About the Author: Known to many under just as many different names, I tend to create some confusion. But that's just the way I like it. For anyone who cares, I'll give the basics. I'm female, a freshman in college and I've been writing for quite awhile. I read and write a lot of historical fiction, fantasy and young adult stuff.

Things That Amuse the Author: (In no particular order) Hedgehogs, Sunflowers, Chocolate, Shiny Things, Staying Up Late, Drawing, Archery, Music, Clothing Design, Trees, Books, Collecting Magazine Ads and Johnny Depp. More to come.

Places To Find the Author: Fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/~demonicchaos), Deviant Art (http://demonicchaos.deviantart.com), and LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/~demonicchaos and http://www.livejournal.com/~zipper_fashions).

The Adventures on the High Seas Saga

Beginnings:
Being an Account of the Curious Adventure of Isabella Mendoza, Fine Lady

Saffron Kidnapping:
Being an Account of the Misadventures of Roux Jingo, Sailor and Fine Lady

We're Off to See Tortuga:
Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Roux Jingo

The Still Untitled Fourth Story (in progress)

Captain in Petticoats (in progress)

The Chronicles of High School

First Day Arc:

Chapter One-New Girl

Chapter Two-Unwanted Roommate

Chapter Three-Exploring Campus

The No-Good-Very-Bad Month Arc:

Chapter Four-Class Chaos (in progress)

Chapter Five-Home Again (in progress)

In Death's Shoes

Ch. 1: A Brush with Death (post pending)

Ch. 2: Choices and Decisions (post pending)

Ch. 3: Drinks and Deals (post pending)

Ch. 4: Meet the Family (post pending)

Ch. 5: Chocolate, Questions, Answers (typing in progress)

Ch. 6: Owl Feathers (in progress)

A Christmas Story (post pending)

Second Summer (in planning)

Avelyn's Birthday Gift (in progress)

An Elegant Madness or The Blue Notebook

The first six 'chapters' pending

Unless noted, the stories/chapters mentioned above are completed. They are meant to be read in the order that they appear in the various collections. For example, 'Beginnings' is followed by 'Saffron Kidnapping'.

9/25/03
Stories are coming, just very, very slowly.

10/01/03
Posted 'Beginnings'.

10/6/03
Posted 'Saffron Kidnapping'.
If you like my work then go check out my fanfiction at http://www.fanfiction.net/~demonicchaos

10/18/03
Um...writing.. Please don't hurt me, I'll update soon. I promise.

10/28/03
Posted 'We're off to see Tortuga'.
Yay! Been trying to get that out for weeks.
Huzzah.

11/23/03
D.C. has written another story. It's titled 'In Death's shoes'. All that's left to be done is type it up, send it off to my beta reader, and post it here. Well at least some of the work is done...

12/09/03
Still typing. School work and finals are catching up, so stories may be put on hold for a time.

1/10/04
Happy New Year! Story is typed and proof read. Now all I have to do is get my Word document to do my bidding. Which will most likely not happen, causing me to curse colorfully in as many languages as I can think of, including Jedi. I'm to go kill my computer.

1/30/04
I hate my computer! Or did I say that? Hmmm... Anyway, I need loads of patience to try to upload again... Ugh. Oh well, I'll get 'In Death's Shoes' up eventually.

4/8/04
Trying to upload the first chapter of 'In Death's Shoes.' Dude, it is so not working. Evilness!

4/13/04
In honor of my main character's birthday (see 1 & 2), I'm going to start on the next chapter. (I know, I know, I haven't even posted the first chapter of the damn thing. What can I say? The computers hate me! So I'm trying to fix that little issue...) See, lovely footnotes:
(1) a.k.a Amy Devoto, from 'In Death's Shoes'
(2)I'm an authoress (and a strange one at that) therefore I'm allowed to celebrate my character's b-day, okay?
So anyway, Happy birthday to Amy!

6/19/04
Hey. Made some minor changes to 'We're off to see Tortuga'. And for some reason this still reminds me of 'We're off to see the Wizard' from The Wizard of Oz. Speaking of, I'm reading 'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire. Wickedly funny, if you'll excuse my pun. 'In Death's Shoes' still not working. I'll have it up by the time school starts, and you can hold me to that. In the mean time, working on other stories and trying not to snap. (Oh, it's fun.) Later.

12/4/04
Okay. So the posting didn't go as planned. V. v. sorry to anyone who is waiting for my story 'In Death's Shoes.' School this year is keeping me busy beyond belief. And with Musical last month, I'm still recovering from stress and sleep deprivation. Not that this gives me a good excuse, but I'm using it anyway. If anyone is interested, my sister has written a 'prequel' story to my 'In Death's Shoes,' featuring her character Avelyn. I have already read it and can safely say that it is v.amusing. Plus it has nearly every major genre (fantasy/sci-fi, action and romance.) Her penname is Zizziana Nightstar. So I'll keep my fans (if I have any) on their toes and I'll try to get my story posted soon. Soon being the key word.

6/9/05
Wow. It's been a long time. A really long time. A really really really- well, you get the point. Anyway, I've been writing as per usual. I finished the second chapter of 'In Death's Shoes.' I was looking back at past updates and I realized that I lied. Oops. Well, I'm trying to get my stories up. As of now, no guarantees on when, but they will be posted. Eventually...

3/5/06
Posted a new story I've been working on. The idea came up about four years ago and I wrote a short story as an English assignment. About a year or so ago, I found it again and decided to rework it. This is the product. Enjoy the first two chapters!

8/21/06
I just posted the third chapter of Chronicles today and I'm working on the next few chapters. In Death's Shoes is getting love too. It actually gets more love than any of the other stories... Anyway, enjoy the new chapter!

10/05/06
Well. Life is good at making itself very full isn't it? I've been busy as usual, with school and sewing. I guess that my sewing has gotten the most love recently. I bet In Death's Shoes is feeling rejected... Chronicles will probably be getting some more writing time, since the characters are good for my Chaucer assignment. Hopefully I can update Chronicles and Shoes soon. And the pirate saga needs love too. Oi...

03/05/07
I live! And so do my stories in some form or another. 'In Death's Shoes' has been getting major planning, as has 'Chronicles.' I even started a new story.

~D.C.

If ever asked that horrible question about the Chicken and the Egg, reply, "The Hen is the Egg's way of producing another Egg."

As a note, 'Beginnings' takes place in Port Royale, while 'Saffron Kidnapping' takes place on the SE coast of Cuba. Both are foundin the Caribbean.

As another note, the boat mentioned in 'Saffron Kidnapping' is a creation of my mind. However, it is similar to a modern dinghy, except it's a bit bigger and has a mast, as well as a few sails.