Short stories
In my short stories, I’ve dabbled in action/adventure, contemporary romance, young adult, Biblical and literary fiction. For some stories, you can click on the title to read the full work.Action/Adventure
Contemporary Romance
Young Adult
Other genres
Action/Adventure
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I am unashamedly addicted to the TV show "Alias", and I love action movies and martial arts movies. So I branched out from romance and wrote a few action/adventure short stories. One of my friends, Jim Tong, was quite amused to be cast as one of my villains. My heroine, Lorena Fong, stars in two different short stories so far, and the second story, "Lorena's Evolution," won First Place in the Writing.com Action/Adventure Newsletter short story contest.
Lorena's Mission (work in progress)
Lorena had been selectively "grown" from in vitro fertilization and trained to become an assassin for sale. Trapped within Dr. Einar Garrick's secret Facility, she had been subject to excruciating surgeries to replace the bones of her right arm with a special metal alloy, and had undergone rigorous physical therapy to enable her to utilize her hidden weapon. Then she escaped...
A year later, as a newly-trained member of the elite Ziang secret service group, she must return to the Facility to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a mafia lord. But Garrick is already expecting her...
Lorena's Evolution
Lorena is undercover to gather information about an illegal stem cell therapy company when the investors' meeting is ambushed by snipers. But Lorena's old enemy, Dr. Yinghui Li, had orchestrated the attack specifically to recapture her...
Vivian's Diamonds: An Action Romance
Jess' first date with Marcus is interrupted by a chance encounter with Vivian, Jess' old school enemy and Marcus' old flame. Plain Vivian has exploded into a svelte bombshell, but there is something strange about her sudden appearance...
Contemporary Romance
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The Sushi Toss
(available as a free bonus story only to members of my Yahoogroup Camy’s Loft)
This fun scene stars one of my Sakai cousins, Trish, and it takes place right at the end of my novel, Sushi for One?.
Madison's Doubts
A non-action story that links to "Vivian's Diamonds". Madison had told her boyfriend Connor that she would wait for God to speak to him about marriage. Now approaching her 31st birthday, she's getting ansty and would like to bring the subject up, but wonders if she's trusting God if she does.
This short story won second place in "Lynkin's Prompt Contest" on Writing.com, and was also published by Universal Personality online magazine for writers, in issue #10, December 26th 2003.
Dom Perignon
(available as a free bonus story only to members of my Yahoogroup Camy’s Loft)
At an exclusive San Francisco art gallery gala, David is dumbstruck by a Chinese woman who stands out from a crowd of lavishly-gowned women. But even as circumstances prevent him from introducing himself, he starts to learn more about his mystery woman by observing her interactions with the other guests. For him, it's love at first sight and he hasn't yet spoken a word to her.
Idiot
Flash fiction that won honorable mention in the "Micro-fiction Contest" on Writing.com.
"Their eyes met across the room."
Young Adult fiction
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Anna’s Crisis
Jenny is torn between her own desires and Anna’s smothering neediness.
Jenny’s Winterball
(available as a free bonus story only to members of my newsletter Yahoogroup Camy’s Loft)
As a greeter at Winterball, Jenny endures teasing at the costume she is forced to wear.
Other genres
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Biblical fiction
Waiting: A Story of Martha and Mary
Based on the Gospel of John, 11:1-44 and 12:1-11, this is a story that delves deep behind the eyes of Martha and Mary during the emotional time when their brother Lazarus dies, and Jesus raises him from the dead.
The Vision
Based on Daniel chapter 7, this is a short piece that explores what he might have felt upon receiving such a powerful, disturbing glimpse of a future he will not live to see...
Inspirational Literary Fiction
Gloria's Bed
A flash fiction story about a widow confronting her empty bed the day of her husband's funeral, and the comfort she receives from the God of All Comfort.
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