A Sprig of Adventure

By Martha Gilstrap

Have ye ever carried a glow worm in yer pocket to light the way through a dark cavern? Have ye ever seen a mountain on fire, or listened to the tiny voices of small sea creatures, or been caught in snow deeper then yer own head?

Maybe it be strange to ye that a man only five feet tall lives in a giant oak tree, but my life be different from most folks. At well over a hundred years old, I have had plenty of time for adventure, and I have journaled most of my travels. The unpredictable Slipaway Trail has provided me passage throughout the world, learning new healing techniques and potions, and studying the sometimes dangerous nature of magic.

I be called healer, explorer, debunker. I have consulted with kings and wise men, pulled a missing child from beneath an oak leaf six feet long, ridden a warhorse, and lost the love of my life.

I will share with ye the wonderful, awful, curious world I live in. Come into these pages and join my adventures!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Martha Gilstrap
• Release date: Apr 10, 2013
• ISBN: 9780988750029

Martha Gilstrap

Martha Gilstrap has been writing almost as long as she's been reading. Always lured by the magic and the wondrous, she has chosen fantasy as her genre. She has been published in Consumer Digest and several martial arts magazines, in addition to obtaining a 5th-degree black belt under Taika Seiyu Oyata in Ryu-Te Karate. This lends authenticity to the fight scenes in her novels. A member of Pikes Peak Writers, she presents workshops on writing fight scenes and other topics, a skill learned as a Senior Learning Specialist for a major defense contractor. She currently lives in the Kansas City area.

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