Journey (part one - C....

Chris Kaye

How does it change you: becoming part of a different world, acquiring new talents? How do you cope?


It's just your everyday fantasy. Girl has dream / ends up in dream world / meets new friends and enemies ... Ho hum. What's important though? The events happen: some good, some bad. What does our reluctant heroine (if I may call her that) think about it? How does she change from a somewhat 'fluffy' girl, into the confident woman healer? How 'does' she cope with it all? Natalie has humour, courage, and curiousity ... and she learns. She doesn't care if the dragon prefers white gold to yellow gold (and there are no dragons in her new world), she just wants it to stop chasing her. From the lightweight Part 1 (Chelden Var), through to the darker Part 3 (Elhorn Kerris), she learns about herself, and discovers new strengths within her. The story moves around the new healer, but it is merely the background to her thoughts and observations: and the experiences of the other characters. I admire the writers that can sketch, in half a page, the complete colour/taste/smell of a strange city. Natalie just wants to know, "Am I with friends?" and (probably), "Where's the nearest bar?".

 

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Torkuda wrote 367 days ago

I saw your story Healer's Journey (part one - Chelden Var) and believ....

B.B. Miller wrote 480 days ago

Hello! I was hoping I could borrow you for a short spell to review....

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Penny Leigh wrote 772 days ago

They kept coming... As if killing demons for a living wasn't ....

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I wrote 1086 days ago

Thank you so much for the very kind comment. I set off, from the initial concept, to make this book challenging for me. I wanted to explore the character(s) rather than the event(s), and I liked the idea of having a much stronger female prescence than you find in most fantasy. If Alya (and others... view book

I wrote 1089 days ago

I have put this on my bookshelf after only two chapters. I will comment further, hopefully in a constructive manner, after I have read more. So far, I am intrugued, although your writing style is not yet sitting quite comfortably with me (and I don't know why). I look forward to being able to 'cr... view book

I wrote 1089 days ago

I think your pitch hardly does this justice. On my watchlist after the first episodes, and I expect it will spend some time on my bookshelf too. Such a delightful, and quite wonderful gift: the way you take sometimes bitter experience, and wrap it in a package of natural humour. So far it has a ... view book

I wrote 1090 days ago

Ok: the subject matter is not high on my list of wants ... and that's it for the criticism. The mark of good writing is the ability to grab the readers attention, and keep it. This 'is' good writing. The short, concise paragraphs work. Every scene is evocatively crafted. I find myself reading it, e... view book

I wrote 1687 days ago

I was just so impressed with the style of writing. The complexity of both characters and situations is adroitly handled. Everyone seems to be painted as 'people', with natural contrasts, issues, doubts, strengths ... they all just 'live'. The storyline itself is delicately and competently crafted... view book

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