Off The Path

By C. L. Norman

When Petres gets lost in the woods, Maevin takes him in. What happens next is idyllic, until Petres discovers just how lost he really is.

Off the Path is a short story of about 8500 words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C. L. Norman
• Release date: Oct 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301485017

C. L. Norman

I grew up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. I cannot begin to number how many times I was asked, “Do you glow in the dark?” (The answer is only with the lights on.) A person cannot grow up in a place like that during the tail end of the Cold War and not wonder about invasions, aliens, or apocalypses (apocalypsi?). I carried it further and imagined fairies laughing among the crops of the field, unicorns frolicking on the playground, and swordsmen lurking in the dark of the dunes. This is when I started writing.I have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and I am currently working on a Masters in Teaching English degree. For most of my professional life, I’ve been a bookseller. Recently, I’ve become a substitute teacher. Both of these jobs provide many opportunities to people watch and a rich source of ideas for stories.I write all shades of fantasy from traditional to urban to space fantasy. Wolves in the Mists is my most read story.My brother once told me that I read so many books I ought to know how to write a good one. It's been my mission to prove him right ever since.

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