The Gift of Fashion

Home > Fantasy > The Gift of Fashion > Page 7
The Gift of Fashion Page 7

by Taki Drake


  Genevieve said, “Then we will not keep you. I wouldn’t want to delay you and make you have to hurry even more.”

  Nicholas laughed and said, “I will have to push time as it is to get all around Earth. And then, of course, I have other planets that have the same need. So, I had better get going since so many people are waiting.”

  The old man smiled at them all and slung his bag over his shoulder, holding it there with one hand. Placing the other on his wide belt, he drew a shimmering circle from inside his jacket. With a snap of his wrist, what looked like a sparkling hole appeared on the floor, and Nicholas carefully stepped inside.

  Genevieve could see the sparkling threads of his magic appear from nowhere and draw the circle up over his body. As it rose, the man seemed to disappear. There were shocked gasps all around the room, and the Clothier could feel Doucet excitedly muttering in the back of her mind. << I told you that man had magic! >>

  Before Genevieve could respond to her companion, she heard footsteps on the roof. With a gasp, she realized that the clattering on the roof of the BHB had been Nicholas arriving. They had all thought that it was the BHB doing a happy dance. Smiling, she realized that Nicholas’ brand of magic was the gift of joy and surprise.

  Effervescent streams of cheer seemed to bounce around the room as they heard a joyful full-bodied laugh from the top of the roof. A resounding cry of, “HO, HO, HO! On Dancer, on Prancer, on Comet and Cupid! Now is the time we fly with a good heart and to bring cheer to many. To all here in the Badger Hole, we wish a Merry Christmas and to all a good night.”

  Contributing Authors

  It is far more enjoyable to read stories when you have some idea of who is behind the story. That knowledge adds an extra dimension to any readers enjoyment. Rather than us creating that introduction, each of the authors was asked to create an introduction of themselves so that you can get to know them a little bit better. We also asked them to identify the books and stories that they think you might enjoy.

  It is our fond hope that you will find the authors interesting, the books and stories intriguing, and the whole experience worthwhile.

  Author Introduction – Taki Drake

  The mixture of technology and magic is where my mind and heart live. In today's world, it mixes engineering and creativity. In the worlds of my mind, technology and magic live intertwined. I hope that you will find my stories interesting enough to be frequent visitors to where my heart beats.

  I am continuing to write my stories of intertwined technology and magic. The challenges of that are fertile grounds for many story lines and series. Several of those planned for the next few months have been listed below. I am happily writing each of them, discovering new worlds, new situations and new challenges. The wonder for me is the number of readers that are enjoying my visions and tales.

  Enjoy the stories in the emerging genre of techmage!

  Please feel free to contact me via email at [email protected] or visit my blog or my Amazon page.

  Unfettered Mage

  We Are Not Prey

  Fleet of the Mage

  Fleet Genesis - December 2018

  Spatial Delivery - 2019

  BattleMage Investigates

  An Attitude Adjustment

  The Case of the Frozen Hand - Coming soon!

  Maritime Madness - TBD

  Badger Hole Bar

  Thru the Badger Hole

  Grand Opening

  Fashion Forward

  The Remembrance Wall - December 2018

  Treasured Knowledge - January 2019

  Becoming Sephera

  A Learning Experience

  You Just Go On - 2018

  Life Rebuilt - TBD

  New Paths - TBD

  Standard of Honor

  Shade of Honor

  Coven Codex

  Floating in Time

  Road to Honor

  Honor’s Bridge - January 2019

  Familiar Magic

  Familiar Shadows

  Familiar Trials - Fledgling

  Familiar Travels

  Unfamiliar Pathway - December 2018

  Familiar Trials - Expert - December 2018

  Familiar Trials - Master - TBD

  Familiar Trials - Adept - TBD

  Cookbooks

  The Badger Hole Bar Food Cookbook

  Fergus Favorites Cookbook

  Marcella's Garden Cookbook

  Marcella’s Summer Bounty Cookbook

  Marcella’s Autumn Harvest

  Tasting Sampler

  A Food Palate - Holiday Heartwarmers

  Taking it on the Road

  Baba’s Kitchen - Coming Soon!

  Anthologies

  The Expanding Universe: An Exploration of the Science Fiction Genre

  The Tide: The Multiverse Wave

  Inanna's Circle: Flight of Imagination - Thru the Darkness

  Holiday Heartwarmers: An Anthology of Short Stories

  Inanna's Circle: The Game Begins

  Mysterious Hearts

  Journal with a View

  CyberWar: Digital Battlefield

  CyberWar: Byte Conflict

  Prime Fantasy

  Phoenix Fantasy

  Phoenix Imagining

  The Imp Prince

  The Goblin and the Grocer

  Prime Peek I

  Snapshots of Life I

  Tales from the Pumpkin Patch

  Haunted Hearts I

  Reindeer Don’t Fly

  Silent Thanks

  Shadowed Light

  Powerhouse Punch

  Author Introduction – Kris Endicott

  As a child, I watched science fiction shows and real-life space missions. My father and grandfather helped build the Apollo Lunar Lander.

  I believed that when I grew up, I’d live in outer space. I was prepared. I drank Tang, the powdered orange juice of the astronauts.

  Those childhood dreams helped guide my adult path.

  Early in my engineering career, I was involved in designing key components for the International Space Station. Although I’ve never physically been outside the Earth’s atmosphere, a part of me has. My creativity and design skills.

  I no longer work on NASA projects, but my creativity is still taking parts of me out into the galaxy in my writing.

  For me, space travel has always been about the optimistic future. I write stories for all of us who wish to boldly go where our childhood dreams led.

  http://krisendicott.com/

  Publications

  Artifact Found

  (in Lindsay Buroker's Fallen Empire universe)

  Anthologies

  Mysterious Hearts

  Journal with a View

  CyberWar: Digital Battlefield

  Prime Peek I

  Snapshots of Life I

  Phoenix Galactic II

 

 

 


‹ Prev