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| SnoDragon |
Author has written 67 stories for Historical, Nature, Fantasy, Haiku, Life, Religion, Mythology, War, Fable, and General. So, I haven't updated this in about four years. But a lull in my life let me attack some of my writing again. Gone is the free time of those storied undergraduate days! Now I'm working nearly-full-time and going to graduate school part-time. Yeah, that's fun. Did I mention I have a house and a boyfriend to care for? At any rate, I'm trying to get back to my creative roots. A lot of my stuff is kind of old, but some are still my favorites. And the stories, of course, are forever poking me now and again to keep at them. I'm a fantasy, alternate history, semi-sci fi, historical fiction, and cookbook reader. I love food, cooking, local/rural/agricultural/women's/19th century history (I'm a museum professional), music, dance, and the written word. I am fascinated and inspired by old fairy tales, northern mythology, rural life, and nature. I like plays on words. I'm not too fond of rhyming poetry. | |||||||
1. Wyrm Enthralled » reviewsDaughter of a thrall and a merchant, young Ingerith must deal with her stepmother and sister as best she can. But when a dragon pays an unwelcome visit to their settlement, all hell breaks loose. Set during the Viking Age. - UPDATED! No, seriously.Fiction: Historical - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,312 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 12-16-10 - Published: 1-31-052. TracksA snowshoe tromp in the winter woods reveals a little something about life... and death.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 496 - Published: 12-25-07 - Complete3. Late August on the PrairieA memory of pothole country made while striding across the hills.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 213 - Published: 12-25-07 - Complete4. Midsummer RainWill the oppressive heat of the city give way to dispair or redemption?Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 314 - Published: 6-3-07 - Complete5. Dark Light reviewsThat certain light on an overcast day that seems to make things glow, all lovely and dark.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 229 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-3-066. Snowy Night reviewsWhat light and snow can do to a lovely evening.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 3-2-067. Going For a Drive reviewsPretty self-explanatory, except that it's set in the hot middle of summer, in pothole country, sitting in the front seat of a beat-up old pickup.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 243 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-29-058. Rare Books reviewsUp in the stacks, secrets lie hidden. Do you know how to find them?Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 232 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-23-059. Winter's Night reviewsWhat fairytale snow and a bright moon can do to an otherwise mundane night.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-17-0510. Sun Dogs reviewsSun Dogs are the twin rainbows that appear on either side of the sun on the coldest and clearest of winter days. A personification.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-17-0511. Night Fields reviewsIn a field after harvest, moonlight and frost and dark skies make a magic too charming to resist. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-2-0512. Three Birches reviewsI walk past three sister birches every day on the way to class. How they appeared and sparked a metaphor one autumn morn. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-17-0513. Winter Window reviewsWinter is a lady, all glorious clad in white...Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-15-0514. Loving Mother, Do Not Weep reviewsWritten for the Feast of the Einherjar and for all those brave souls who leave us to grieve and honor them.Poetry: War - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-12-0515. October Morning reviewsA fun little poem inspired by my morning walk to work. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 129 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-25-0516. Fog reviewsWhoever said fog hides things didn't look hard or closely enough. A gentle, wet day when eyes are opened. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 280 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-13-0517. Scent of Rain reviewsRain has a scent, you know. Have you ever smelled it? On the prairie, the winds bring the smell from miles aawy and warn of coming storms. This poem captures that moment before the storm. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 89 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-6-0518. Down in Torrents reviewsTo the nature of rain on a raw autumn day. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-6-0519. Cleansing » reviewsTwo poems on the cleansing properties of the elements. Written for autumn and chilly days and lost loves. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 3 - Words: 499 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-3-0520. At the Edge of the Wood reviewsA short tale of Trind, her books, and a mysterious fiddler from the North. Told as a fairy tale, set in the misty Scandinavian past.Fiction: Fable - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 743 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-3-0521. Idun in an eden reviewsOde to the Norse Goddess Idun and her apples of immortality. Please review!Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 247 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-20-0522. Widow's Walk » reviewsA sea-widowed woman walks and waits. Will her husband ever return? Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Supernatural - Chapters: 2 - Words: 273 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-18-0523. The Word Once Lost reviewsInspired in part by the tale of the recording of the Kalevala, and also by the sacred ways of Nature and words. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-15-0524. Amber reviewsOde to the marvelous and miraculous living stone that shines and protects. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-15-0525. Birch in Spring reviewsAn homage to the glorious birch tree, a symbol of youth. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-15-0526. Picnicking Weather reviewsNot what you typically like to hear when out on a picnic. This very odd event literally happened to me last week. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-8-0527. Thanksgiving reviewsNo, not Puritans and Indians, an older sort of giving thanks. If you like sumac and goldenrod in the fall, this one's for you. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-2-0528. Fast Polka reviewsA fun little memory about the lost art of social dance. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-26-0529. In Flight reviewsA short little poem written at 30,000 feet. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-23-0530. Why Men Fight reviewsInspired by my newly acquired soundtrack to the film, 'King Athur.' A medieval musing of why men fight. Please review!Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 302 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-22-0531. By the Rocky Shore reviewslaughs Inspired by one of my own damn poems. And that fateful September weekend spent blissfully by the cold shore of Lake Superior in Temperence River State Park (MN). Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 262 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-20-0532. Autumn on the Shore reviewsAn adorable little poem I found squirreled away in my desk. Hope you enjoy and please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 46 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-20-0533. En Marsj i den Vilde Skogen » reviewsNot in Norwegian, alas. A fiddler takes a walk in the wood, only to be sidetracked. Set in folkloric Scandinavia. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 2 - Words: 513 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-19-0534. A Storm is Brewing reviewsThe personification of a thunderstorm. Woke up last night to a rainstorm. This poem kept me up. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-17-0535. One Golden Moment reviewsMagic appears in the mid-afternoon sun. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-15-0536. Raining Teardrops reviewsA long-forgotten poem, found again. Written in pantoum-ic style. Not angsty. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-11-0537. A Raw and Misty Morning reviewsWoke up this morning to this, though I unfortunately had to get up. My ideal morning. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-11-0538. Gna's Tale » reviewsA new myth of the Norse Gods, told from the perspective of Gna, messenger to the Gods and handmaiden of Frigg. Please Review!Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,647 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-9-0539. Wizard Woman of the North reviewsA woman seeks the night in the remote wilderness of Scandinavia. Inspired by a tale of how a dairymaid finds her signature in the complex song style of kulning, among other things.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 485 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-8-0540. Huginn and Muninn reviewsA poem about the dark ravens of the north and the coming of winter. Please review!Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-6-0541. Peche reviewsA fun little play on words with the French word "peche." Written en francais with an English translation. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-3-0542. Downtown reviewsI love to foray into my downtown. Do you follow the glitterati? I don't. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-28-0543. Dragonfly reviewsThis little vignette happened literally 5 minutes ago. And now it's raining. About the knowingly fickle nature of Nature. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-27-0544. Tornado reviewsOut for a walk, chased by a twister, waiting it out. A vignette of a prairie tornado. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Suspense/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 321 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-27-0545. She Paces reviewsAn ode to Eir, the Norse Healer Goddess. Please review!Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-24-0546. Chokecherry Jelly reviewsI don't know why I'm on a food kick, but this stuff is yummy, and worth a read. Even if you don't know what it is. Especially, if you do. Please Review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 124 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-16-0547. Snow reviewsWhy is it that in summer, we long for winter, and in winter, we long for summer? A summer longing. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-16-0548. Plum reviewsI ate a plum today. It was delicious and perfect. An ode, of sorts, to that lovely moment. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-15-0549. A Night Wind reviewsA cool breeze forewarns a storm and breaks the heat.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-14-0550. Sound of the Wind reviewsWhen prairie meets wetland, the wind takes on a different tone. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 47 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-14-0551. Blue Fields reviewsWhen driving through farm country after a good soaking rain, this poem occurred to me. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-7-0552. Root Cellar reviewsA short vignette of the dirt basement in my great-grandmother's house, which houses jars rhubarb sauce and chokecherry jelly, some over 30 years old. But no one has the heart to throw them out. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-6-0553. My GreatGrandmother's House reviewsWritten after a family reunion in central ND. Set before it. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-6-0554. Old Homestead reviewsWritten after a visit to the homestead where my maternal grandmother was born. If you've ever driven on a highway out on the prairie, you've seen one like it. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 50 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-6-0555. Prairie Lighthouses reviewsWritten after a visit to the St. Petri Lutheran church (abandoned) in central ND. If you've ever visited an old prairie graveyard, you know about the lamb headstones. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-6-0556. Prairie Poet reviewsWrote this after a trip to central ND. The places and things described actually exist. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 67 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-6-0557. Cashmere reviewsI wrote this after I wore a sweater of mine for an extended period of time. Written in 2-4-6-8-2 form. Please review!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-6-0558. Buffalo reviewsA haiku I wrote for a class, but is surprisingly inspired. Written in 2-4-6-8-2 form. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-6-0559. Thunderstorm reviewsA pantoum of a midday thunderstorm. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 229 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-1-0560. Mourning Dawn reviewsInspired by a mourning dove and my romantic view of morning. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 189 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-29-0561. Wyrms in the Basil reviewsA fun play on words that turned into a poem, all by itself. Please review!Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-29-0562. Willow reviewsWhy some willows weep. Please review.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-29-0563. Tree reviewsHow I think it might be to be full of magick and wisdom. Please review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-29-0564. Migration reviewsA short, bittersweet poem about the blackening of autumn and the migration of geese. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 216 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-26-0565. Winter Comes reviewsA short poem about the onset of a new season and the preparation needed to leave a place. Please Review!Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 196 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-26-0566. The Hunt reviewsThe God Ull gets himself into some rather unwarranted trouble with the Goddess Skadi while out on a hunt. Written for Nordic Mythology class, fairly accurate portrayal of the Norse Gods and the Viking age. Completed. Please read & review!Fiction: Historical - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,589 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-13-0567. Red Robin, Jack Green » reviewsMeara finds herself in odd company out in the wood. Who is this man all in green with a red cap? And what part does her friend Thane play in dispensing woodland justice? - Inspired by the folk tale of Robin Hood. Please read! I'd appreciate the reviews!Fiction: Historical - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,958 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-11-05 - Published: 1-26-05
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