Tom Kepler: 3 books

Composed of articles from the author's writing blog, this book was compiled for three reasons. One was for the author to have a book to use in his high school classroom that fit his teaching style. Another was to create a sense of writing community in the classroom in order to promote a more...

Set in the same reality as the fantasy novel The Stone Dragon, these three short stories (of over 12,000 words) continue the magic of the novel. "Who Listened to Dragons": "I was a young man who thought I knew the world and owned it—right up to the moment I opened my fist and...

Dream magic is the most dangerous of magics because it is so difficult to control. Apprentice mage Glimmer—Not a Glimmer of Magic—realizes this when he discovers that his apparent lack of magical talent is because his magic manifests only when he is dreaming. His first attempt at dream magery...