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 Author has written 63 stories for Supernatural, Horror, Humor, Kids, Sci-Fi, School, Life, Mythology, Love, General, Romance, Spiritual, Young Adult, Fantasy, Biography, Essay, Mystery, Play, Action, Family, and Fable. About Me: Call me Lyra. I'm a self-described nerd who loves scifi shows, crime dramas, action movies, and epic fantasy. I don't, however, write most of those things. I've tried my hand at scifi (fail), crime drama (epic fail), and epic fantasy (crash and burn) but usually I stick to the supernatural, horror, and general fiction genres. When I write, it's because I want to tell a story; it might not be flawless but I enjoy it and I hope others do too. I'm always looking to improve, though, so constructive criticism is very welcome. About My Chaptered Stories: Mountain Dawn - Working Title: (General/Fable/Fantasy/Drama) All Lea wanted was to give her brother a proper burial, but the mountain spirits have another goal in mind: revolution. This will be an expansion of my short story 'Mountain Boy', taking it in a more concrete direction than I did with the short. On hiatus. Bay: (Horror/Supernatural/Action/Drama/Romance) A shadowed beast stalks the streets at night. The dogs have kept it away before, but when a new threat starts to hunt their protectors, it's only a matter of time before the beast returns... First draft fully posted. Second draft on indefinite delay but still possible at some point. :If you want more reviews check out The Review Game: |
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Cashmere Black by Solemn Coyote reviews
A new industry opens in the depths of the earth. (Review Game 10/7/15 entrant. Complete.)
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,049 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/6/2015 - Complete
Hooligan Spirit by gigglebug reviews
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. /one-shot, WCC June 2014.
Fiction: Action - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,936 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/9/2014
Freaks by PrincipalityJokes reviews
Long after Stonehenge was destroyed, releasing the Fey we meet Jamie, a human turned werewolf, and his brother Gabriel, a half-peri. Freaks. Loathed by Pure Fey and Human alike. With new allies and old enemies can the half-human, half-fey find their place
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 9,815 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 11/5/2012 - Published: 3/30/2012
Dry by agrinandherfears reviews
Ceara, Brazil, 1700. The Great Drought, hell on earth. / The Review Game, October 2012 prompt, Writing Challenge Contest / WINNER.
Fiction: Historical - Rated: T - English - Family/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,148 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 3 - Published: 10/6/2012 - Complete
Obsession by Dreamers-Requiem reviews
In an attempt to escape her over-bearing parents, Elaine escapes to a modern day commune.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,280 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/8/2012 - Complete
Bend the water by Javajive reviews
You're not a river I can steer my way. You're debris, shards and fragments, swept along faster than I can gather you up.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,038 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 5 - Published: 7/6/2011 - Complete
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The Wild reviews
Humans think they've stomped all that down. Tamed the mountains, destroyed the forests. Put up fields and houses and monuments in its place. Made the world fit into a box of useful and razed what could eat people alive. And maybe they did win. For a time.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 979 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 1 - Published: 10/7/2015 - Complete
Sunday reviews
The devil made me do it. (There goes the neighborhood.)
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Horror/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,032 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/9/2015 - Complete
The Good Death reviews
It's almost midnight. Who will be the last one standing?
Fiction: Fable - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,188 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2/9/2015 - Complete
Superstition reviews
No one ever wants to believe a death omen.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K+ - English - Suspense/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 947 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12/7/2013 - Complete
Optimism reviews
Cheer up, Child. We're only just getting started.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 231 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9/6/2013 - Complete
A Matter of Perspective reviews
There's not much to say. It's the same old story. Some of us have seen it before, some will get used to it in time. These things have a tendency to happen again and again. Unlike the song says, the wheels aren't the only things on the bus that go round and round.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: K+ - English - Parody/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 698 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8/7/2013 - Complete
Echoes reviews
In a tree, in the ruins of civilization, the last human on Earth faces a storm that speaks with the voices of a species but all that matters is one lost love and a promise. Written for the June WCC
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 802 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6/7/2013 - Complete
Grayscale reviews
I've accepted my perspective; I'm not looking for repairs. I just want you to know what it's like to live in grayscale and remember a time of technicolor. Creative nonfiction essay on living with depression.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 553 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4/7/2013 - Complete
Nomad reviews
After accidentally hitting a stray dog in her van, Nora finds herself drawn into the secret world of myths and monsters lurking on the fringes of human society. With the not-so-stray dog and his broody brother, Nora begins to figure out where she fits in with the disparate factions of America's hidden supernaturals.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,197 - Reviews: 45 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 3/13/2013 - Published: 1/18/2013
Mountain Dawn reviews
All Lea wanted was to give her brother a proper burial, but the mountain spirits have another goal in mind: revolution. Updates on Wednesdays. Temporary hiatus.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,679 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 3/13/2013 - Published: 5/8/2012
The Wolf reviews
There's a dangerous wolf loose in suburbia. Stay out of the backyard, sweetie. Written for the March WCC
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,034 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3/7/2013 - Complete
Intermission reviews
This is my paradise and this is my prison... Winner of the Review Game's February Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Horror - Rated: K+ - English - Parody/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 529 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 2/4/2013 - Complete
The Fantasy reviews
What role do I play in your fantasy? Written for the January Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 657 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 1/7/2013 - Complete
Bad Seed reviews
They say only the good die young... Drabble written for the December WCC
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/6/2012 - Complete
Kingdom Come reviews
A post-apocalyptic love story. Written for the November Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Parody/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 596 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 11/7/2012 - Complete
In Light Dement reviews
Flash Fiction: On the first day of my second life I know mourning. Written for the Review Game's October WCC
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 269 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/2/2012 - Complete
Mooning reviews
A love letter. Basically. More or less. Well... you know. Written for the Review Game Forum's September WCC
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 470 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9/7/2012 - Complete
Cat Mouse, Cat Mouse reviews
It's all a numbers game until someone loses their life... Winner of the Review Game's August Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 855 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 8 - Published: 8/7/2012 - Complete
A Short Walk in Elysium reviews
We're all just passing through here... Written for the Review Game's July Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 603 - Reviews: 11 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/3/2012 - Complete
Bay reviews
SKoW Round 12 Best Non Romance Nominee: A shadow stirs in the depths and sets its sights on the people of Tover. It aches to feed a vast hunger, one only a city can sate. Rated for violence. I return reviews over one line.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 26 - Words: 49,549 - Reviews: 145 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 5/4/2012 - Published: 12/15/2011 - Complete
Isobel's Shadow reviews
SKoW Round 12 Best Challenge Response Nominee: Isobel summoned me for protection... I always do what Isobel wants. Winner of the Review Game's April WCC
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,017 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/7/2012
Savvy reviews
A fictional account of the author's untimely death. Winner of the Review Game's January WCC
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Humor/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,289 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1/7/2012 - Complete
The Beacon reviews
I can see my breath every fourth second in the red light, and I keep it steady, timing it to the pulse of the beacon. It calms me, it measures my life, measures the time... Winner of the Review Game's December WCC
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,021 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 2 - Published: 12/7/2011 - Complete
Retrospect reviews
I did some pretty reckless things as a kid... I regret nothing. Drabble written for the Review Game's Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Published: 11/7/2011 - Complete
The Love's Candle Inn reviews
The ghosts and the memories of the house awaken with the touch of lovers' lips, and life returns to the marriage bed... an experiment with 2nd-person POV
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,071 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/20/2011 - Complete
Thinking of You reviews
I think those three little words all the time... "I miss you." Poetry-prose
Poetry: Family - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 308 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 10/20/2011 - Complete
Twenty Minutes reviews
How long does it take to realize things will never be the same?
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,193 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 10/20/2011 - Complete
The Breaking reviews
Hope and Despair lead a lost soldier to his fate. Winner of the Review Game's August Writing Challenge Contest.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 618 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 2 - Published: 8/3/2011 - Complete
Cassiopeia reviews
A realization. A drabble written for the Review Game's July Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 180 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7/7/2011 - Complete
Pied reviews
Respect the music, man. Always respect the music. - Written for the June Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,017 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6/7/2011 - Complete
Grilling With Uncle Joe reviews
I ain't asking Uncle Joe if he needs help ever again... Written for the Review Game's April WCC. Warning: Rated for morbid humor
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,572 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 1 - Published: 4/7/2011 - Complete
ThoughtNet reviews
I've got no strings to hold me down... A look at the dangers of groupthink, written for the Review Game's March Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,147 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/5/2011 - Complete
Strobus reviews
A glimpse at the cycle of life on the shores of Lake Michigan. Written for the February Writing Challenge Contest.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 658 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Published: 2/7/2011 - Complete
The Witnesses reviews
Listen to the rain...
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,732 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/19/2011 - Complete
Solidarity reviews
Two adults, two children, one beast. They can't all go home happy...
Fiction: Action - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 898 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1/19/2011 - Complete
The People's Blessing reviews
Do you think this is the best choice? Because if you think so, I'll do it." A young couple hopes to find the good life...
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,056 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/19/2011 - Complete
One Golden Morning reviews
I wake up in an empty bed on an otherwise perfect morning...
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 652 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/16/2011 - Complete
Fluffy on Doomsday reviews
Ignorance is bliss... A drabble written for the January WCC.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/6/2011 - Complete
The Secret: A Mostly True Story reviews
Every family has a few skeletons in the closet... My family has a ghost story and a memory, a memory of two dozen red roses. Written for the Review Game's November Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 583 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 2 - Published: 11/3/2010 - Complete
Lucky reviews
A young man escapes certain death with a little help from an unexpected friend. Written for the Review Game's October Writing Challenge Contest
Fiction: Action - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,392 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 10/7/2010 - Complete
By the Daly Park Fountain reviews
We'll meet each other again someday. I know it..." Two strangers find they have more in common than they thought as a promise echoes through time and brings two souls together again. For the September Writing Challenge Contest.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,574 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/6/2010 - Complete
Thunderbunny reviews
A man and his toy rabbit fight crime. Screenplay adaptation of my short story I Am Thunderbunny. Please note that the Fictionpress wordcounter added about 3000 'words' to the story. IT'S NOT AS LONG AS IT LOOKS.
Fiction: Play - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,962 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8/9/2010 - Complete
Four Months reviews
Zoe inherits a diary that predicts the future and can lead its owner to power and riches. Any girl would love to have it...wouldn't they? Written for the August Writing Challenge Contest.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,130 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8/7/2010 - Complete
Coup d'Etat reviews
Two little girls must face their greatest fear: the monster under the bed.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,940 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/23/2010 - Complete
First and Last reviews
It's hard sometimes to figure out when someone is really gone... Understanding doesn't always come instantly, and then you're left combing the memories, searching for a moment. Lyric essay written for the July Writing Challenge Contest. May disturb some.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 651 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/6/2010 - Complete
A Bucketful of Oranges reviews
What color is a happy memory? For me, it's a nice shade of orange. Lyric essay connecting some of my happiest memories.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,864 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/14/2010 - Complete
Dodging the Snare reviews
A necromancer and a soldier must work together to survive the machinations of an unknown enemy moving ever closer for the kill...
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,794 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 3 - Published: 6/7/2010
Middle of Nowhere reviews
Rated for language. Mandy's relationship with her brother changed a lot while she was younger but one seemingly ordinary late-night car ride provides an opportunity to change it again...for the better.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,079 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Published: 5/30/2010 - Complete
An 8Letter Word reviews
Virginia just wants to finish her crossword puzzle but this irritating man keeps ringing her doorbell, claiming to be her soul-mate from the future...
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Parody/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 901 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 5/30/2010 - Complete
A Passing Storm reviews
A young woman confronts her emotional turmoil when she is forced to spend a night away from her dying father.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,364 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 5/22/2010 - Complete
A Hundred Year Love Story reviews
Henry died more than a century ago, waiting in vain for his love to come home. When a strange woman visits his grave, he leaves the monotony of the cemetary behind to follow his heart one last time.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,614 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 5 - Published: 5/14/2010 - Complete
Mary's Dog reviews
An elderly gentleman searches for a new way to mourn for his wife when her dog, the only other soul who remembers her, finally passes away. Some dry humor.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,376 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Published: 5/13/2010 - Complete
A Solar Love Affair reviews
A man falls in love with the sun, builds a spaceship to be closer to it, and gets pulled in by gravity. Or does he?
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 249 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3/15/2008 - Complete
Just Thought You Should Know reviews
Simple comparison between a picture of a dancer and a love gone wrong.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3/15/2008 - Complete
Hercules Goes Hollywood reviews
When the great hero Hercules' autobiographical movie script gets rejected he's willing to sit down with some writers to make it better. Unfortunately, he didn't quite understand when the producer said it'd be a 'romantic comedy'.
Fiction: Mythology - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,394 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/16/2007 - Complete
The Window reviews
For the Stop The Press Writing Challenge: 'Monsters'
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11/18/2007 - Complete
A Lesson From Cinderella reviews
For the Stop The Press Writing Challenge: 'Beginnings'
Poetry: School - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11/18/2007 - Complete
I Am Thunderbunny reviews
When Jack finds his most cherished childhood toy in his mother's attic he rediscovers more than just an old corduroy rabbit. Rated for language and some mature content.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,426 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/17/2007 - Complete
How to Ruin the Moment reviews
A night at the laundromat ends up being a bit different than this guy thought it would be...
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 387 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 10/5/2007 - Complete
What Mommy Said reviews
Casey's Mommy always told her two things: don't talk to strangers and don't go into the garden alone. Casey was a good girl who always listened...until she found Puppy.
Fiction: Kids - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,379 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/5/2007 - Complete
Memoirs of a Technologically Challenged Feline reviews
The autobiography of Calico Katie II, a somewhat pudgy kitty who's just discovered she's reached that thing dreaded by all: 'middle age'. A series of anecdotes about life: fond memories, love lost, a home invaded, a catnip mouse stolen...
Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,949 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4/5/2007 - Published: 4/3/2007
The Wisdom of Master Roberts reviews
Mr. Jameson considers himself the luckiest potential artist around: Master Roberts, one of the world's greatest painters, has agreed to teach him a few things, starting with some surprising words of wisdom.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 831 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7/17/2006 - Complete
Trick reviews
Patrick ran into the woods that night to save the woman he loved. He ended up with a dark new purpose and an identity he never could have imagined.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,087 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/16/2006 - Complete