Author has written 6 stories for General, Song, Fantasy, and Spiritual.

What is your name? My name is Casey Drake.

What is your quest? To bring stories to Fikkies worldwide.

Why does a girl have a name like Casey? -siiiigh-... It's an androgynous name. -pause- means it can be a boy's OR a girl's name.

That's the basics. Skip straight past "About Me" if you want to be spared the rest.

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About Me:

I write mostly high-fantasy, but I will spin off a scifi or an urban fantasy once in a while.

I like to write fantasy and read fantasy, sci-fi, action/thriller, mystery, and any combination of the above; I can draw (mainly on Microsoft Paint... yeah, yeah I know), but I'm not very good at it. I also like to sing all sorts of music... well... all sorts except country, rap and some types of pop. I also like fantasy, action and scifi webcomics. Suggestions are welcome.

My favorite mythics are dragons, closely followed by phoenixes and griffins (especially Mercedes Lackey's version of gryphon).

My favorite published author(s) (right now) are Mercedes Lackey, Simon Hawke, Douglas Adams, Jennifer Rardin, Tanya Huff, Alan Dean Foster and Christopher Stasheff. I also like a lot of the authors here on FictionPress. You know who you are. If you don't then I haven't done my job.

I have a deviantART account (see link). Also, I'm writing a collaboration with Allie Lewis (http://www.fictionpress.com/~ablewis) under a joint account, MemoryLabyrinth (http://www.fictionpress.com/~memorylabyrinth)

Enough about me.

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About My Stories:

Paladin is my favorite self-written story on FP. Undergoing MAJOR revisions. Won't tell you where though, for those who have been with me since the beginning or close to it.

The Kingdom of Avadur is being attacked by Truedark mages. Dedicated to power from pain, the Truedarks want --well, don't all evil people want power? The truth is, no one really knows.

Despite this, the only people to stand in their way are Sunbright mages. Vastly outnumbered, the mages in the Sunbright mageschool want a hero. Master-third Irian Longshot thinks he can get one for them. But instead of the sword-wielding mage from ancient times, the spell he found brings me, Casey Drake, high school junior.

But what if it wasn't a mistake?

Irian pictures: Here and here thanks to Tesh and to Mayaj. And for a little comparison, my own (VERY BAD) picture of Irian... here.

Casey pictures: Here and here thanks to Mayaj (Tesh's picture is in the Irian picture. And for a little comparison, my own rather skewed picture... here.

NOTE: Several people have asked me to expand on the prologue, so i have. Also, I've finally figured out the "replace chapter" dealie so I won't take down the story anymore.

In the process of revising. Last update: 2-2-08

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A Single Word is a one-shot. I wrote it, as I mention in the story itself, after a life-changing fundraiser called Sleep Out Saturday. This is, hopefully, one of the best short stories I have ever written. At least, it's the most thought-provoking one.

Note: Sleep Out Saturday is a fundraiser sponsored by Bridge Communities. Please spread the word to your county, to your state, to your country, because no one should have to sleep in a box, a tent, or a car because they have nowhere else to go. Start your own Sleep Out Saturday.

One-shot

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Outcast was my first FP story, and I finally got my act together to revise and repost it while I work out Paladin difficulties.

Miri Ilsari is a bastard. Not THAT type, the other type. She knows it, and so does everyone else. What they don't know is that her father, his name known only by Miri's mother, was one of an enemy people, giving her the "cursed" red coloring of eye and hair. Finally discovered after seventeen careful years of hiding in plain sight, Miri is Outcasted from her town and from Stonegard Valley, forced into the desert beyond the mountains known as the Dragon's Teeth, prey to the dragon-people, enemies of the Valley... and the dragons those people are named for. But there's something else neither the Valleypeople nor Miri herself knows...

This healer's daughter has no idea what she's getting into...

Bad Miri Picture: here

On Hiatus... Last update 12-29-06

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Heart of a Dragon

is my first attempt at no-shaeli romance-romance. -shrug- tell me if it worked, will ya?

DO NOT READ THIS UNTIL AFTER CHAPTER FOUR OF OUTCAST. This is VITALLY IMPORTANT! There are major spoilers.

So, this is some history for you, and a lot of Mandragori (the language, not the people).

Complete

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Doncha Know? is a one-shot with a pretty good message, I think. A friend of mine was writing a story about a superhero who LOOKED like a supervillain and therefore caught a lot of flak, and that got me thinking. I tried writing from a gender-neutral first-person POV. I may try it again, but I doubt it.

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About my Song

"Paladin: The Song" is a parody of the Elton John song "Rocket Man." As you might have figured out, it goes with the story of the same name (above).

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Notes

12-12-08

So much for turning over a new leaf as far as updating is concerned. Maybe next year. I did some winter cleaning, took out some of the short stories no one reads. I'll also be posting some stuff from my dA account, moving them over here, at some point. Right now though, I have decided not to wait to update Paladin, since obviously it takes me a heck of a long time to write a three-chapter buffer.

2-8-08

I'd almost forgotten what it was like to get reviews.

4-15-07

After I put Tesh's and my collaboration 'The Equals' up, we decided to make it a webcomic. We both figured that that was the best format for an otherwise awkward style. Many changes have already been made to the story since the original. So I'm taking down The Equals, and when the webcomic starts, I'll put a link up. Thankies, CD

10-26-06

Since the new FP has review response URLs, I'll respond using those rather than on my site, which considerably shortens it. If more than one person asks the same question or makes the same comment, I'll answer it here.

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Cameo Appearances

Collection of Random Stories about ROY!-Reincarnated Tempest-ch4

Pathways of Darkness-Lccorp2-ch23+25

Tarnished Gold-Lccorp2-ch3

The Adventures of RandomMAN and Captain Person-Ryoma90-ch6

Wolfblood-Wolfblood82-ch4+5

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Thanks and Final Comments

Muchas gracias to Falkner, my first reviewer, Mya von Dor, my first (signed) reviewee, and Krisian Rose, who introduced me to Fictionpress with her (as yet unfinished) story Quest for the Crystal.

Review my tales and I'll return the favor at one point or another. Constructive criticism is appreciated, flaming is not.

I don't fave-author people anymore, but I DO Author-Alert authors I like.

BEWARE!! As Celyn says, I'm a "spoiler demon", meaning that just because of my nature, I try to guess what happens next sometimes in my reviews, so don't get mad if I do so. I try not to, but... yeah. I also tend to be extraordinarily eloquent in my reviews. Those who have gotten a review of mine... you know what I mean... XD

Email or PM me whenever if you've got questions or wanna talk.

Just tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode. Er, that is, enjoy. XD

By my hand--or rather, keyboard,

: ) CD