Welcome to Moonbeams & Starships
Where imagination remembers new possibilities.
Some places invite us to leave the world behind.
This place invites us to see it differently.
Welcome to the storytelling wing of my Temple, where fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, mythology, and speculative fiction become places to explore what humanity—and perhaps we ourselves—might become.
Here you'll discover civilizations shaped by different assumptions about community, belonging, courage, spirituality, love, and hope. Hidden worlds existing beside our own. Ancient myths walking through modern cities. Distant planets where elemental magic and forgotten technologies live side by side.
These stories aren't an escape from reality.
They're invitations to experience another possibility.
Whether you've come searching for
- Your next unforgettable series.
- The worlds behind my books.
- The story behind Moonbeams & Starships.
You're welcome here.
Take a look around.
Follow whichever doorway captures your imagination.
Find Your Next World
Every journey begins somewhere.
Distant civilizations where elemental magic shapes everyday life draw some readers.
Others find themselves wondering what might be hiding just beyond the edges of ordinary life.
Every world asks different questions.
Every journey offers something different.
The only question is:
Which one is calling your name?
Legends of Lairheim Series
An epic science-fantasy series set on a distant world where elemental magic, ancient civilizations, and forgotten technologies exist side by side.
These stories follow a civilization of people whose lives are shaped as much by friendship, community, and devotion as by danger, mystery, and adventure. As their world expands, so does their understanding of what becomes worth protecting—and what they’ll carry into the future.
If you enjoy richly imagined civilizations, memorable characters, expansive adventures, and stories that linger long after the final page, Lairheim may be waiting for you.
The Sentinel Witches Series
A dark urban fantasy series where mythology still breathes beneath modern Southern California.
For generations, the Sentinel Witches have protected humanity from daemons and ancient dangers most people never realize exist. Their stories blend mystery, mythology, friendship, family, magic, and the courage required to remain yourself when everything familiar begins to change.
If you're drawn to hidden worlds, living mythology, and ordinary lives unexpectedly intersecting with the extraordinary, you may find yourself stepping into the Sentinel Witches' world.
Beyond the Stories
Stories rarely end when we close the book.
Sometimes they leave us wondering how a civilization came to be, or they make us curious about the creative process behind them.
Other times, they simply refuse to leave us alone.
This library is where those conversations continue.
Here you'll find essays about worldbuilding, creativity, writing, books, and the discoveries that happen along the way. It's a place for readers, writers, and the endlessly curious.
Meet the Storyteller
If you've spent time wandering these worlds, you may find yourself wondering about the person behind them.
I've always been fascinated less by what is than by what could be. What if…
- A civilization grew from partnership rather than domination?
- Mythology remained part of everyday life?
- The sacred wasn't tucked away in temples, but woven naturally into ordinary existence?
Those questions became stories.
Today, they continue shaping every world I create.
If you'd like to know more about the strange path that led a Certified Public Accountant to become an author of fantasy, science fiction, and Goddess spirituality, I’d love to introduce myself.
The Temple Beyond These Stories
Moonbeams & Starships is one wing of a larger Temple.
While these stories explore possibility through imagination, the Temple explores many of the same questions through essays, spiritual reflection, sacred practices, and conversations centered on the Goddess and the Feminine Divine.
Neither replaces the other. Together, they form a fuller expression of the same vocation.
The Temple explores truth through reflection.
These stories explore truth through experience.
If you're curious about the larger landscape from which these worlds have grown, you're warmly invited to continue exploring.
Bring a World Home
Whenever you're ready, you'll find my novels, ebooks, paperbacks, bundles, and companion items in Tora's Mystical Emporium, the Temple's bookshop.
It's where these stories continue their journey beyond these pages and into the hands of readers who want to live with them a little longer.
Every world begins as a possibility.
Sometimes all it takes is stepping through the first doorway to discover you've been looking for it all along.