Bitter Blackout

By R.A. Sears

Love found in the arms of an enemy.
Magic users who defy death.
The silent corridors of a temple.
A young woman runs the gauntlet and fights against her own kind for survival.
All of these can be found within the
realm of Bitter Blackout.
Featuring works from cutting-edge authors:
N.A. Foy, Lynn Todd, Dori Klaproth, and Shelly Schulz

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.A. Sears
• Release date: Apr 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301528790

R.A. Sears

Mainly a writer of supernatural/urban fantasy fiction, R.A. Sears has been seriously writing since she was 13, honing her craft to have a blade of storytelling as sharp as her rapier wit. Miss R.A. currently lives near (but not in) the thriving metropolis of Baltimore, Maryland. She shares her home with her two cats, Chester and Nergal, a dog rescued from Afghanistan who goes by the name Renegade, her son Hunter, and her husband Adam, who proudly serves in the United States Military. She's been posting writings online for some time now under the name Mistress K. Darq-Chylde, and she also writes erotica under the name Kassi Darq-Chylde. What can you expect from her work in both the realm of erotica and less saucy fiction? "Werewolves, vampires, gods reborn, action, steamy scenes, and sometimes pie. Mmm... Pie."

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Bitter Blackout

Compiled by R.A. Sears

This is a work of fiction; everything in this text is a product of the authors’ imaginations. Any resemblance to people, living or dead, places, and events is completely coincidental.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Bitter Blackout

compiled by R.A. Sears

Copyright © 2013 Darq Deviant Press

Smashwords Edition

All rights reserved.

ISBN-13: 9781301528790

Darq Deviant Press

Edgewood, MD 21040

http://www.darqdeviantpress.com

Contents

Embrace the Shadow – N.A. Foy

Tiamae – Lynn Todd

Timeless Witch (Sioria Caelleich) – Dori Klaproth

The Temple – N.A. Foy

The Harrowing – Shelly Schulz

Grasping the Remains of a Dream – N.A. Foy

About R.A. Sears

Embrace the Shadow

N. A. Foy

Gazing into the mirror of darkness,

I see myself reflected in you.

Shattered shards scattered I gather,

Putting together the pieces of once was.

My shadow self stands before me

Distorted with ambiguous form.

He gives an angry inimical glare,

As I challenge him to come forth.

I feel who I thought I was

Begin to fade revealing an illusion.

The shadow takes hold of my soul

As I accept the unacceptable.

Qualities in others I despise

Are ambient reflections of my soul.

These fragments of truth unveiled

Are provenances of wholeness within.

I embrace the darkness I once served,

Breaking free from entangling webs

To be complete once again.

N. A. Foy was born and raised in Upstate NY and continues to live there with his family.  As for writing, he began writing songs when he was 16 years old and later on started writing poems. In his early 20s he began writing short stories and even wrote a few issues of a homemade magazine called Desert Cry which was discontinue due to personal changes.   Conspiracy of Deception was his first novel which he came up with some of the ideas in 2005 and did most of the writing for it in 2007.  He has also published the first of the Earth's End Chronicles called The Experiment.  He continues to write and is currently working on a children's book loosely based on Celtic Myth, a vampire series, a paranormal series, among some non-fiction works. 

Outside of writing he currently plays guitar in a band called E Rosenbridge and is currently going to graduate school at Syracuse University for Marriage and Family Therapy.

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Tiamae

Lynn Todd

Standing tall and proud in deep meditation at the edge of the lake, she gazes out over the sunrise. The dampness in the air is so heavy the chiffon of her gown is weighted down, hanging flatly against her chilled skin. Nearly spellbound with introspection she was unaware of the wind wistfully blowing her hair over top of her understated crown, entangling around the jewels within. She didn’t discern the moist scent of the air coming from the water, or the sensation of the vaporous waft against her skin. In her daze the lake appears as though it is a mass of twinkling stars. Zalru Tiamae Haramaety from the house of Rhaelghymn, the most regal and highly revered of all elves, stares in contemplation. All mystical creatures, and even some humans, have heard the name Tiamae, as she is best known. To some she is a fantasy, a fairy tale, a legend; to others a mythical creature, some shudder in terror when they hear the name, and to a chosen few Tiamae is known to be real, and by these few she is either idolized or invokes shuddering from fear. Her beauty is met by no other, as she is the only of her kind.

Her stance creates the appearance of one taller than she genuinely is. In reality she only stands just under five foot tall, but with her head held high, shoulders back, and spine straight she gives the impression of one more statuesque. She has a slender petite body with a tiny waist. Her hair nearly reaches her knees thick, flowing and straight. From a distance, one might think it is striped black and white, but in her presence, one can see it is both a deep, dark, auburn red with the palest of blonde streaked throughout. The blonde so brilliant and white, one might liken it to the light of the sun. Her eyes are almond shaped, dark, obsidian like, with flecks of light near golden amber in color speckled throughout them, her stare intense and alluring. With eyes so all consuming, they present as quite a contrast to her light olive skin. Her lips are full, but mouth small, while perfectly shaped, almost appearing as though she has a