The Story of the Princess Without a Destiny

Lisa says:

Posted in honor of the 1st Annual International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.

This Choose-Your-Own Destiny saga is similar in many ways to my first novel... the garden gnomes are most certainly prototypes for my Shakespearean fairies!

(2007) Appears in Step this way, if you please...



"The Faerie Gothmother," illustration by Kari Armstrong

Excerpt:

It happened after the mighty battle between good and evil. After dark and light magicks clashed on a mortal battlefield. After sons betrayed fathers and fathers betrayed brothers-in-law and brothers-in-law betrayed no one in particular.

It happened after the warriors returned home. After they kissed their wives and were sent out back to brush their teeth.

It happened after a royal wedding with all the trimmings. After the dashing, triumphant prince took an Elven princess as his bride.

It happened after the happily ever after.