Free Fiction, Round Five

For our fifth installment of free fiction, we have a delightful and cozy fantasy story. To get your copy of this story, all you have to do is to click through to the author’s website and download the story for free. (The story will remain free for at least three months from the date of publication.) If you enjoy the story, you’ll find an opportunity to follow continuing adventures of these characters or in this setting through other links.

In this tale from the Chronicles of the Library of Sorcery, the sorcerers investigate a dangerous magical artifact of mysterious origin.

Can the sorcerers uncover the truth?

Sorcerer Serena is called to investigate an enormous, carnivorous plant. She finds that a mysterious magical artifact is behind the phenomenon. To find out where the artifact came from and what its properties might be, she consults the Library of Sorcery, where she uncovers the answers, but not on the Library shelves.

Can the artifact be banished from the sorcerous regions before it becomes a more deathly threat?

To get your copy of Fragment of a Sorcerous Crown, click on the title or the cover image above.

Joan Marie Verba is an autistic writer, publisher, and web developer. Her published works include both fiction and nonfiction. Recent works include the young adult novel Defying the Ghosts and The Chronicles of the Library of Sorcery fantasy trilogy. Her novels have received the Mom’s Choice Award and the Scribe Award. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and the International Assocation of Media Tie-In Writers, and she has served on the board of directors of both the Minnesota Science Fiction Society and the Mythopoeic Society. More information can be found at her website: https://joanmareiverba.com