First let me thank all the people who've taken the time to read my stories. You all know who you are, and I'd like to thank all of you who have sent me messages over the years. They always help keep me motivated to come out with the best stuff I can. I do want to mention Marathondan, stmercy2020, Mongoose750, Michael-Leonard who have given me great feedback(and critiques) over time.

To introduce myself, I'm demented20 and I stumbled onto the Diana the Valkyrie site a while back when I was looking for some good stories to read. After a while I decided to try my hand at some female muscle stories, and I've been writing them ever since. I'm putting this little guide together to bring just a little order to my bookshelf chaos. I haven't done one in quite a while and it might help some people who've read one of my chapters and have no idea where to go afterward or where this stuff actually started.

I have three planned series; Coping with Power(Power Overload) ... Power and Fury(Super Secret Agent), and finally Caeda. Plus I have one series that sort of happened on its own, The Mound Builders. While the last one is stand alone, the first three series all take place in the same world and are connected in many ways. Characters might bump into characters from another series. Also, since I've been at this for a while, there are characters who pop up in stories who haven't been seen in a while.

Coping with Power(Power Overload):

There's lots of super strong female muscle in this story. Lots of feats of strength and solo action. There's also a super girl on super girl battle that last for three chapters. It had enough of a reaction to keep me writing female muscle stories.

This story was my first attempt at a female muscle story. I'd read lots of stories about an ugly or unattractive woman who suddenly becomes beautiful and strong then  get revenge of some sort on all of those who'd done her wrong. I wondered though, what would happen if a woman was already gorgeous and very successful before she got her extreme strength. That lead me to writing Coping with Power. Just to sort of find out how the main character would deal with her new found strength.

Main Characters:

Lisa Sanchez: She's the beautiful and talented daughter of a Puerto Rican father and an African-American mother who is the vice-president of an advertising firm. Her career is on the fast track until her new super power threatens to derail her entire life.

Ian Brooster: He's a medical doctor who conducts special research. He's also Lisa's best friend. He uses his medical knowledge and his easy manner to help his friend through her problem. The table turns a little later in the story.

Moira Kelly: She's a 6'0" tall blonde with genius level skills in chemistry, who's on a quest to become the strongest being on earth. Her goal takes Moira to places that she never thought that she'd go, and she does things that she never thought she would do.

Bernard Wilson(Benny): He's a serial rapist and murderer who's a pretty disturbed guy.

Ed: He's the leader of a commune of people who have enhanced their strength to super human levels. He's not a bad man, but he'll fight to keep his grip on power.

Alonzo Reyes: He's the first character besides Lisa who is naturally gifted with a super power. He runs a scrap metal yard on the South Side of Chicago that's has seen better days.

Jeremy Redwine: He's Alonzo's uncle is a famous chef and restaurateur.

Cassidy(Cassie) Redwine: She's a teenaged figure competitor looking for her pro card who is also naturally gifted. She's also a friend of the main characters from the Power & Fury series, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.

Gloria Freeman Sanchez: She's Lisa's mother and a nurse in Atlanta. She helps raise her special needs nephew and knows nothing about her daughter's extraordinary strength.

There are other characters of course, but these are the main ones. They can and most likely will pop up in my other two series.

The Chapters:

1. Coping with Power Lisa Sanchez discovers her power, but wishes she hadn't by demented20 (01/Apr/03)

2. Coping with power chap.2 Lisa Sanchez discovers her powers, but wishes she hadn't by demented20 (01/Apr/03)

3. Coping with power chap.3 Lisa comes to terms with her strength. by demented20 (01/Apr/03)

4. Coping with power chap.4 Lisa gets confronted then gets even by demented20 (28/Jul/03)

5. Coping with power chap.5 Lisa is introduced to a world of strength and power by demented20 (28/Jul/03)

I couldn't let the story rest there, but I didn't really know where I wanted it to go. I wrote the next two chapters with no goal in mind, but at the end of Chapter 5, I introduced one of my favorite characters, Moira Kelly. I let the story sit for a year because I didn't have anything to add until I reread chapter 5 and realized that Moira was a gold mine that had been there the whole time. Chapter 6 is all about Moira.

6. Coping with Power Chap. 6 The story of Moira Kelly and her quest for ultimate strength and power by demented 20 (12/May/04)

7. Coping with Power Chap. 7 Moira gets help to get even stronger and Lisa gets closer to the truth by demented20 (12/May/04)

Thanks to the people who read chapter 7 and then were still around a year later when I finally got around to writing chapters 8, 9, and 10. I was pretty pleased with these chapters though. This was the first time I had written a battle between two super strong women. If you like a good brawl without lots of banter check these out.

8. Coping with Power Chapter 8 Moira's strength grows to terrible heights. Ian gets in trouble, and Lisa plans the rescue. By demented20 (07/Aug/05)

9. Coping with Power Chap. 9 Lisa starts her rescue and clashes with Moira for the first time. By demented20 (07/Aug/05)

10. Coping with Power Chap. 10 Moira and Lisa finish the battle of two powerful amazons By demented20 (07/Aug/05)

I should pause here again because a lot happened between Chapter 10 and 11. I started my 2nd series Power and Fury and was 22 chapters into it before I thought about writing more Coping with Power, but I made some changes. I came up with a new name. Coping with Power was fine, but ten times in a row was started to wear on me. So the newly christened Power Overload picks up right where chapter 10 left off.

11. Power Overload After their epic battle, the two strongest women in the world move in together, and now one of them needs the other's help (30/Jun/07)

12. Power Overload Pt.2 Lisa and Moira use their awesome strength to save lives, and Lisa has some gang trouble in DC, or they have some Lisa trouble... (30/Jun/07)

13. Power Overload: How much can you lift? Lisa was finishing a workout when some muscle heads burst in, and she is forced to show them what real strength is. (27/Aug/07)

14. Power Overload: Stronger than she looks Lisa is beautiful and successful, but always seems to attract trouble. A gang of crooks find out the hard way that she is also strong, very strong. (09/Sep/07)

15. Power Overload: Hero for a Day Lisa Sanchez can't get the nerve to tell her mother about her super strength, instead she gets an earth shaking demonstration. (27/Dec/07)

16. Power Overload: Muscle for Show Alonzo knows that his girlfriend is strong, but will he risk their relationship, and his health, to find out just how strong (30/Mar/08)

There might be more to Lisa's story. She makes regular appearances in the Power and Fury series and is even in Caeda a couple of times. Still with me? Ok, let's keep going.

Power and Fury(Super Secret Agent)

I hinted at it in Coping with Power, but this is the series where I really started upping the action. There are shootouts and brawls and melees. There's lots of muscle girls and feats of strength. Every now and then a story just needs a little mayhem. Power and Fury has all of that.

This story started as an idea in 2005. I'd already written about a woman who's powers had manifested as an adult, and explored how it affected her life. Now I asked myself what a character would be like if a teen had grown up with her powers, with only her parents knowing that she's different. Just to make things more interesting, these powers aren't passive or under the character's control. Power and Fury follows three girls as they go through their lives with lots and lots of excitement.

This story happens in the same world as Coping with Power, but I wanted to expand the world and add more powers and more characters.

Main Characters:

Jan Caufield: She's a shade under 6'1" and as beautiful as she is tall and athletic. She's super strong and nearly invulnerable. Like I said though, her power isn't passive like Lisa's. Jan's power is like a volcano inside her. It causes all sorts of problems, which is why the story starts with her going to a reform school for rich girls.

Alisha von Edder: She's Jan's slightly chubby roommate at the new school school. She speaks 4 languages fluently (which expands to 6); she's a computer whiz, and a talented painter. She also curses like a drunken sailor. Over the course of the series, Alisha realizes her potential with her gifts and with her body too.

Sara Hewitt: She's a soft spoken Southern Belle who is also a student at the reform school, although no one knows exactly why. She and Jan become friends, and just like Jan, Sara keeps a big secret. Her small frame hides enormous power. Along with Jan and Alisha, Sara helps form the core characters of Power and Fury.

Thomas Jackson Lee: He's a young African-American kid who possesses a great power. He was hunted by a man who wanted to harness his power to make him a weapon until he accidentally came across Jan Caufield. Now he's Jan's adopted brother.

Jack Caufield: Jan's father is an ex-Army officer who stands 6'4" and weighs 240 pounds. He's a successful business man in the defense industry, but he keeps his past secret from his daughter for good reason.

Chris Addams: He's Sara's former boyfriend. He has the power to phase shift and walk through solid objects and into them. He's been gone for a while, but he's coming back.

Charles Hewitt III: He's Sara's younger half brother. He's only in the story a couple of times in person so far, but that won't last much longer.

Brian Pronger: He's one of Jan's best friends from college. He loves video games, comic books, photography, and muscular women. Plus he can keep a secret.

Ian Brooster: The very same Ian Brooster from the Coping with Power series. He makes several appearances in this series, and he plays a role in helping Jan with her powers too. He's one of the first people to ever make Jan feel the least bit comfortable with her powers.

Agent Aaron Miles: He's an FBI agent who has a vendetta towards Jan.

Romano Scarlforo: He's the evil man looking for Thomas. He's the leader of an international syndicate that is tasked with finding gifted people to make them weapons for his bosses.

Jason Mallster: He's the American counterpart to Scarlforo. His syndicate takes regular people and turns them into heartless thoughtless super killers with super strength and no remorse. He thinks his program is successful until his soldiers run into the ultimate soldier, Jan Caufield. He sends his super soldiers after Jan so he can research her and make his soldiers better.

Femmes: The all female Femme soldiers or Series 4.7f are the most lethal and advanced soldiers in the world. They are able to completely blend in and act normally around people. Their real personalities have all been erased. The Femmes are all numbered and all of them beautiful strong and deadly.

X-424: She's a Femme, but not like the others. She retains a bit of herself and is trying to remember who she was, and how to get her life back.

Series 3's: This is the first effective generation of soldiers in Jason Mallster's super soldier program. They used to be regular men, most of them were criminals or homeless. Through a scientific process, they are made stronger and faster than humans, but they must be controlled from a central unit that has be kept close to where they are operating. The process of strengthening them also causes them to have very yellow skin that is so unnatural that they can't blend in to the regular population.

Series 4's: The next generation are even stronger and faster. Their skin is less yellow allowing them to blend in, and they don't need a central unit to control them. Bullets don't slow them down. They are the first soldiers that can truly be called super.

Special Agent Harry Wills: He's Jan, Alisha, and Sara's former boss at the Special Programs division of the Federal Clandestine Service.

Melvin Johnson (Mel): He is a 7' tall 400 pound giant of a man who seems to work on both sides of the law. He's one of the few people in the world who can harm Jan Caufield with his bare hands. Early on, he's the subject of her fears.

Morgen Stern:  He'd been working with his partner the Broker for a long time, but now he's trying to branch out on his own.

Martha Worthington: She's a CIA agent who oversees a secret buried academy. She becomes a mentor for Jan, Sara, and Alisha.

Taylor Matthews:  She is Jan's slightly older cousin. She's tall and unbelievable beautiful and extremely smart, but like most of Jan's family she's dangerous too.

Heather Matthews: She is Jan's cousin and Taylor's little sister. She's an athletic free spirited red head who shouldn't be crossed.

Armen Petrosian: He was rescued from his destroyed village in Armenia when he was nine and now lives in the US. He is Sara's boyfriend and will play a bigger role in the future.

LaShaunta Turner: A former classmate of Jan and Sara who suddenly disappeared from school. She didn't go too far and has helped her friends from the shadows for quite some time. She has to the power to teleport herself and others anywhere.

Yonaton: He has the power to heal any injury or wound. He seems to have a sixth sense to know when someone is going to be in trouble, so he travels the Earth helping people. It seems that this man has been doing this for a very, very long time.

There are plenty of other characters but these are the ones who have played big roles in the past or will play big roles in the future.

The Chapters:

Power & Fury chapters are sometimes multi chapter arcs and some of them are stand alone chapters. I like to mix it up a bit. I'll put the stand alone chapters in parenthesis in case you want to know which they are.

1. Power and Fury Pt.1 6'1" Jan moves to a new school and teaches a bully a lesson. (02/Nov/06)

2. Power and Fury Pt.2 Secrets are revealed; Heather plots revenge, and blood is spilled (02/Nov/06)

3. Power and Fury Pt.3 Jan works off some frustration, works up a sweat and finds an admirer, while she accidentally finds out that the forest has secrets too (29/Nov/06)

4. Power and Fury: Coming out Party Jan and Sara face danger together and it changes their lives forever. (29/Nov/06)

5. Power and Fury: Test and Torture Jan Caufield is tested like never before to find out just how indestructible she really is. (31/Dec/06)

I'll stop here to explain the name change. I hate ruts so I decided to change it up a little. I never gave it much thought really...

6. Super Secret Agent Pt.1 Jan Caufield and her skills are turned loose on the criminal world with bad results for the criminals. (19/Jan/07)

7. Super Secret Agent Pt.2 Jan tries to recover from her wounds, but instead is taken to the edge by a man named Mel (19/Jan/07)

8. Super Secret Agent Pt.3 Jan and Sara go to a Fitness Competition in Colorado while on the trail of spies, but as always there are problems. (05/Feb/07)

(9). Super Secret Agent: Home Coming Jan Caufield goes back home and tries to reconnect with family and friends, but her friend's ex has other ideas. (05/Feb/07)

10. Super Secret Agent: Working Vacation Pt.1 Jan and Alisha go to Mississippi for a vacation and they have a little fun on the farm, but this is just the calm before the storm. (27/Feb/07)

11. Super Secret Agent: Working Vacation Pt.2 The team goes on a mission that takes them to the edge and beyond. Jan learns just how terrible her power can be. It scares even her (27/Feb/07)

(12). Super Secret Agent: A Day in the Life Two Men out for revenge push Jan just a bit too far. They lean a painful lesson that nobody messes with Jan Caufield. (06/Mar/07)

13. Super Secret Agent: New Beginning Pt.1 The team goes to college. Alisha finds out that she might have a problem, and Jan finds that she might have met her match and then some. (06/Mar/07)

14. Super Secret Agent: New Beginning Pt.2 Jan, Sara, and Alisha try to stop an attack by scientifically enhanced soldiers, plus Alisha finds out what's wrong with her. (21/Mar/07)

15. Super Secret Agent: New Beginning Pt.3 Jan, Sara, and Alisha go back in action to try to save undercover officers, but get in the middle of a crime war. (21/Mar/07)

16. Super Secret Agent: New Beginning Pt.4 the conclusion Alisha shows off her all her various powers, while the team tries to save undercover agents. The bad guys don't have a chance. (09/Apr/07)

These chapters represent the next phase of the story. There are new characters, and some old characters learn more about themselves. I tried to show how the characters had progressed over the year.

(17). Power and Fury: The Evil Around Us Three very powerful young women try to live normal lives, but they must try to stop a menace terrorizing an entire city. Can they? (19/Apr/07)

18. Super Secret Agent: Worth Fighting For Pt.1 19 year old Jan Caufield must use al her powers to protect a special young boy hunted by ruthless men who don't know what they're in for (04/May/07)

19. Super Secret Agent: Worth Fighting for Pt.2 Jan Caufield must bring in her two powerful friends to help protect a special boy, but something goes very wrong (04/May/07)

20. Super Secret Agent: Worth Fighting for Pt.3 Jan and her powerful friends are tested to their limits as they fight to bring down a brutal syndicate while Jan's family is changed forever (10/May/07)

That was the 3rd of my planned plots, and it all leads up to the 4th plot.

21. Super Secret Agent: Going to Sin City pt. 1 Three very powerful teenage girls go to have a little fun in the Big Easy, but find out that they are being stalked. (02/Jun/07)

22. Super Secret Agent: Going to Sin City pt. 2 Jan, Alisha, and Sara go on a mission to save the city, but have enough time to have some naughty fun during Mardi Gras. (02/Jun/07)

(23). Power and Fury: My Little Secret One young man finds out more about 19 year old Jan Caufield that she wants him to know, and he pays dearly. (09/Jul/07)

24. Power and Fury: City of Angels Super powered 19 year old Jan goes on vacation to Los Angeles and can't resist entering an arm wrestling tournament on Muscle Beach. (22/Jul/07)

25. Power and Fury: A Turn for the Worst With her L.A. vacation going badly, super powered teen Jan Caufield heads back home where she encounters and old enemy bent on revenge (28/Jul/07)

26. Power and Fury: Holding Nothing Back Sara and Alisha search for their missing friend, and on the way are confronted by a muscled teenage powerhouse named Norma. (05/Aug/07)

27. Power and Fury: Holding Nothing Back Pt.2 A ruthless organization is holding powerful teen Jan Caufield captive trying to study her powers, and she makes them pay dearly. (09/Aug/07)

28. Power and Fury: Holding Nothing Back pt. 3 of 3 Car chases, explosions, blood, guts, strength, muscles, and mayhem (21/Aug/07)

Still with me? Cool, then let's go to the next phase of Power and Fury. I renumbered the chapters started from 01 (which has caused problems in the bookshelf but oh well). I wanted to start over again because I think of this as Book 2 of Power and Fury. The chapters that focus on the Femme Soldiers storyline are named as such, but they all fit into the larger story.

01. Power and Fury: The Early Days pt.1 of 2 Before she was a super powered secret agent, Jan was just a teen with dangerous powers that she didn't want and couldn't control. (23/Nov/07)

02. Power and Fury: The Early Days pt. 2 of 2 Young teen Jan learns that she has to fight for what she wants, but will her powers fail her when she needs them the most? (23/Nov/07)

This is sort of an origin story going back in time for to show Jan's struggles with her powers as a young girl.

03. Power and Fury: Just Warming Up Super powered college sophomore Jan Caufield may have mellowed, but a friend learns that she still packs a heck of a punch. (19/Feb/08)

04. Power and Fury: Itching for a Fight Jan Caufield's last fight nearly killed her, and the next one might finish her... or make her even more powerful. (01/Mar/08)

05. Power and Fury: The Heist It seemed like a great day to rob an armored car, but super powered Jan has her confidence and powers back at full strength, or does she? (05/Mar/08)

The next three chapters are the introduction of the Femmes. And of their new boss, Benny.

06. The Femme Soldiers They're stronger, they're quicker, they're beautiful, and they're deadly. (11/Jun/08)

07. The Femme Soldiers Attack No mercy, no remorse, no stopping them. (18/Jun/08)

08. The Strength Serum Somebody else has it, and Benny wants is back. (28/Jul/08)

I wasn't going to make so many Femme focused chapters, but it seemed like people loved them, so after putting a chapter focused on our normal heroines, it's back to the Femmes.

09. Power and Fury: Power Problems Problems at home and problems at work, what are super powered teens to do? (28/Aug/08)

10. The Femme Revolution The Femmes kill, destroy, then melt into the night. (11/Sep/08)

11. The Femme Revolution Pt. 2 The beautiful and dangerous Femmes take the dangerous game to a new level. Plus one Femme shows that she's not like the others. (15/Oct/08)

12. The Terror Gallery pt. 1 Terrorist group the Revolution steps up their deadly game, plus a teenaged superheroine learns a lesson that might save her life. (27/Oct/08)

13. The Terror Gallery pt.2 The Revolution has new found power and might be unstoppable. Only three beautiful and gifted girls stand in their way. (27/Oct/08)

14. The Femme Soldier: Strength Conquers All X-424, the deadliest Femme soldier, does battle with one of the strongest women in the world. (25/Jan/09)

This is the start of another story arc that all happens on the same day, and it starts to bring the story lines together.

15. The Femme Rampage What happens when an elite super soldier becomes too big and too strong? (16/Mar/09)

16. Power and Fury: Pushed to the Edge It doesn't take much to get 6'1" Jan Caufield mad, and when her fists start flying, people get hurt. (23/Mar/09)

17. Power and Fury: Sara's Bad Day A young woman is forced to use the muscles she usually keeps hidden. (04/Apr/09)

The next couple of chapters bring out more about the nature of the various powers and how they work.

18. Power and Fury: Full Circle A young woman who controls vast arcane powers gives her friend a very special birthday present. (22/Jun/09)

19. Power and Fury: Full Circle pt. 2 With her strength restored, a young super woman does what she does best... kick butt. (07/Jul/09)

20. Power and Fury: Killer on the Road A hitchhiker gets taken for a ride. (19/Jul/09)

There is a mini break right here in the story as it switches gears. The next two chapters focus on Moira and a strange substance that everybody is looking for. Oh, this is actually the chapter where Taylor and Heather are introduced, although I never give their names.

1.   Power and Fury: Steel Embrace They didn't know who they were messing with... (10/Jan/10)

2.   Power and Fury: Steel Embrace 2 A man learns a hard lesson about consequences... (20/Jan/10)

The third part of the saga picks up here. This is where Jan's larger family is introduced and all sorts of bad things happen. Jan and her family are tested to their very cores.

1. Power and Fury: Steel Embrace 2 A man learns a hard lesson about consequences...-- (20/Jan/10

2. Power and Fury: Double Cousins 2 Sun, sand, gorgeous women, what could wrong? (12/Mar/10)

3. Power and Fury: Double Cousins 3 A relaxing vacation spawns a steamy photo shoot, and much more... (10/Apr/10)

4. The Femme Soldiers: New Recruits The mighty Femmes are looking for a few good men... (02/May/10)

5. Power and Fury: Backwater Justice Two tough guys have an encounter with a pissed off Amazon looking to let off some steam. (28/May/10)

6. Power and Fury: Backwater Justice 2 Two sisters go after a crime lord. The only thing more explosive then their muscles is their temper. (30/May/10)

7. Power and Fury: Family Traditions Every family has secrets. This one has more than most. (02/Jul/10)

8. Power and Fury: Family Traditions pt. 2 They're beautiful. They're rich, and they're powerful, but is a family strong enough to save themselves? (29/Jul/10)

9. Power and Fury: Family Traditions pt. 3 There are always consequences, and sometimes they hurt a lot. (18/Aug/10)

Now after this chapter this is a little break in the story and then a much longer break like nine months while I was writing The Mound Builders, but more on that later. Also I sometimes dispensed with the descriptions of the chapters. I'm not sure why, but to be honest it's always been the hardest part for me. There's usually so much going on in one of them. So if they have no descriptions, have no fear.

10. The Femme Soldiers: Black Ops A guy has two sexy superhuman soldiers on hand and finds new uses for their unique talents. (05/Oct/10) For some reason this chapter was left out of my in chapter lists at the end of the stories, I have no idea why, but I did take a long break and maybe I got rusty or something.

When I started up the story again Jan and her family a preparing for a big fund raising event and party while the family gathers. Some events threaten the fabric of the family and perhaps even they aren't strong enough to overcome them.

11. Power and Fury: Spa Battles Sure they're tall, gorgeous, and ultra sexy, but who's stronger? (15/Jul/11)

12. The Cook Out (16/Aug/11)

13. The Cook Out 2 (29/Aug/11)

14. Infighting (25/Nov/11)

I've given some hints in the past, but these next few chapters not showcase lots of muscle and strength, they give a hint of who Jan's father Jack Caufield really is.

15. The Setup (12/Jan/12)

16. The Setup pt. 2 (05/Jun/12)

17. The Assault (22/Jun/12)

18. The Assault pt. 2 (24/Nov/12) I hadn't planned to take so long to finish this two parter, but it just worked out that way. I don't even remember it taking me that long to write... oh well.

19. Broken Remnants (10/Jan/13)

20. The Double Cross (01/Mar/13)

This brings me up to the present. I hope everyone's enjoyed themselves up until now. I have a good time writing these stories and I hope people enjoy reading them. I have a few more tales to tell for Jan and the rest. I might even be able to manage a few surprises.

Okay! is everybody still with me?  Good we've got more ground to cover. More fighting and muscles and stuff... you know what I'm talking about.

Caeda

This story was a little bit of a departure from my other stories. Caeda is a sleek assassin, but she doesn't kill like most assassins. With Caeda, killing is an art.

I'd like to thank everybody who read Caeda. It is a departure, but this series happens within the same world. Caeda fits into the story lines from the other series, but above all this is the story of an assassin. Most of my stories start with a question in my mind, but this one started with Caeda's character.

The Characters:

Caeda: She is an assassin of extraordinary skill and beauty. She is cold hearted most of the time, but has the capacity for mercy. Caeda doesn't kill like most assassins you've read about. To her, killing is like an art that is created and not calculated. Caeda also has a regular identity that she keeps very separate from her assassin identity. Caeda's past haunts her, and she's looking for the mark who can best her and put her out of her misery. So far she hasn't found one better than her... not even close

Mrs. Havasu: She is a little old lady who lives next door to Caeda. She and Caeda are very close, but Caeda tries to keep her dark side hidden. Caeda doesn't know it, but Mrs. Havasu is more perceptive than she gives her credit for.

The Broker:  He's Caeda's shadowy benefactor and friend. He runs a business that relies on gifted people, and uses them too.

Russell Redwine:  Here is yet another Redwine. He has the same power as his father Jeremy and his younger sister Cassie. He meets Caeda and awakens something inside of her that she thought was gone.

Morgen Stern:  He is a very handsome man who has the power to whisper to a brain and make a person do whatever he wants them to do.

Chet Perkins:  He's better known as Ryder. He's Caeda's teacher and mentor, plus one of the most dangerous men in the world.

The Chapters:

1. Caeda: The Art of the Kill She's strong. She's sexy, and hers might be the last face you see before you die. (22/Sep/07)

2. Caeda: Death's Shadow Caeda is as deadly as she is beautiful, and once you're on her list, its too late (28/Sep/07)

3. Caeda: Rules to Kill By Beautiful assassin Caeda gets mad when contracts get in the way of her regular life, and when Caeda gets mad, people die in bunches. (07/Oct/07)

4. Caeda: Mountain Rescue Even when gorgeous assassin Caeda is doing good, people die (19/Oct/07)

5. Caeda: An Assassin's Holiday When gorgeous assassin Caeda breaks her own rule, she becomes the hunted (18/Jan/08)

6. Caeda: The Death Blow The beautiful assassin tries her hand at love and happiness, but finds out that her hands are better suited to killing. (07/Apr/08)

The next four chapters tell Caeda's life story, and it ain't easy.

7. Caeda: The Assassin's Call What does it take to make a cold blooded assassin? Caeda knows all too well. (24/Dec/08)

8. Caeda: Into the Shadows Caeda begins her training and his honed by the most dangerous man in the world. (24/Dec/08)

9. Caeda: The Dark Path World travels, high adventure, and big money lure Caeda down a shadowy road. (07/Jan/09)

10. Caeda: Enter the Black Gate Amaris tries to escape her fate, but after tragedy, Caeda is born. conclusion (12/Jan/09)

11. Caeda: Back to Business The beautiful assassin goes on an impossible mission and proves why she's the best in the world. (15/May/09)

The end of Caeda's story begins and ends in the next two chapters.

12. Caeda: The Last Mark One more to kill... (18/Sep/09)

13. Caeda: Alive or Dead Caeda has ended lots of lives, but can she save her own... (24/Sep/09)

I brought this series to a close. Thank you to everyone who read Caeda and helped me make her story better with your encouragement and comments.

The Mound Builders

This story was written for Halloween. It's set in the mid 1970's and focuses on a high school English teacher and her family who live and work in what seems like a little piece of paradise in Ohio until strange things start happening that no one can explain. Before long every one is fighting for their lives, and most are losing.

One note is to completely ignore the chapter names on my bookshelf list. This story was going to only be two or three chapters then ballooned. I'm not concerned about it though. Like always, I enjoyed writing it.

The Characters

Anna Bernhardt: She is a full blood Native American with the most wonderfully naturally muscled body that anyone has ever seen. She's exotic and beautiful and extremely strong. She is independent, deep thinking, and tight lipped about things in her past.

Mike Bernhardt: Anna's husband is a Vietnam War veteran who works at an office job that could provide for his entire family, but isn't upset that his beautiful wife Anna wants to teach. He thinks it's strange that he loves his wife's muscles, but he loves them just the same and unlike some other guys of the era is completely against repressing his wife in anyway. Although he has no idea how much he doesn't know about his wife and her life.

Alex Bernhardt: He's Anna's young son from her first marriage to a soldier who died in Vietnam when Alex was just a baby. Alex is also full blood Native American. He's been coddled by his mother and is rather weak and sickly. He and his step father don't often see eye to eye.

Ethan Chase: His past is unknown and so are his motivations, but he might be the only person who knows what's happening. He might even be able to save lives if anyone will listen to him.

Cindy McAfee: She's one of Anna's students who goes missing when strange things start happening.

Mary: She is Cindy's best friend and one of the first people to notice how strange it is that her friend isn't at school.

Eddie: He's a high school stud who has a serious crush on Anna and also watches out for her son Alex to keep kids from picking on him.

The Colonel: He's a Air National Guard officer who is sent to investigate what might be happening, but quickly realizes that this is bigger than his ability to contain or control.

The General: He is an old warrior who wants to contain this situation and not embarrased the governor who is in a campaign for reelection. He quickly realizes that this is more than even he can understand.

Jack Waller: He's a retired sheriff who tries to keep people safe.

Tom and Eli: Are two men who are caught up in the turmoil and form a bond that might lead to both of their deaths.

The Chapters

1.  The Mound Builders (30/Oct/10)

2.  The Mound Builders. (11/Nov/10)

3.  The Mound Builders..  (30/Nov/10)

4.  The Mound Builders... (20/Jan/11)

5.  The Mound Builders.... (14/Mar/11)

6.  The Mound Builders..... (27/Apr/11)

7.  The Mound Builders Finale part 1 (13/May/11)

8.  The Mound Builders: Finale part 2 (26/May/11)

I hope everyone enjoyed the Mound Builders. I plan to write another Halloween themed story in the future. I'm not sure what it'll be about, but I might be able to come up with something.

Stand Alone Stories:

I've written a few stories that aren't part of any series.

Halloween Special

This story isn't part of a series, but it does use characters from Coping with Power and Power and Fury. I came up with the idea for this story a couple of days before Halloween, and I had to write really quickly to get it posted before Halloween itself.

Big All Over

Big All Over (11/Mar/09)

BAO is really three chapters that I wrote for a message board.  Once again I have to thank Michael-Leonard for compiling the stories and posting them here on Diana the Valkyrie.

The Forgotten Palace

I got a character type suggestion from Mongoose750 and even if he didn't mean it to, it gave me an idea for an entirely new story. I got the first half of it posted a little while ago. The second half will be here soon. I promise... okay this time I really do promise. I started writing it already and hopefully it will turn out good.

The Forgotten Palace A ruthless king imprisoned by a mighty queen longs for a strong woman able to break him free (23/Oct/09)

Okay! That's all of it. I hope this clears up some things, and if even one reader decides to jump into one of my stories because of this little guide then my work here has all been worth it :)

If you have any more questions or comments or if you just want to say hello, please e-mail me. dem2@hotmail.com