The Fantastical Life of Serenity: A collection of short stories about what could be... but not quite is.

by Serenity Valle

Overview

Serenity is your average, every day, somewhat nerdy young woman with a good job and a fairly non-existent social life. Though pretty, she hasn't had a date in three years. She leads an overly mundane existence until, one night, a life-altering event shows her that maybe things aren't so boring after all. During her awakening, she meets an unlikely traveler to help her on her journey. This anthology of five short stories unlocks doors hidden in-between worlds as it weaves a new perspective for Serenity to discover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491209974
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/28/2013
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Serenity the Author: Serenity began writing short stories when she was 7 years old. She illustrated these stories as well, even though now she admits she can't draw. Her parents would buy her extra school notebooks to write her stories in and her favourite place to write was under the carport during a rainstorm. She would sit at the picnic table and write for hours during summer storms. While still in high school, Serenity had nearly finished writing a full length novel. Unfortunately, the notebook fell out of her backpack during her Junior year (she believes on the bus) and was never found. Devastated, she turned from writing and threw herself into drama. For many years she participated in school musicals and community theater. She even had a very small (uncredited) part in the 2001 Tim Burton film "Planet of the Apes". She did get to meet Burton though and said he was "eccentric but very nice". She also did some modeling in the past few years and continues to pursue that venue as well.

During this time she began writing again for an online RPG game based on the show "La Femme Nikita" (one of her favourite shows of all time). Slowly, she began to have ideas for her own stories again but always found that the middle of the story was missing. She wrote the beginning and left it until her block was defeated. Just recently, Serenity started writing again full force and has recently published her first book, an anthology of short stories. She has completed a companion novella to the book and is currently writing a paranormal mystery romance series.

Serenity & Then Some: Serenity is the wife of an author. She is mum to 3 boys, currently aged 20, 16 and 20 months. Serenity graduated from Cerro Coso Community College in 2002 with two Associates Degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities, then went on to graduate in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelors in Psychology and a minor in Latin American/Latino Studies. She is a proud Banana Slug and a proud sister of Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority. In the little free time she has between family and writing, she enjoys gardening, reading, crafting things, henna art, and watching such shows as Burn Notice, Covert Affairs, Warehouse 13, Law & Order SVU, Kitchen Nightmares, Project Runway and others.