When I was in college, I had the opportunity to visit Haiti for a month.  It is an amazing place, a beautiful place, a difficult, impoverished and often frightening place.  But the people of Haiti are wonderful, friendly, open and giving.I cannot express how sad I am that catastrophe has befallen them.   And so when I saw that Crossed Genres Magazine was instigating a “A Story for Haiti” program I knew that I wanted to participate.I am a writer.  Even in the darkest hour, all I have to offer are my words, a story, a way to escape to a place where things do come right in the end, and the victim does triumph.

I have just posted a free fantasy story, "Heart of the Salamander" on my Author's Website as a part of the relief effort.

Here's an excerpt:

They bound her wrists behind her back. Pillars of smoke rose into the night sky, blocking out the stars. Their Captain called for a canopy to protect him from the rain of ash. It was followed by a table, chairs, and refreshments. There, seated in the sand beside the river, they watched his men burn her village to the ground.

I hope that you will go and read it, and donate to the cause.