I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn.

Trash Heaven has been Didi Duke’s home for as long as she can remember. The dumping ground of the galaxy provides her with everything she’s ever needed or wanted. Except, maybe, the attention of her inventor father, always busy with his next creation. Good thing he’s passed on his talents to his sixteen-year-old daughter. With the company of her best friend—the cyborg crow, Pip—Didi is happy to scour her territory for treasures discarded as trash. But, when an evil Underlord kidnaps her father, Didi can no longer hide herself away in the garbage. Her plan to resurrect a retired cyborg gunslinger and rescue her dad leads her into danger and the heart of the rotting planet—Trash City. She’ll figure out the rest of her plan—eventually.

Didi and the Gunslinger

Didi gulps a large bite of the most delicious food she's had since leaving the Oasis and groans softly to herself as her stomach protests that newest morsel. Her grandparents smile with indulgent kindness while she helps herself to yet another serving of the sweetest, most decadent delight that's ever passed her lips.


She feels her cheeks tingle in response as Emily nods at the large slice of moist, dark yumminess that's topped off the best meal ever. "It's called chocolate cake. I'm so glad you like it."


Didi licks a small drip of it from the back of her hand and nods, knowing she's being rude and acting like a bumpkin but unable to help herself. "It's delicious." Those two words don't begin to describe her opinion about this amazing thing called chocolate.


"And rare," Solomon says, smiling. "It was your mother's favorite, too. And mine as a boy. Try as we might, the beans it comes from won't grow anywhere but on Colony One, where they originate."


Chapter 82: Family Dinner