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Author has written 28 stories for Dark Shadows, Dungeons and Dragons, StarTrek: Other, and Days of Our Lives.

From a young pre teen, I enjoyed Dark Shadows, Star Trek, the Man From U.N.C.L.E, the girl from U.N.C.L.E. I would run home from grade school. That is until I entered high school. Because the school was at least a mile away I would either have to run walk home or wait for the school bus, which we all know takes forever to make its route so by the time I got home the show was over. Of course I was disappointed. Then in the late 80's low and behold VCR versions of the Dark Shadows were offered with 5 shows per tape. I was excited and found myself as happy as a pig in mud. That for me a mere 20 dollars I could watch what I had missed. It was an exciting time for me to be able to catch up on so much that I had missed and was unable to see. However with the passage of time advances are made to improve electronics and my tapes were transferred over to CD's. Then those CD's became a digitial format. I believe at this time I had accrued around 100 video tapes with no way of storing them. Currently they rest in my garage and I am sure the extreme weather conditions are not helping them. However my wonderful husband was able to obtain every single digital rendering of my favorite show and I now have them all including the revival series on digital format. Speaking of the Revival Series, it did collect a wonderful fan base following but unfortunately Deser Storm killed the show. I was hopeful when I heard that in 2004 we had a new shot at a ressurection and once again that was canned and killed. Much to the disappointment of a lot of fans.

I know there are some out there that would love to reboot the series and they have their ideas but they get lost in wanting to change it so much that is no longer resembles what we fell in love with when we watched the show. To those that wish to reboot don't forget your ideas does not follow the trend and therefore would not be accepted. As a matter of fact to change a thing so much creates annimosity. Remember there were a lot of people that hated and panned the Movie "Johnny Depp" version of Dark Shadows. You saw how that bombed. So when you start to reboot something don't loose sight of how it can be improved but not changed to the point the show is no longer recognizable. Enough of my soap box on this topic. It is just something that annoys me that young minds see bigger and better but not necessarily what is wanted. When you write you write for an audience. If you want to maintain that audience don't forget their feelings too.

Now onto why I write. I write and rewrite when I get bored. I played ADnD for 5 years on AOL and kept all my logs, now I have been transcribing those logs and putting them into novel format for any to enjoy that wish. I plan to bring in a Klingon version of Boreth and the Cleric's of Boreth but that will be forthcoming after I finish the two unfinished novels in the Dark Shadows section and DnD. I am trying hard to understand the concept or need to have reviews. It is nice to be reviewed but I look at my stats and see those as my reviews. If I am being read and enjoyed then my stats are up, if I see a story that has not gotten attention then I figure that is a negative review for that story. I love the contact with the reader. I figure if there is something you want me to change you will instant message me or tell me in an actual review. I want to thank all my loyal followers and promise you that I will not leave anything undone. If I start and publish a story it may take me a couple of weeks but I will finish that story for you. Currently I have over 20 submissions and all but 3 are in progress. I also want everyone to know that I appreciate you for being there for me and cannot thank you enough for your faith in me to provide you with some entertainment.

I write because I can. I write because I am possessed to get these stories out and to share my enjoyment with those that wish to share with me.

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Black Sails and a Yellow Muslin Dress by martykate reviews
Catherine Flint, sister to Captain Flint of the Walrus, has arrived in Nassau after an absence of two years. Rumors abound-she was on the run for robbing a Spanish viceroy, she impersonated a French duchess and was caught-but no one knows. Now Captain Charles Vane is determined to take back the love of his life, but how? And will the old feelings for Eleanor stand in his way?
Black Sails - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 41 - Words: 103,343 - Reviews: 50 - Favs: 61 - Follows: 67 - Updated: 3/9/2019 - Published: 2/6/2014 - Captain Flint, Eleanor Guthrie, Captain Charles Vane, Rackham - Complete
Outlander: The Standing Stones by martykate reviews
Irina's an archaeologist visiting Scotland to study the Neolithic monuments outside Inverness. has a strange dream before she visits the site, a vision of stones, mist, darkness, the sound of voices. She falls asleep in the shadow of the stones and wakens to find her dream has come true. Jamie Frazer is on the run & Irina helps him escape by sacrificing herself to his pursuers
Outlander - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 35 - Words: 90,979 - Reviews: 42 - Favs: 96 - Follows: 96 - Updated: 2/26/2019 - Published: 9/4/2014 - Complete
Dark Shadows Among Us by kaleen1212 reviews
Sheriff Patterson enlist the help of an old friend, Robert T. Ironside to come to Collinsport to help him solve the attacks of several women and the disappearance of Maggie Evans.
Crossover - Dark Shadows & Ironside - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Supernatural - Chapters: 38 - Words: 187,148 - Reviews: 80 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 7/23/2017 - Published: 4/20/2014 - Complete
Taking Back the Crown by zombie josette reviews
My name is Victoria Winters. My journey should have ended. My journey which sends me tumbling through time and drops me into the arms of the descendants of the Reverend Trask to enlist me to accomplish their one goal: kill Barnabas Collins.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,017 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 7/7/2016 - Published: 12/8/2015
Another Collins Comes To Collinsport by Vila Restal reviews
Up and running again! AU Storyline starting in 1969, and taking off from there. A new Collins comes to Collinsport with orders to seek out a vampire and maybe get the answers he is looking for. Please read and enjoy!
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 28 - Words: 31,327 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 2/10/2016 - Published: 7/16/2015
Globetrotters by mad margaret reviews
Part 2 of the (7 part) Willie Loomis World Series, sequel to "Little Willie," The misadventures, world travels and con games of Willie Loomis and Jason McGuire prior to their arrival in Collinsport. Thanks for reading, and taking the time to review.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 10 - Words: 20,186 - Reviews: 75 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 1/29/2016 - Published: 9/21/2012 - Complete
Scrabble Spells Murder! by kaleen1212 reviews
A Scrabble game is planted into Chief Robert T. Ironside's Computer. It is not long before the former Chief of Detectives realizes the words are clues to murders that are about to be committed.
Ironside - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Crime - Chapters: 23 - Words: 79,217 - Reviews: 119 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 1/20/2016 - Published: 5/18/2014 - Complete
Dark Shadows Revival Season 2 by Zach1701 reviews
My not so weekly continuation of the 1990's Revival series that picks up where season one left off. Victoria Winters returns from the 1790's unscathed, but what of the dangerous knowledge that she now possesses? Can Dr. Eric Lang be trusted? What dark secrets dwell in the West Wing of Collinwood? What about Laura Collins? And just who is Victoria Winters? Enter Season 2!
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 9 - Words: 21,074 - Reviews: 27 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 8/13/2015 - Published: 10/15/2014
Role Reversals by PeekabooFang reviews
*REPOSTED AFTER ACCIDENTALLY DELETING* After 172 years locked away in her coffin, the vampire Josette DuPres walks free again. What happens when she encounters the possible reincarnation of her lost love, Barnabas Collins, tutor to young David Collins? Obvious AU, with lots of gender reversal.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 86,501 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 10 - Published: 6/17/2015
Dark Shadows: Buried Secrets (minisode) by IBarnabas reviews
"It was a Dark and Stormy Night", and the Eagle Hill Caretaker finds himself seeking shelter from a violent storm raging outside of his living quarters. On the anniversary of his marriage to his late wife, he reflects upon their time together, as is his ritual. On this night, an unexpected visitor appears, and he must face a dark secret that he has kept hidden for half a century.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,700 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/9/2015 - Complete
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Eternally Mine reviews
A/U What if Jeff Clark had never appeared on the road to Eagle Hill Cemetery? Barnabas was then allowed to have Vicki on a ship and out of Collinwood and married on the high seas? This is a look at what might have happened that evening. Barnabas finally gets what he wanted his Josette by his side for eternity or will forces still intervene with what should have occurred?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 9 - Words: 37,414 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 10/24/2017 - Published: 4/8/2016
Shadows Sins of the Past reviews
(8) Victoria Winters finds herself thrust into the year 1846. Failing to kill Petofi in 1796 she races against the odds and time to finish what she started in 1796. Now in 1846 she has to prevent Quentin from returning Petofi's hand and finally ending his reign of terror. The fate of Daphne and Quentin lay in the hands of Victoria and Barnabas will they succeed?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 76,015 - Reviews: 26 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 10/19/2017 - Published: 12/6/2015
Life After Death reviews
(4) TOS Barn/Vicki does life go on after death, how will this premise affect Barnabas and Vicki as he finds his life will become one with a Frankenstein monster that wants nothing more than to be as normal as the rest of the world. How will this affect the residents of Collinwood when one doctor decides he can play god and create new life through animation?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 27 - Words: 114,561 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 7/18/2016 - Published: 11/9/2014 - Complete
Shadows of Deception reviews
Continuation of Shadows Obsession, Barnabas and Vicki are happily married when a foe from the past returns to rip their lives apart and won't rest until he has what he claims is his and ends the Legacy that is Collinwood.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 68,079 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 6/30/2016 - Published: 9/27/2015
Paths Taken reviews
(2) Orig. Series Barn/Vicki pairing, picking up from Shadows Evil Embrace, Vicki deals with her trip to the past, finds she has more than one interested admirer and a stranger with piercing blue eyes and a taste for debauchery comes to town to stir trouble for all of Collinwood.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 25 - Words: 108,110 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 6/13/2016 - Published: 9/23/2014 - Complete
Klingons of Boreth Sins of the Father reviews
M'lar must find the secrets her father has kept hidden from her. Unfortunately, there is a new species of Techno freaks that want to study the female cleric, her bodyguard Bi'Anka and Janae. Has Janae met his match and will M'lar be able to get back to stop a full out war her father is prepared to launch?
StarTrek: Other - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 16 - Words: 68,279 - Reviews: 17 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 6/6/2016 - Published: 11/17/2015
Hell on Earth reviews
(3) Barn/Vicki Quentin, Prof Stokes, Julia, Eric all are thrown into the mysterious world of two warring gods Ra and Anubis. Will a voice from the past reveal the information of two women's long sought for identity? David is also confronted with his dangerous past with the return of his mother. How can they possibly suvive hell on earth when it comes from a god war? 1-7 rewrite
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Mystery - Chapters: 25 - Words: 112,669 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 5/9/2016 - Published: 10/21/2014 - Complete
Welcome to Alamaina
A/U Return to 1990 when Jennifer tried to rescue her best friend from an arranged marriage. Where she was forced to marry Lawrence. My version of what might had happened had Jennifer discovered that one night that affected her life she became pregnant. What lengths would Lawrence go to protect what he considered was his.
Days of Our Lives - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 19 - Words: 79,027 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 2/15/2016 - Published: 9/12/2015
Shadows Evil Embrace reviews
(1) Barnabas/Vicki pairing o/s. This is a twist to the travel back in time. When Barnabas hosts a costume party at the Old House, the Collins family have a seance, Vicki is transported back in time to meet the original Barnabas and discovered it was not Angelique but Peter Bradford that brought the curse to Collinwood. Join us for the unexpected with all your old favorites.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Supernatural - Chapters: 30 - Words: 138,364 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 1/18/2016 - Published: 8/2/2014 - Complete
Shadows of Obsession reviews
Barnabas has failed his attempt to transform Maggie into Josette now places his focus on Vicki, his plans are interrupted with a powerful foe mistakes Vicki for the reincarnation of his dead wife. Can Barnabas fault him for what he intended? What Barnabas discovers is where his heart really lies. Now he must protect, and hold onto what he deems is his.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 36 - Words: 156,298 - Reviews: 52 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 1/6/2016 - Published: 8/23/2015 - Complete
Winter Shadows of Discontent and Mayhem reviews
(2) Barn/ Vicki have settled into their new lives when disaster strikes, Liz Stoddard, Carolyn Stoddard and Maggie Evans are kidnapped by a blood thirsty adversary bent on retrieving what was taken from him, Vicki. Will she have to sacrifice her life or that of her unborn child to save her family? Or will she discover that she has a hidden talent she never knew was hers?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 24 - Words: 105,395 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 1/6/2016 - Published: 2/1/2014 - Complete
Dark Secrets in the Shadows reviews
(5) Barn/Vicki pairing. Many secrets are kept in Collinwood and the Old House and many secrets are about to be revealed, some will have surprising consequences and some will fester and explode into more than the residents had expected. Will the Collins family be able to weather the telling truths or will this be the end of all those that live under the roof known as Collinwood.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 29 - Words: 127,054 - Reviews: 48 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 12/3/2015 - Published: 12/8/2014 - Complete
Shadows Bliss reviews
(7) Barnabas and Vicki plan their wedding but the forces of evil are gathering to prevent the wedding. Count Petofi wants control of the Gypsies and to do so needs the great grand daughter of King Johnny under his control, using the body of Grand Duke Henri he begins to plot his revenge and the destruction of Collinwood and those that live beneath its roof.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 25 - Words: 106,793 - Reviews: 33 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 11/3/2015 - Published: 7/13/2015 - Complete
Klingons of Boreth Star Trek the Next Generation reviews
What happens when a bigoted Intel officer with Starfleet command is assigned to protect the High Cleric of Boreth? Throw in a conspiracy to unsettle space between Boreth and Qo'noS and a rogue Bajoran pilot who happens to be in the employ of the High Cleric and mayhem will ensue. Come meet the famers and clerics of Boreth it is an adventure you won't forget.
StarTrek: Other - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 25 - Words: 106,163 - Reviews: 36 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 10/20/2015 - Published: 7/14/2015
Dark Shadows Revival Season Three the Book Redemption reviews
The season continues in book format. Victoria faces a marriage made in hell, Barnabas, Quentin, team up with Stokes and Laura to bring their captive family members home. Only time will tell who will be the ultimate winner or loser in this battle between the eldritch and mortals.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 25 - Words: 105,397 - Reviews: 33 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 9/13/2015 - Published: 4/23/2015 - Complete
Shadows of Memories Past reviews
(6)Barn/Vicki Quentin/Daphne Vicki plans her wedding to Barnabas as the date grows closer an old enemy from the past revisits what he lost and another old enemy comes to take back the life he was denied from Quentin's past. A weirwolf appears reminding Quentin of the curse he dodge long ago.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 24 - Words: 103,111 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 7/12/2015 - Published: 3/12/2015 - Complete
Temptations and Conquests Forgotten Relams reviews
M'lar faces the evil around her to keep her family safe. Being pursued by a blood thirsty Pirate Cap' Blood. The Scro Navy continues their pursuit to return the errent half scro half elf to the Priests of Gruumsh. As the evil grows surrounding the priestess she must make decisions from the tempations that surround her or become a conquest of the darkness that threatens to take her.
Dungeons and Dragons - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 25 - Words: 105,548 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Updated: 5/12/2015 - Published: 11/21/2014 - Complete
Dark Shadows Revival Season Two The Book reviews
Barnabas and Victoria. My version of what might have happened if the series had continued and what might have transpired for the Second Season.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 25 - Words: 104,208 - Reviews: 27 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 4/17/2015 - Published: 2/9/2015 - Complete
Shadows Into the Looking Glass Children of Collinwood Chronicles
Rewritten Vicki fights to find her way back to her own reality while Collinsport is experiencing a baby boom as a demon Incubus is populating his nest. Lydia Patterson finds herself drawn into the deception of the Incubus. She will have to decide if she wishes to live the rest of her life in hell or will she resist his charms and save the young girls caught in his devious plot?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 99,621 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 1/22/2015 - Published: 3/4/2014 - Complete
Darkest Shadows of Terror
(2) Jeanette Collins finds her life steered to a self destructive course seeking answers she enters the alternate reality that had belongs to her mother Victoria Collins. Will she find her answers? Will she be trapped in a reality that is not her own? Or will she make the ultimate sacrifice to save herself and those she loves?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 25 - Words: 92,717 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 1/20/2015 - Published: 2/27/2014 - Complete
Children of Collinwood Chronicles
(1) Barn/Vicki have grown children who are trying to carve out a normal life, however when one child was born to be the guardian of the hell mouth of the East Coast normal goes out the window. Welcome to the World of SHADOWs Operations. A covert government group that seeks out Darkness and destroys it. Nothing will be the same for Collinsport ME.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 22 - Words: 71,733 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 1/18/2015 - Published: 2/20/2014 - Complete
Shadows Summer Nightmares reviews
(3) Barnabas/Vicki are reunited only to be ripped apart, as the forces draw together to march an assault on humanity. Vicki finds herself trapped in hell. Facing a darkness that far outreaches anything she has known before now, she struggles to return to her love and family. Barnabas finds he has his own struggle as his curse is returned sending him into a blood lust.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 22 - Words: 74,597 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 1/15/2015 - Published: 2/14/2014 - Complete
Forgotten Realms Cross Roads reviews
Rewritten The continuation of Charming Deceiver, Can Kelson Kane stop the inevitablity of a God war once the pantheon realizes someone was able to make the perfect blend of orc and elf? Continue with the life and the trials and tribulations of M'lar as she continues to carve out her life on Tal Shador along the Sword Coast and fights to stay alive in the savage lands.
Dungeons and Dragons - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 29 - Words: 125,941 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Updated: 1/13/2015 - Published: 9/17/2014 - Complete
Dark Shadows Spring at Collinwood reviews
(3) Barn/Vicki awaiting the birth of their child, Vicki finds herself drawn into a nightmare world that awakens the darkness inside. Caught up in the diabolical plans of a doctor playing god, she reunites with an old ally and meets a new ally. Time will tell if Barnabas can save his wife and unborn child from being a creature of the night.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 23 - Words: 88,393 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 1/3/2015 - Published: 2/10/2014 - Complete
Forgotten Realms The Charming Deceiver
Rewritten with added chapters M'lar's life will never be the same when she is thrown into a plot to kill off the most powerful Psionist on the Island Of New Damara. She will find her life turned upside down as she battles the prejudice of the elven nation and the vengence of a scorned lover who will stop at nothing to see her become what he has become a demi lich.
Dungeons and Dragons - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 34 - Words: 141,791 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 12/31/2014 - Published: 8/20/2014 - Complete
Forgotten Realms New Damara Book 1 The Beginning
Rewrites: Journy with a half scro half elf priestess of Oghma as she finds her way through a world filled with intrigue, prejudice, and adventure as she acclimates herself to the strange new world of New Damara in the Forgotten Realms. Hiding from the Scro Navy M"lar must make her way as best she can while seeking the knowledge that was long held from her.
Dungeons and Dragons - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 16 - Words: 69,219 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 12/22/2014 - Published: 3/5/2014 - Complete
Fall Festival of Love, A Dark Shadows Original Series fan fic reviews
A/U with Barn/Vicki pairing. (1) It is fall and Vicki is facing where her life had been and where it is gone and with whom.. Mishaps and a mistaken identity from a powerful adversary threatens not only her life and Barnabas but the entire Collins Family. As Vicki learns about her parentage and where her heart truly lies. Will she find true love or be caught in nightmare?
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 23 - Words: 95,055 - Reviews: 31 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 12/18/2014 - Published: 1/31/2014 - Complete
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World reviews
This is a one shot story honoring the men and women who fought for our freedom and how to Elliott Julia became the Most Beautiful Girl in the World to him. I hope you enjoy it.
Dark Shadows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,665 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/31/2014 - Complete