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Snow White and the Civil War, Parts 1 and 2

This is a retelling of Snow White, set in California’s gold country at the height of the Civil War. Two books were required to tell the tale. Locked away in her room, every word she speaks, every move she makes

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The Hunt Is On

This is an excerpt from my novel Snow White and the Civil War, Part 1. California Gold Country, 1860 I was just standing up to stretch when I heard voices, and with a shock, I realized they weren’t dwarves. I

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The Dragon and the Giant

  Rose looked up from the fire into her family’s pinched faces. The Humboldt Valley was the cruelest land she’d ever seen. Constant worry–for the horses, for each other, for the terrible choices they might still have to make–they had

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