Today is my day to host our monthly flash fiction writing challenge at the Deadline Dames. The prize is an ARC (advanced reader’s copy) of Devon Monk’s Magic on the Storm. You’ll be getting the story two months early!!
“Magic stirred in me….I closed my eyes, wanting to lose myself to it. Wanting to use magic in every way I could. But that woudl be bad. I had enough magic inside me; I could burn down a city. And I didn’t wan tot do that….”
Allie Beckstrom knows better than most that when magic’s involved, you always pay. Whether the price is migraines, amnesia, or muscle aches, she is committed to her work as a Hound, tracing illegal spells back to their casters. But her job is about to get much more dangerous.
There’s a storm of apocalyptic force bearing down on Portland, and when it hits, all the magic in the area will turn unstable and destructive. To stop it from taking out the entire city, Allie and her lover, the mysterious Zayvion Jones, must work with the Authority–the enigmatic arbiters of all things magic–and make a stand against a magical wild storm that will obliterate all in its path.”