Category Archives: Excerpts

Preview of YOUNGEST

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Debbie

Today I thought I’d give you a preview of one of my urban fantasy novels, Youngest. YOUNGEST Signs of the Prophecy, Book 1 by Debbie Mumford Gwen Vaughan pushed her linguistic textbooks away and stood, stretching the cramped muscles in … Continue reading →

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Prompt Openings: Mythology and Steampunk!

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Debbie

Stories often have blended starts. What if I put this together with that? What would happen? Would the result be interesting? In the case of To Dream of Flying, I found an obscure reference to a Native American tribe of … Continue reading →

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Prompt Openings: Faeries and Dragons!

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Debbie

One of the first stories I ever wrote was based on the idea of a family curse (?) passed from grandmother to granddaughter down through the ages. It skipped every other generation, so the mother of the next to inherit … Continue reading →

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Prompt Openings: Ghosts!

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Debbie

This week we’re moving from gambling to ghost stories. After all, it is almost Halloween! Twelve-year-old Hannah Barnes is just like all the other girls in her small town, except for one little detail: Hannah’s best friend is a ghost. … Continue reading →

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Prompt Openings: Gambling

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Debbie

I am not a gambler … in any sense of the word. BUT I was asked to write a short story dealing with games of chance. While SPINNING failed to make the cut for the anthology I wrote it for, … Continue reading →