Suzie and the Forest of Elves

By Donald H Sullivan

Here are two stories 1. Little Suzie gets lost when her family is on a camping trip. While trying to find her way back she wanders through the forest and comes across a cottage. She enters the cottage and finds it to be much more than just a normal dwelling. It takes her to the magical Forest of Elves. To help her get back home, she must find The Elven Princess, but she must get past the bridge of a a very evil troll to reach the princess.
2. Lady of Illusions. Helen's scientist uncle is away on a business trip. She and her younger cousin sneak into his lab and play with his experimental dream machine. the two end up in a weird world of dreams. To get home, Helen must try to get to get help from a capricious band of elves who mistrust all strangers, and she finds herself facing an evil, powerful sorcer who has kidnapped her cousin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781329951884

Donald H Sullivan

I'm a native Floridian, retired from the US Army, I started writing in the army, mostly training and tech manuals. Boring stuff, but it whetted my interest in writing. I've written sci-fi, thrillers, mysteries, humor, fantasies, horror, and more. I'm now living in NC. While in the army, I served in air defense artillery, military intelligence, and psychological operations. I also worked in Federal Civil Service as a quality assurance specialist, ammunition surveillance. I love writing, reading, most kinds of music, and animals--especially dogs.

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Suzie and the Forest of Elves

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Suzie and the Forest of Elves

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Lady of Illusions

Donald H Sullivan

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Copyright 2016  Donald H Sullivan

ISBN:  978-1-329-95188-4

To all the kids and to all the kids at heart.

Suzie and the Forest of Elves

Suzie loved the forest as soon as she saw it.  For weeks her family had been planning for a three-day camping trip in the state park and now they were here. 

It was a bright, sunny day with a few white clouds floating across a deep blue sky.  The trees were not thick in this part of the forest, permitting a clear view of the sky overhead. It was not hazy as it was back in the city.

She stared up at the tall trees, the shrubbery, and the many-colored wildflowers. She inhaled, drawing in a deep breath of fresh air.

I wish we could live out here, she thought.

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The warm breeze made a gentle rustling of the tree leaves as a pair of squirrels were having fun chasing after each other.  She could hear birds singing merrily in the trees.

Her dad parked the camping trailer, found a nice spot for their camp site, and set up a tent.

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The camp site

Her dad and big brother Sammy would sleep in the tent while Suzie and her mom would use the camping trailer.

Her mom laid out a blanket and the food for a picnic.  Suzie, her mom, her dad, Sammy, and even their dog Boo boo enjoyed a nice picnic lunch.

After lunch, she watched as Mom, Dad, Sammy, and Boo boo played with the Frisbee. Then she spotted a pretty  butterfly.

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She was so entranced with the butterfly that she followed it as it flitted from flower to flower.  She was so caught up with the movements of the pretty butterfly that she didn't notice that she was moving farther and farther away from the camp site.

When she did think to return to the site it was too late, for she realized that she was lost.

Mom! she called, Dad, help, I'm lost!  But she heard no one answer.  She began to trudge through the woods, hoping that she was going the right way to get back to her family. 

But the more she walked the stranger her surroundings, and she grew fearful as the sky began to darken. 

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