Forthcoming Fiction
When I'm not reading about Renaissance art, editing a PhD thesis, or wandering a local museum, I'm writing.
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Alchemy, art, heroes and heroines, epic fantasy, philosophy, cozy fireside finds, and the warmth of loving relationships - these are a few of the ideas that fuel my fictional worlds.
Ashley E. Mingus is currently seeking a literary agent for her debut novel, a magical realist fantasy romance, and is working on a poignant short story cycle for publication with Barnes & Noble Press.
Alike in Dignity
On the eve of peace talks between his country and their enemies of three hundred years, the captain of the Vatriaean army is sworn to uphold law and order above all else, and these he knows well. But as the peace talks begin, he hears...something. Is it music? It sweeps into his soul and gently brushes aside everything he has ever known to be true. And when he opens his eyes at last and sees the man who has summoned it, his entire world tilts dangerously on its axis.
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Currently querying
The Shops Series
A book doctor whose volumes take him across the globe but never outside his own front door; a glassblower who makes the most beautiful seaside ornaments while keeping her eye on the horizon for a long-lost treasure; an herbalist whose remedies can cure anything, except her own broken heart.
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All these tales and more live inside The Shops. Come and visit them for yourself.
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Forthcoming on barnesandnoble.com