“Confectionery Spells 103, Required Course” in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, edited by Jennifer Brozak: https://www.amazon.com/99-Fleeting-Fantasies-Fantasy-Anthology/dp/1950701077

The other students’ cookies began to soar, or sparkle in patterns, or whistle sonatas until the entire kitchen looked and sounded like the campus fae meadow on summer solstice. My cricket cookie hooted and staggered, then fell over, legs stuck in its own sugary coating.

“The Museum of Hydrological Phenomena” in Museum Piece: an unusual collection, edited by B. Morris Allen Amazon link

He didn’t know how to answer her. And he didn’t want to say he didn’t know. And he couldn’t say he just liked it here, in the cool, quiet museum, that the exhibits grounded him and made him forget about his own broken pieces.

“Nymue Rising” in Crow & Cross Keys (free to read) https://crowcrosskeys.com/2023/04/15/nymue-rising-lori-j-torone/

The lake laid the girl to rest within the henge of stones inscribed with luminous green algae, embedding her in the centuries-thick humus of leaf, scale, cloth, and bone. Her long hair swayed like weeds.

“Wytchen Wood” in Podcastle (free to listen/read) https://podcastle.org/2021/02/02/podcastle-664-wytchen-wood/

“Wait for me,” she had whispered in the wytchen grove so many years ago, her berry-scented breath caressing his cheek, “I will come back to you.” She’d taken magic with her, in the wytchen dust glinting in her sunlit hair as she waved goodbye from the newly-carved wagon. She took his heart as well, but left hope in its place.

Independently Published Novelettes, under Lori J. Fitzgerald:

• The Dragon’s Message Amazon Link ebook
• Love Lies Bleeding Amazon Link ebook
• Songs Within Stone Amazon Link ebook
• Through the Oak Door Amazon Link print collection of “Love Lies Bleeding” and “Songs Within Stone”