The Dark Queen
An Archaeological Short Story

A Supernatural thriller short story Although, this story may be short in words it nevertheless packs quite a bit in its 16 pages. “The Dark Queen” is the story of a sunken city, of lost goddess and of Lara who is determined to find her. I am not a fan of short stories but honestly with Ms. Penn’s I ma......more

I'm not J.F. Penn's ideal reader as I don't usually go for supernatural thrillers, but I bought this audio short to test out the whole Payhip-to-BookFunnel app purchase sequence. And ended up enjoying the story! It's very short (21 minutes) but a nicely constructed tale with a satisfying ending. I'm......more

I received a free copy for my honest review. The Dark Queen's a short story, that you wish Penn would have written into a full story and it's really good reading. I never really bothered with short stories, till the late Marina Keegan made me realize, I was missing out on some really good reading by......more

This is a very short story, about 15 minutes for me, but it does pack quite a bit into that short space. It's an object lesson in pared-down writing with hardly a word wasted. Unfortunately, I felt that for me it was cut down too much as I think that the story deserved more detail to fully do it jus......more