Emerald Viper
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Joined 06-19-12, id: 849235, Profile Updated: 11-02-20
Author has written 43 stories for Fantasy, Humor, Supernatural, Mythology, Sci-Fi, Horror, Romance, and Humor.

You are most likely to find me running around with a cup of tea (or coffee). I enjoy writing. It does not pay my bills.

My other interests include roller derby, tea/coffee/beer, drawing & painting, making jewelry, tabletop RPGS, fencing & archery (SCA), hiking, kayaking/rafting, yoga, and Tae Kwon Do. I collect masks and old issues of Doctor Strange. I love animals, especially dogs and horses. I have a very clever yellow lab named "Gumbo" but no S/O or children.

I currently live in Hawaii, but I have also lived in seven other US states, England, and Italy. I'm a museum curator. It's a cool job.

I am always on Facebook or reading webcomics. I watch way too much science-fiction, especially Doctor Who. I also write reprehensible fan fiction for White Wolf games such as Exalted and Vampire: The Masquerade.

My favorite writers are Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Roger Zelazny, Robert Asprin, Garth Nix, Ray Bradbury, and Glen Cook. I also like Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, and Anne Rice. I read more history than fiction - especially military history, immigrant stories, and stuff about organized crime.

I do snarky banter. If I make you laugh, it's a win.


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I appreciate criticism, but please make it constructive! If you comment on my stories using profanity, your comments will be removed.

Please note that all stories are marked with a date such as (2003). Some of these stories were written when I was 15 - 16 years old. I understand that they could be better, but I probably won't revisit them.

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Tongue of the Dead by Solemn Coyote reviews
Language and the afterlife. (Labyrinth 8/22/15 WINNER)
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,883 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/18/2015 - Complete
Emilies by Solemn Coyote reviews
She was presented to the Smiths on Solstice morning; shivering and wrapped in ribbons to hide her feeding ports.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,520 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 4 - Published: 1/28/2013 - Complete
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Watchtowers: Warrior (2023) reviews
The final book in the series which started with Sinnifer and the Vulture. Hazel and her family, both blood and chosen, prepare to fight a Guardian. The Warrior's return looms on the horizon, and everyone plays their final cards. Only one thing is certain. All magic has a Price.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 61,794 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11/27/2023 - Published: 10/18/2023
Watchtowers: Tessar (2023) reviews
The fourth book in the series which began with Sinnifer and the Vulture. Hazel and the vulture are now headed West to meet another Guardian, reunite with old friends, and probably make more enemies.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 100,559 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9/30/2023 - Published: 9/18/2023 - Complete
Watchtowers: Leviathan (2023) reviews
The third book in the series which began with Sinnifer and the Vulture, and continued with Tarran the Bold. Hazel, her mother, James, and Dak sail for the Watchtower of the East... but it may not be the refuge they are hoping for.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 16 - Words: 104,220 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9/18/2023 - Published: 9/16/2023 - Complete
Watchtowers: Tarran the Bold (2023)
The second book in the series. In order to return the Sword of the Warrior to its rightful owner, Hazel (Sinnifer and the Vulture) invokes the Great Pact and finds herself abandoned in a vast desert. The Guardians have clearly placed her where she can find Tarran, make sense of Assimya's past, and uncover her own family secrets. If she survives.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 17 - Words: 103,866 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/31/2023 - Complete
Watchtowers: Sinnifer and the Vulture (2023) reviews
The first book of five. Seekers are bound by contracts to find everything from misplaced keys to lost civilizations. When Hazel strikes a deal with the Guardians to reunite her family, the secrets she uncovers may destroy her world. I will be reposting this story from the beginning starting 8/2023, as I have finally finished the first four books of the series (original 2015).
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 14 - Words: 99,120 - Reviews: 47 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 3/2/2022 - Published: 3/6/2015 - Complete
SOM: Paladin (2013) reviews
Known for having a quick tongue and a quicker knife, Jack Mercy is the law amongst the thieves and whores of Ancaradis. Five years ago, he was the lieutenant of a Deathwalker. When his master was slain, he returned to stabbing and skullduggery. Now the Order of Light has come to him with a message. Mercy is the Paladin, chosen to save the world.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,385 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 39 - Updated: 7/7/2020 - Published: 9/22/2012
CR: Baby New Year (Failed Labyrinth December 2017)
A story about Death, New Year's Eve, and a baby abomination.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,465 - Published: 12/29/2017 - Complete
SOM: Dreams of Endymion (2013) reviews
Ten years ago, Luke Witchstorm washed up on a beach with no memories of his past. When he puts on a cursed ring, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and dark magic. Following the clues he left for himself, he must retrace his own steps to uncover the secret of how he died, and why he came back. On Hiatus since 6/2017.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 50 - Words: 148,085 - Reviews: 31 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 18 - Updated: 6/21/2017 - Published: 12/9/2012
CR: Unusual Alliances (2006)
Elhil gets suckered into telling Ireval a story.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,345 - Published: 5/6/2017
CR: Belling the Cat (Failed Labyrinth April 2017) reviews
Death decides to make a name for himself. Literally.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,490 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5/6/2017
And We Can Be Heroes (2017) Rough Draft reviews
A friend of mine wanted to write a story about a superhero in a mental institution. I decided that the hero was at the end of his life, and in a nursing home. Somehow, it became a story about a mom with superpowers and her son. Because we all know that every mom is really a superhero.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,758 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2/7/2017
Watchtowers: Bright As Stars (Labyrinth January 2017) reviews
Prompt: Nothing lasts forever. At the Precipice of the Swords, Prince Bastian and his centaur tutor Sarifah contemplate the legacy of the Warrior.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,546 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/14/2017 - Complete
CR: William Wallace Was a Ninja (Labyrinth September 2016) reviews
Death gets involved in a little "breaking and entering". Also, ninjas. The prompt was "Mash-Up" and my objective was to get it as mad as possible.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,215 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/26/2016
SOM: Out of Character (Labyrinth June 2016) reviews
Prompt: A Story Involving a Dream. Sleeping on the couch can be dangerous. Also, roll for initiative.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,857 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/29/2016
The Ballad of the Catfish God (2016) Rough Draft
My Dungeons & Dragons players decided that a large catfish they found was a deity.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 812 - Published: 6/1/2016
CR: A Fool's Errand (2016) reviews
Death walks into a bar, gets arrested.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,057 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Published: 4/10/2016
Prince Charming (Labyrinth February 2015) reviews
Prompt: Retelling a Fairy Tale. Prince needs a date for the MET Costume Institute ball. His best friend Ellis is a drag queen with fabulous taste in shoes.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,399 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/31/2016
CR: Raedawn (2002) reviews
When a seer brings Teyame a devastating message, he embarks on a quest to save the world by killing all of the gods. Things get complicated when he discovers that he's probably a god himself.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 20 - Words: 84,768 - Reviews: 6 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 1/10/2016 - Published: 12/12/2015
If We Shadows: Tempest (NANO 2015) reviews
A cop, a retired bounty hunter, a thamaturge with a dangerous interest in physics, and a mind-wiped fairy mobster join forces to search for a missing girl. A delivery boy finds himself drawn to a house where something evil is stirring, and an insane Sumerian goddess sets out to retrieve the pieces of her shattered soul. These seven individuals are about to meet in a perfect storm.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 18 - Words: 23,672 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 11/8/2015 - Published: 11/1/2015
Swamp Gods (Labyrinth October 2015) Rough Draft reviews
Prompt: "When people show you who they are, believe them." - Maya bby LeJeune is about to bring the girl he wants to marry home to meet his folks. Some gris-gris may be required.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,563 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9/30/2015
In Zugzwang (Labyrinth August 2015) reviews
"In zugzwang" refers to the moment in a game of chess where all possible moves are bad ones. Sigurd the Saintly has been roped into negotiating the annual truce between the Summer and Winter Courts of Faerie.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,174 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/19/2015 - Complete
Mother, Must I? (Labyrinth June 2015) reviews
Prompt: Horror for Children. The dead must be fed. My attempt at writing a fairytale in the style of the Brothers Grimm.
Fiction: Horror - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Horror - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,133 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 2 - Updated: 6/28/2015 - Published: 5/30/2015 - Complete
D: Lovely (Failed Labyrinth June 2015) reviews
Robots x Romance Forum Prompt. In the near future, "companion" robots are a common fixture in the homes of lonely, busy executives like Pierre Durant. Ordered to cook, clean, "pick up things on the floor" and "search the internet", Pierre's "Lovely" takes great pride in caring for her "Sir". Unfortunately, he does not seem to notice her existence.
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,157 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 5/18/2015 - Complete
CR: Damnation Canyon (Failed Labyrinth June 2015) reviews
A religious order which condemns the practice of magic hires a wizard to solve a hostage situation in a notoriously dangerous canyon infested with demons and full of arcane traps. Read also CR: Heretic.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,502 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5/6/2015 - Complete
CR: Nikki Lovecraft (2009) reviews
Death gets run over on the George Washington bridge by a dangerous blonde who's in the demon-summoning business.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,032 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/1/2015 - Complete
CR: How George Met Chaucer (2009)
Two rival pirate clans, the Cavendashes and the Le Rois have been fighting over the island of Katunwe for a hundred years. George picked the wrong beach for his summer vacation.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,428 - Published: 4/1/2015 - Complete
Toward the Light (Labyrinth April 2015) reviews
Prompt: "What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky Two fallen angels attempt to escape from Hell.
Fiction: Mythology - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,092 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/31/2015
Watchtowers: Nivarra's Tail (1998?) reviews
A young centaur goes on an adventure with an immortal wizard, a wisecracking cowardly dragon, and the spoiled brat who is supposed to become the king of their world.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 9,250 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 2/7/2015 - Published: 1/31/2015
Watchtowers: Hyde and Seek (Labyrinth February 2015 Contest Winner) reviews
Everyone has a dark side. What happens when it gets loose?
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,083 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Published: 1/31/2015
The Devil and Robert Johnson (2015) Rough Draft reviews
A young blues musician meets the Devil at the crossroads.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,035 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/28/2015
SOM: Emissary (2013) reviews
Journeyman wizard Stephan Lucian is sent by the Order of Light to strike a deal with dangerous creatures of old magic. When he accidently breaks ancient faerie laws, he finds himself working as an emissary for the enemy. But all is not as it seems, and the secrets which lurk in the depths of the Sickle Wood may alter the balance of the world. On Hiatus since 8/2014.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 19 - Words: 62,412 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 8/17/2014 - Published: 3/6/2013
SOM: The Cursed Company (2014) reviews
The Mercenary's Guild has always provided a refuge for people trying to outrun their problems. But when a mysterious girl arrives at the Coalborn Guild House in the middle of a blizzard, the members of the Cursed Company find themselves living up to their unfortunate nickname.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,701 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 8/2/2014 - Published: 7/16/2014
SOM: Kestrel's Tale (2013)
This is the side story/back story of Kestrel Yfair, removed from the middle of "Dreams of Endymion" . Read also "Dreams of Endymion".
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 17,713 - Published: 7/29/2014 - Complete
Clan Havoc (NANO 2013) reviews
Thirty year old Steve Camden is a loser. He can't hold a job and he lives with his mother. but in the LARP "Realms of Arcadia" he's a heroic prince. When Steve is swept into a fantasy world that resembles Arcadia with his friends, it seems like a dream come true, but the LARPers don't have powers or real weapons. Can Clan Havoc make it home, or will everyone take lethal damage?
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 25 - Words: 71,311 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 2/15/2014 - Published: 4/6/2013 - Complete
SOM: Child of Man (2014)
When Duke Arsenio Valsarra's lover died, he vowed to care for her child as if it were his own. But the Duke's son is not what he seems to be.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,137 - Updated: 2/10/2014 - Published: 2/9/2014
CR: Witness (2004)
Felix meets his father's mistress and learns that he has a younger brother. Meanwhile, Ireval's sanity unravels, and the gods prepare for war.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 9 - Words: 191,045 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 6/30/2013 - Published: 6/29/2013 - Complete
CR: Heretic (2008) reviews
Raised in a religious order which condemn sorcery, a young priestess-in-training discovers she has magical powers.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 16 - Words: 98,751 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 6/10/2013 - Published: 4/13/2013 - Complete
SOM: Seyadra's Tail (2010) reviews
Seyadra Ayud, a fugitive from the Tower and one of the last dragons in the world, seeks to fulfill a promise she made to her father centuries ago.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 11 - Words: 31,424 - Reviews: 6 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 4/13/2013 - Published: 3/10/2013
SOM: The Nok Market (2012)
Journeyman wizard Fabian Van Guise stumbles upon a faerie market and makes a dangerous bargain.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,610 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/6/2013 - Complete
CR: Wanderers (2005) reviews
Elhil has a habit of getting himself into trouble. Of course, "trouble" for a 4,000 year old immortal often means that the fate of more than one world is hanging in the balance.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 13 - Words: 217,776 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Published: 9/30/2012 - Complete
The Wolf Prince (NANO 2011) reviews
A young wizard accidentally steals a magic box. Along with two thieves and a hapless "inventor/adventurer" he travels around the world and through time.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 27,719 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/25/2012
Stephanie Meyer Eat Your Heart Out (2010) reviews
A believable vampire love story. Sort of. This is not Twilight fiction, nor does it contain any Twilight characters.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,494 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 3 - Published: 8/1/2012 - Complete
CR: The Immortals (2001) reviews
A demon is summoned into a realm where magic and technology coexist and the laws of physics are subject to change without warning. A magical genius with a passion for candy-coated alchemy, a perma-stoned dragon bard, and a host of dimension-hopping gangsters fight with her to save their world.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 16 - Words: 242,038 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 7/14/2012 - Published: 6/23/2012 - Complete