A Friend in Need is a short story collaboration between three different YA authors who combine their talents to create an intersection in an apocalyptic world populated with characters from their respective novels. LX and Jane (from Lynam's Time Will Tell series) time-crash into Tim Hemlin's The Wastelanders. Their only hope of returning to their own world requires help from Bear, Caballito, and the time-witch. Enter Calla and Valcas, (time-travelers from Chess Desalls' Call to Search Everywhen series,) who land in the wastelands while conducting a time-search of their own. Will the travelers be able to return, or are they stuck in the wastelands forever? Advertising

Without a gift, memories will fade in time.Shirlyn travels back in time to ancient Persia where she meets the three magi who follow the Star of Bethlehem. After a mishap threatens to send her ride home without her, the youngest mage exhibits a hidden talent that leaves an impression on his elders and on Shirlyn's heart. But his silhouette will forget they ever met, unless she leaves a reminder that comes with a heavy price.

Frabbles are fables written in the style of 100-word drabbles. Each piece is exactly 100 words long.

I could go wherever and whenever I dreamed.But I would have to pay a price.Calla’s mobile devices sit in a corner of her room, covered in dust. Weeks ago, she shared photos and laughs with her best online friend. Now, after having felt the sting of betrayal, she prefers being hidden and friendless. She equates privacy with security and technology with pain.Then she meets Valcas, an otherworldly traveler who slips through time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. When an ethereal being knocks Calla to the ground near her family’s lakeside cottage, Valcas uses the Travel Glasses to help her escape.He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. But when she learns his search for her was not coincidence, she tracks down the inventor of the Travel Glasses in hopes of discovering their pasts and motivations. With Valcas hot on her trail, will Calla find what she’s looking for before he catches...

The story of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine.This collection includes all three ebook novellas, Lantern, Beacon, and Torch.Tori discovers a lantern that shines for her and nobody else. Is it a ghost or a living being that must be set free?Serah unseals a globe made of Celestial Glass. Does success bring her happiness or create more trouble than it's worth?Evelyn meets Graham after attending a party where a lantern burns out. Who lights the way to pull the other through?Experience three different stories, all with a connection to a mysterious lamp maker.

Calla's disappearance leads her family and friends to suspect that she’s lost. In a desperate attempt to find her, Valcas seeks help from a man he betrayed. A new search begins, one that sounds promising, even if it forces Valcas to confront his past.The travel team reunites for a mission they never saw coming: a journey to a world caught between life and death, and hidden within the deepest recesses of time. Ivory rediscovers a friend and Ray learns the meaning behind his tattoo. But the connections they make between travelers and the lost may twist the core of the Time and Space Travel Agency inside out.Time for the Lost is the third installment in The Call to Search Everywhen serial series.

I'd always heard knowledge was power. But the more I learned, the more powerless I felt.Calla faces charges against her for changing the past. Her use of the Travel Glasses resulted in the creation of two writings that affected the lives of Edgar, the inventor of the Travel Glasses, and Valcas, their prior owner. Now Calla must explain her actions before the Time and Space Travel Agency.The hearing does not end well. The travel commissioner finds Calla guilty as charged and forces her to choose between two harsh penalties. Despite the risk of becoming lost herself, Calla accepts a dangerous travel mission that may help her find her father. She teams up with a group of talented travelers. While working with them, she soon discovers that she has a special travel talent of her own.Pursued by the sentient being of white light that’s been tracking her father’s bloodline, Calla fears her newfound talents may...

The story of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine.This collection includes all three ebook novellas, Lantern, Beacon, and Torch.Tori discovers a lantern that shines for her and nobody else. Is it a ghost or a living being that must be set free?Serah unseals a globe made of Celestial Glass. Does success bring her happiness or create more trouble than it's worth?Evelyn meets Graham after attending a party where a lantern burns out. Who lights the way to pull the other through?Experience three different stories, all with a connection to a mysterious lamp maker.

A collection of flash fiction and short stories by the award-winning author of The Call to Search Everywhen time travel books. Discover the magic of music, sail with a feisty pirate, and view the stars and moon in a whole new light. Stories range from middle grade adventures to tales that can be enjoyed by teen readers.