{"id":1156,"date":"2013-10-06T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T22:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2014-02-08T20:16:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T01:16:57","slug":"short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?page_id=1156","title":{"rendered":"Short fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got some stories scattered around the world in various anthologies, as well as some shorts out on my own. \u00a0I hope you enjoy these!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snow12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1158 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\" alt=\"Snow1\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snow12.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snow12.jpg 301w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snow12-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a>This was originally a dare from a friend that sort of grew into its final form: a novella that is NOT canon, in the Dark Horseman universe. \u00a0Nikki goes to the North Pole to discover a side to Christmas that she never expected.<\/p>\n<p>This book is an Adult read, for sex magic.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Snow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snow-ebook\/dp\/B006OHEMZW\/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1381098585&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=valerie+griswold-ford\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Snow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/snow-valerie-griswold-ford\/1108035958?ean=2940013883345\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rum-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-645 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\" alt=\"rum cover\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rum-cover.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t actually have anything written in this, but I did put the anthology together. \u00a0These stories had two main rules tying them together: they had to have pirates and magic in them. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great collection, and I&#8217;m very happy with it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rum and Runestones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rum-Runestones-Various\/dp\/1897492073\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1381098958&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rum+and+runestones\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rum and Runestones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rum-and-Runestones-ebook\/dp\/B005S4FCN8\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=8-1&amp;qid=1381098958\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rum and Runestones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/rum-and-runestones-valerie-griswold-ford\/1022260874?ean=9781897492079\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPELLS_COVER-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1159 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\" alt=\"SPELLS_COVER-front\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPELLS_COVER-front.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>The follow-up to Rum and Runestones. \u00a0Again, the rules were simple: must have pirates and magic. \u00a0There are several stories in this one that are continuations of stories from the first one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spells and Swashbucklers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spells-Swashbucklers-Valerie-Griswold-Ford\/dp\/1897492464\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spells and Swashbucklers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spells-Swashbucklers-Gail-Z-Martin-ebook\/dp\/B007Z5PRRO\/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spells and Swashbucklers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/spells-and-swashbucklers-valerie-griswold-ford\/1111318560?ean=9781897492468\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1276 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;\" alt=\"Convoy-VGF-1000H (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1.jpg 667w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1-466x700.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>I also have a short story entitled &#8220;Convoy&#8221; in the 2012 Forward Motion Anthology <em>A Princess, A Boatman, and A Lizard<\/em>. \u00a0 \u00a0You can buy the short itself here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Convoy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Convoy-Val-Griswold-Ford-ebook\/dp\/B00HTFSLLO\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1391908455&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=convoy+val+griswold-ford\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Convoy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/convoy-val-griswold-ford\/1118141482?ean=2940045574761\" target=\"_blank\">Nook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Convoy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/396959\" target=\"_blank\">Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or you can buy the entire anthology here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Princess, A Boatman and A Lizard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Princess-Boatman-Lizard-Forward-Anthology\/dp\/1481212877\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Princess, A Boatman, and A Lizard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Princess-Boatman-Forward-Anthology-ebook\/dp\/B00ACD1Y9G\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Princess, A Boatman, and A Lizard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-princess-a-boatman-and-a-lizard-ja-marlow\/1113843931?ean=2940015779042\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My short story &#8220;The Sun Never Sets&#8221; is set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences and is a creepy steampunk story &#8211; the first I ever wrote. \u00a0You can find it in the Tales from the Archives Collection #3.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tales from the Archives Collection 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tales-Archives-Collection-3-ebook\/dp\/B006V6FSSG\/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1381099775&amp;sr=1-7&amp;keywords=tales+of+the+ministry\" target=\"_blank\">Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tales from the Archives Collection 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/tales-from-the-archives-philippa-ballantine\/1105969726?ean=2940013751415&amp;isbn=2940013751415&amp;itm=3&amp;usri=tales+from+the+archives\" target=\"_blank\">Nook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com\/2011\/04\/19\/tales-from-the-archives-four\/\" target=\"_blank\">listen to it here free<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Convoy-VGF-1000H-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my latest short story, first published<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got some stories scattered around the world in various anthologies, as well as some shorts out on my own. \u00a0I hope you enjoy these! &nbsp; This was originally a dare from a friend that sort of grew into its final form: a novella that is NOT canon, in the Dark Horseman universe. \u00a0Nikki goes &#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?page_id=1156\">>>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}