Joyce Reynolds-Ward
Joyce writes speculative fiction from the wide open spaces of Northeastern Oregon.
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Joyce Reynolds-Ward is a speculative fiction writer who splits her time between Enterprise and Portland, Oregon. Her short stories have appeared in Well…It’s Your Cow, Children of a Different Sky, Steam. And Dragons, Allegory, River, and Fantasy Scroll Magazine, among others. Her books include Shadow Harvest, Alien Savvy, Netwalking Space, Pledges of Honor (2018 Self Published Fantasy BlogOff Semifinalist), Challenges of Honor, and Klone’s Stronghold. Projected 2019 book publications include Beating the Apocalypse and Choices of Honor. Joyce has edited two anthologies, Pulling Up Stakes (2018), and Whimsical Beasts (2019). Besides writing, Joyce enjoys reading, quilting, horses, skiing, and outdoor activities. She has been a member of Soroptimist International of Wallowa County since 2017.
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Interview with the Martiniere
Published Feb 27, 2021 · 6,946 words (26 minutes) · 7 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Romance Martiniere Legacy Mind control technology hidden history happily ever after corporate soap opera cyborgs relationships interview
One of the biggest reporters of the era interviews Gabriel Martiniere and Ruby Barkley about their past and their current roles as the Martiniere and the Matriarch. But there is more than one interview going on...and Ruby continues to learn more about Gabe's secretive past during the years they spent apart. A BROKEN ANGEL preview.
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That Redheaded Rodeo Queen
Published Jan 30, 2021 · 9,217 words (34 minutes) · 141 views
Science Fiction Romance western horses literary science fiction Western Science Fiction Rodeo
Gabriel Martiniere's on the run from his vindictive uncle who wants him dead, hiding out on the rodeo circuit as Gabe Ramirez. And then he encounters a redheaded rodeo queen who also happens to be majoring in agricultural robotics...what's going to win out, Gabe's need to run...or his attraction to Ruby Barkley?
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First Christmas Together
Published Dec 25, 2020 · 7,024 words (26 minutes) · 315 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction #Christmas #relationships western literary science fiction dystopian strong women characters secret identity happy ending
Gabe and Ruby's first Christmas together is a wee bit...fraught, one might say. Follows FIRST MEETINGS. Rough draft limited availability story.
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That Martiniere Look: A Martiniere Legacy Outtake Short Story
Published Oct 19, 2020 · 2,038 words (8 minutes) · 231 views
An outtake from INHERITANCE--Book One of THE MARTINIERE LEGACY. Ruby realizes where she's seen a certain expression on Gabe's face before.
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Foraging
Published Aug 5, 2019 · 1,033 words (4 minutes) · 341 views
Fantasy #choices of honor #judgment of honor #goddess #vignette character study
Character sketch/outtake from JUDGMENT OF HONOR (out December 2019/January 2020). Betsona ea Ralsem deals with a distressing loss while trying to fix lunch. Set shortly after the end of CHOICES OF HONOR (out August 31, 2019).
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Electoral Changes
Published May 4, 2019 · 979 words (4 minutes) · 547 views
Horror Satire gargoyles political allegory political campaigns
Campaign manager Molly Martinez has a bigger problem than she anticipated when her friend Reed McAllen, the manager for the candidate in the next Congressional district, disappears. Things are not what they seem to be....
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Jay Lake and the Ski Bum Zombies
Published Apr 5, 2019 · 2,504 words (10 minutes) · 1213 views
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Previously published in JAY LAKE: INTELLIGENTLY REDESIGNED (2008). A limited edition anthology edited by J.K. Richard, written by friends of Jay Lake for Jay after his first bout with colon cancer. One of my very few zombie stories, written during my hardcore ski bum days while teaching special education classes at Welches Middle School. Several of my students advised me on the appropriate jargon for the era. Ah, Jay. You left us far too soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Protecting the Protectors
Published Mar 27, 2019 · 2,094 words (8 minutes) · 473 views
Science Fiction #science fiction #netwalk sequence #strong female character #security downtime #touch of ptsd
An outtake from the NETWALK SEQUENCE series. Back in 2013 I played around with some different perspectives while trying to get up the nerve to write the last two books of the current series. This one looks at the relationship between the couple who lead Melanie Fielding's Security--set between NETWALKER UPRISING and NETWALK'S CHILDREN.
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River-Kissed
Published Mar 11, 2019 · 3,991 words (15 minutes) · 521 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction post-apocalypse River shapeshifting transformation journey
An older woman seeks transformation in order to help her people. But can she successfully complete her pilgrimage and join with the River? Originally published in Alma Alexander's anthology RIVER.
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So Sorry About Your Loss
Published Mar 5, 2019 · 1,180 words (5 minutes) · 517 views
Horror Science Fiction dark #alien invasion #badbad greeting cards
A rather grim take on greeting cards, inspired by a former colleague's exasperated comment that "there's a greeting card for EVERYTHING these days!"
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