EnemyWithin
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Joined 01-23-06, id: 510531, Profile Updated: 06-23-11
Author has written 21 stories for Fantasy, General, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Supernatural, and Sci-Fi.

I am now a doctoral psychology student living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I am formerly of Williamsburg, Virginia, and before that I grew up a small, boring, hateful, town in the frozen wasteland known to many as Vermont. But I've finally moved to a tropical climate. In between reading massive textbooks, I intend to attempt at continuing to write. It's a type of catharsis for me, and I think it also keeps me in practice. And who knows, maybe I'll get published and make enough money to pay off my student loans, wouldn't that be nice? I also recently opened an Associated Content account under the same pen name, EnemyWithin. I intend to transfer much of my work from this website onto that one, but I will also keep this account. If you like my stories, please visit them on Associated Content, because then I may get paid for it. The direct link to my profile is: http:///user/1122453/enemywithin.html

I'm going to leave the summaries of my unfinished works here, and I may return to them one day. I was recently re-reading the reviews I got for Dreamland Saga, and it makes me want to get back to it, but I can't make any promises. Dreamland Saga kind of took on a life of it's own, and now I don't have any idea what to do with it. But I do want to get back to eventually. I've begun an anthology of interconnected short stories centered around a character named Salvador Selerani. Not all of the stories are about him, however, I want to flesh out all of the main characters as much as possible. I'm tying in two previously stories previously published as standalone stories, The Selerani Room and Paradox. They will each be part of the anthology and the storylines begun in them will be continued in the anthology.

Dreamland Saga is my continuing work, a story set in a world only accessible to mortals of Earth through dreams. Once, the old gods ruled there, but the second Lightning War saw the end of Jove's rule. Now, a being known as Dark Chaos holds the world in his grasp, but to most of the people he is as much a myth as the old gods and the Lightning Wars. However, his primary agent Astaroth is a cold reality, as he is the mysterious and often brutal man that leads the Cult of Prevailing Darkness and combs the realm for heretics. But a rebel group known as the Paladins, disciples of the dead Apollo, have managed to release Artemis from her exile. Changes are occuring all over the world, as a band of mortal misfits journey to Astaroth's castle to rescue a friend, a reluctant acolyte of Dark Chaos fights his inner demons, a trio of prodigies discover a book of strange words and stranger possibilities deep within the vaults of the Academy Triad, and Artemis herself tries to unravel the secrets of Dark Chaos. I'm not very good at summaries, so just give it a shot and tell me what you think. The first book will be called The Dance of Dawn and Twilight. The second book will be called Prevailing Darkness and Rising Chaos. The third book is sort of up in the air, but I think it will be called The Last Lightning War.

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Fantasy Parodies by Lccorp2 reviews
Fantasy parodies, mocking anything and everything about the genre. You want to read these. You just know you want to.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Parody - Chapters: 15 - Words: 40,794 - Reviews: 335 - Favs: 167 - Follows: 65 - Updated: 1/18/2008 - Published: 8/12/2006
A Conspiracy of Ravens by Claw-of-Rakshasa reviews
A soldier awakes on the battlefield, alive when the enemy counted on her to die. Now, she must marshal allies of all stripes and tread a thin line between order and chaos to save her land, her House and her soul. [NaNoWriMo 2007, ongoing]
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,603 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 11/4/2007 - Published: 11/3/2007
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The Anomaly reviews
In the mid 24th century, a colonization ship has been sent to Arcturus Five, nicknamed Little Bear by the crew. It seems a near ideal environment, until an expedition encounters a strange clearing, with a pit spewing smoke from it...
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,478 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 8/13/2011 - Complete
The Phantom of Summers Gone reviews
One summer afternoon, Andrew found the abandoned old farmhouse behind the woods. There he met Lillith, and everything changed...
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,910 - Reviews: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/5/2011 - Complete
Obsidian reviews
Obsidian is Earth's shadow, a world where the sun has never risen. Kelton, a lonely and misunderstood clairvoyant is brought through the Gate, to become heir to the dying Lord Talerane and the Jade Mask.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,460 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 3 - Updated: 4/24/2011 - Published: 10/20/2007
The Bridge reviews
For ages past, and for ages to come, the bridge will stand guard over its myriad of secrets.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,970 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11/28/2010 - Complete
Scions of the Hound
Back from college for summer, Eric finds that his mother has hired a housekeeper, a girl named Naomi whom he is instantly smitten with. But strange, frightening things are happening in town, and Naomi and her family may have a secret even more bizarre...
Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Tragedy - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,209 - Published: 9/5/2010
Pan Beneath the Cracks
What would happen if you fell between the cracks in the sidewalk? What worlds and creatures lie within those dark crevasses? Jake Barber is about to find out. This story is pretty twisted, so read at your own risk.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,135 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/28/2009 - Complete
Dreamland Saga reviews
This is really too long and complex to be summarized effectively. There is a more detailed summary in my profile. It is my attempt at epic fantasy with a base in Greek mythology. Please Read & Review, it's better than I make it sound, I think.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 16 - Words: 122,144 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 5/31/2007 - Published: 1/26/2006
Two's Company reviews
They visit him one last time, so that he never forgets what he did... R&R please.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 191 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11/29/2006 - Complete
Hellion
Death takes overworked secretary Alicia very suddenly, and leaves her as a goddess in a strange, wartorn world. She saves fellow goddess Athena from a burning temple, and together they devise a plan to stop a mad zealot with a shocking identity from makin
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,625 - Favs: 1 - Published: 11/1/2006 - Complete
The Obsidian Window
An attic room with a very strange window that shows things Alan does not want to see. Who are these people that interact so violently with one another, and who is Alan, forced to watch and even interact himself? CONTENT AND LANGUAGE WARNING!
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: M - English - Supernatural/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,969 - Published: 11/1/2006 - Complete
The Unplanned Performance reviews
This is a humorous piece written for English, with a few shards of truth in it. Getting into a fistfight at a psychotic music teacher's school concert is generally not a good idea...
Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,271 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3/16/2006
The Feeding Grounds reviews
A glimpse, the last second of sight before death in the suffocating darkness...
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 3/14/2006
The Nameless and the Fathomless reviews
Three Moons shone down from a crazed purple sky...It rests eternal, sheltered in the unhallowed tree. R&R Please.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,220 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3/5/2006
Descent reviews
A thief happens upon a strange stairwell, and gets more than he bargained for...
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 367 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/1/2006 - Complete
Labyrinth reviews
A challenge leads to a descent into a twisting, baffling Hell... R&R please.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 440 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 2/24/2006
Lurking in the Walls reviews
Another dark poem to keep you up at night, hope you like it. I've even changed my rhyming structure a bit. R&R please.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Published: 2/18/2006
The Moonlit Clearing reviews
A bizarre ritual in a forgotten ancient wood, bathed in moonlight. Read and Review please.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 189 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2/14/2006
The Tower Room reviews
Shrouded in darkness, and malevolent whispers, and mysterious circumstances, the only hope is a window far above...Another product of my sleep deprived mind, Read and Review please.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 199 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2/13/2006
Insomnia reviews
Exiled from the world of dreams...such a cruel fate for a true dreamer. My second poem, please Read and Review.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2/8/2006
Crouching in the Corner reviews
A dark room and an terrifying visitor...This is my first shot at writing a poem, usually I stick to fiction. Please read and review.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 2/7/2006
The Forgotten Art reviews
This stand alone story features Jaalek of Dreamland Saga, my novel in progress. He faces one of the few surviving Paladins, and makes a shocking discovery!
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,417 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1/30/2006