Short Stories and Novels

Episodes 10-14 slip ahead to Kita's adult life in Kelig, aligning finally with the events that take place in Onyx:05. Kita's agency friend, Ivia, has been murdered by one of Uari's demi-Oru. In Kita's citizenry life, something is going on with Erin...

Episodes 10-14 slip ahead to Kita’s adult life in Kelig, aligning finally with the events that take place in Onyx:05. Kita’s agency friend, Ivia, has been murdered by one of Uari’s demi-Oru. In Kita’s citizenry life, something is going on with Erin. The odd collection of memories Kita has regarding the infatuation with the Orun, Paharis, are an embarrassing memory, likely brought on by the…

A recap of episodes 5-9 of A Sapphire Sun - available to read on Kindle Vella

https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B09K6VR6Y5

I want to thank my World Shapers at Patreon.com/wcmcclure – together, last year, we planted eighty-four trees! Every month, we plant a tree for each World Shaper. We just planted seven more! It has long bothered me that my writing stories results in taking trees down to make paper for books. Trees provide so much good for this world, from forest ecosystems to the quality of the air we breathe to…

Sapphire Sun episode 4

At age fifteen, Kita’s most capable rival in the elite class at the agency is also her closest friend, Wren. Outside the agency, Quig and Erin have become her family in Kelig, together perfecting the art of enjoying city life. In a chance encounter, Kita crosses paths with Elene, a breathtakingly beautiful Orun. Kita is suddenly inspired to take up hand drawing to try to capture the image…

Announcing Sapphire Sun – available to read now

Sea Glass, a poem

When river and rainfall ran dryI looked for youhopingand held my momenta lifetime too longin your door Ten hurricanes raged at the landtearing apart all that I understandI bent my head forwardand leaned in the windto follow you I would go with youbeyond the linewhen your light failsI will bear mine Steady nowdon’t flinchnot going to liethisis going to pinch Steady nowdon’t flyI am by your…

Sapphire Sun is on Kindle Vella!

I’m happy to announce that I have begun to release Sapphire Sun, the sequel to Onyx:05, on Kindle’s Vella platform in weekly episodes: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09K6W8SC7 (Side note: This is not the planned book cover for Sapphire Sun. It’s a template Kindle threw around my sun image. It looks terrible. I’d appreciate it if you would scrub the image from your mind and pretend…

The Weeping Angel - a short story

Once upon a time… or was it once? Perhaps it was always. Or once in each instance. A few times, even. It may have been just once. A girl was born into a city of tall gray buildings, dark gray soot, and light gray rain. She was a bright, plump little baby, not gray at all, and loving parents named her Velle. Velle was a delightful child. She had her ups and downs, as all of us do, but her heart…

Have you ever peered into a raindrop? The world tilts on its head. A miniature universe trembles there in fluid suspense for a f r a c t i o n of a m o m e n t before transforming, fly                             ing, falling                           free, taking its alternate reality plum               met      ing in         obeisance to gravity. I would like to…

My Twitter account was hacked

My Twitter account @WCMcClureNovels has been hacked. I’m working with Twitter now to regain access or shut it down.

The room is white with more doors than wall space. I know many of those unseen corridors well. Others are less familiar, and possibly less adequately illuminated. The glow peeking out along the floor is more subtle than the better tended quarters, whose doors glow rectangular outlines. Still, there is enticement there in those less explored avenues.

My fingers brush along the well-worn knobs…