The Ship's Fairy and Other Stories

By Brandie Larsen

THE SHIP'S FAIRY AND OTHER STORIES by Brandie Larsen is a flash/short fiction collection of science fiction, suspense and fantasy. Join Rose as she creates a world in her ship's holo-room and receives a special gift but as a result must choose to stay with a mother and sister who hate her or to find a better life. Then follow a girl who witnesses a strange encounter with her sister and must decide if it is real or imagination. Journey with Siluria, a young and aspiring sorceress as she makes a choice, acts on it but does not realize the consequence of the path she now travels. Life is about the choices we make, read about the choices of these girls and share in their joys, fears and heartaches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brandie Larsen
• Release date: Sep 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370864713

Brandie Larsen

Brandie is pursuing an MFA in creative writing after achieving a BFA in creative writing for entertainment at Full Sail University. When not busy working on scripts or fantasy and science fiction stories, she writes poetry inspired by her peculiar family. She hopes to promote the advancement of the TV and Film industry in her home state of North Carolina and re-invigorate it bringing it back from states like Georgia. Brandie enjoys Scuba Diving with her husband, playing with reptiles or fishing with family and friends. Brandie may be contacted by email at [e-mail].

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The Ship’s Fairy and Other Stories

By

Brandie Larsen

Copyright

Copyright  Brandie Larsen, 2016

All Rights Reserved

Book Cover Original Images/Illustrations by Kai Stachowiak

Book Cover Design by Brandie Larsen

Author Photo by Erik Larsen

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These stories are works of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

The Ship’s Fairy

Chapter 1

Every Rose Has Thorns

Chapter 2

A Rose By Any Other Name Still Smells Sweet

Chapter 3

Rose Blooms

Chapter 4

A New Rose Garden

The Blue Man On The Bed

A Dark Path Realized

About the Author

The Ship’s Fairy

Chapter 1

Every Rose Has Thorns

Rose stood as the holo-room buzzed to life. Room 21 on Deck 12 was the least used holo-room on the ship. Rose squared her shoulders as the program she picked revealed itself to her panel by panel. Exhaling heavy, she turned three hundred and sixty degrees taking in the wondrous beauty of the landscape encircling her. Thatched houses and cobblestone walkways surrounded her. With her small pink mouth agape, she closed her eyes and pointed her face into the holo-sun warming her skin. She felt as if time has stopped. She closed her mouth and let the wind and warmth take her into this other world escaping from her own life on ship.

As Rose stood she sensed other things besides wind and warmth. She wrinkled her nose as earthy smells of dirt, fungi, and pine tickled her sense of smell. The gentle breeze brushed her long brown tresses and whipped them into her cheeks leaving tiny red welts. She opened her emerald green eyes as she brushed away the stinging tendrils. In the center of the square, she found the fountain. Tilting her head ever so