Dust Storm: A Short Story
Sumire Book 2
Sanderley Studios.
ASIN B0CSK3HW47
This was the second story I have read that was written as Lilania Begley by Cedar Sanderson, and I picked it up the day it released and read it as soon as I finished the book I had been working on. As soon as I finished it I used adaptive technology and listened to it. It is an excellent read, and is now listed as book two in the Sumire series. I look forward to reading other works published by Cedar Sanderson as Lilania Begley, and seeing where things go on Sumire and other stories written under these pen names. .
The description of this volume states:
“The deadly planet of Sumire continues to hold secrets. Lyndi of the Space Patrol must make an arrest, before the threatening dust storm arrives. Her partner is a man she can't trust, whose name she doesn't even know. Racing against time, and the threat of the Djinn, they might not make it...”
We are informed about the author in book 1 that:
“Lilania Begley is the open penname of Cedar Sanderson. The author has a long-held love for all things Western, having grown up in Oregon, Alaska, and finally settling in Texas after a lifetime of moving from coast to coast. As she is also a romantic soul, writing Western Romances came naturally to her pen. Now that she's inspired anew by the wide-open landscapes of North Texas with the horses and longhorns wandering the range, you can expect to see more from Lilania!”
And in the introduction Cedar lays the blame clearly at certain authors feet, when she states:
“To begin with, this is Dorothy’s fault.
And to go on with, it’s CV Walter’s fault, too.
Without them, I might never have become interested in writing romance again, at least, not seriously enough to start doing it again. But here it is, the third of the stories under my middle-and-married penname.
It is a short story (and for less money than a candy bar costs these days) and I don’t currently plan any novels. Maybe next year.
If you’d like to explore my work further, you will find much, much more under Cedar Sanderson. At least for now. Thanks to Dorothy and CV, I plan to make 2024 a year for love. Of a man for a woman, but also, for love of writing just to have fun again.
Enjoy!”
I really did enjoy this second story set on Sumire. It is an excellent read and I can easily recommend it to you. Before reading this I went hunting book books as Lilania and found that one is published as a short story like this one and one is in the Raconteur Press Anthology18 He Was Dead When I Got There. I had already picked up the anthology but had not read it yet, and then I grabbed the other story under this pen name. But back to this story.
This story was really well written. Especially if you follow Cedar on social media and read about the writing process for these short stories. As soon as I finished it I give it another read. And I desperately hope we get more stories with these characters and set in this world. It sort of feels like it could be a story in the Firefly universe or even Babylon 5. The characters are well written. The story fast paced and full or surprises. It is an wonderful story with a bit of mystery and a bit of romance and some sleuthing. However the story does end leaving us with many unanswered question. So we can only hope there are more. This one expands the universe we encountered in the first, including a surprise undercover agent.
The cover by Sanderson has such a classic Science Fiction look and feel to it. Just looking at the cover took me back to learning to read 40 years ago and all the Sci-Fi I read back then. And that I appreciate again now with stories by Sanderson and others I have discovered over the last few years.
This is a great short story. Writing short stories is a very different skill and craft than writing novels. From what I have read by Sanderson she is a master of both. I have greatly enjoyed everything from Sanderson’s pen that I have read and look forward to reading more offering by her under the name of Lilania Begley. An excellent short story that I can easily recommend! Pick this or other stories by Sanderson or Sanderson as Begley I am certain you will be entertained.
Books by Cedar Sanderson:
A Time To Die
Legion
Snow in Her Eyes
Warp Resonance
The Dwarf's Dryad
One-Eyed Dragon
Memories of the Abyss
Little Red-Hood and the Wolf-man
Stargazer
The Eternity Symbiote
Plant Life
Sugar Skull
Snow Angel
Inktail & Friends: A Coloring Book
The Twisted Breath of God
Voyageur's Cap
Fairy Little Sister
Milkweed
Mindflow
The Groundskeeper Series:
Pixie for Hire Series:
Pixie Noir
Trickster Noir
Dragon Noir
…
Pixie for Hire: Omnibus Edition
Children of Myth Series:
Vulcan's Kittens
The God’s Wolfling
…
The Tanager Series:
Jade Star
Tanager's Fledglings
…
Witchward Series:
Possum Creek Massacre
…
Illustrated by Cedar:
Something Wicked #15
Jormungandr's Venom (Fenris Unchained Book 3)
Hunted Behavior
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Contributed to:
The Hearts' Enchantment
Calexit- The Anthology
Supernatural Streets
Something Wicked Anthology, Vol One
Something Wicked #15
Mythic Delirium Magazine Issue 0.4
The Haunted Library Anthology: Volume 1
But Not Broken - Hope and Healing Book 2
Postcards From Mars - Postcard Stories Book 1
Space Cowboys - Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 4
Space Cowboys 2: Electric Rodeo - Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 5
Twisted Tropes
Steam-Powered Postcards - Postcard Stories Book 2
Space Marines - Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 6
Fanta-Fly Postcards: A Micro-Fiction Collection
Postcards from Foolz: A Micro-Fiction Collection
Falcons of Malta
Space Marines 2 - Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 9
Single Servings of Liberty - Postcard Stories Book 5
Tales From The Occupation: A Fae Wars Book 4
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Books as Lilania Begley:
Slice of Pie
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Sumire Series:
Bluehills Series:
Contributed to as Lilania Begley:
He Was Dead When I got There
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