Maribeth Barber Albritton
Creating cosmos from chaos, one story at a time
Welcome!
As someone who loves creating cosmos from chaos, I am a storyteller at heart. Even in seasons requiring a fierce stubborn courage, I always try to find ways to tell myself and others a good, true, beautiful story.
As part of that broader storytelling bent, I currently serve as Executive Director of Cultivating Oaks Press and write Cultivating Magazine’s “Cultivating Motherhood” column. I was privileged to serve as Executive Assistant at The C.S. Lewis Foundation from 2022-2024.
I’m also a web designer, offering simple, functional, but beautiful websites to small businesses, creatives, and churches.
My self-published science-fiction novel, Operation Lionhearted, was a double-finalist in the 2022 Realm Awards (Debut & Science Fiction Categories). These days, I write “Letters from Crickhollow,” a Substack for those who want to cultivate beauty, grace, and courage amid their busy lives.
I’m so glad you dropped by my corner of the internet! Feel free to browse, explore my writing, and say “hello!”
Image of Maribeth Barber Albritton is copyright of Lancia E. Smith and used with her glad permission.
Operation Lionhearted
You can run from the past but you can’t hide forever
A double-finalist in the 2022 Realm Awards, Maribeth Barber Albritton’s debut novel Operation Lionhearted is a high-stakes adventure tale hearkening back to beloved science fiction stories like Star Wars and Star Trek.
Lindy Tremaine is proud of her work with the Meridian Intelligence Department. Clever, courageous, and armed with an uncanny intuition, she is determined to protect the planets of the Kellan Star System from villains and schemers, even if it means going undercover as a fashion journalist.
Tragedy, however, lies beneath Lindy’s self-possessed demeanor. She is an empath, a native of the war-torn Valya, and the man responsible for her mother’s death—the former prince Rael Navorre—still rules her home planet with an iron hand. Haunted by fragmented memories of bloodshed, Lindy refuses to revisit Valya or embrace her heritage, preferring to invest in her career and her adopted family.
But now Lindy and her best friend, Jo Camrin, have received the most daunting assignment of their MID careers: they must protect Valya’s exiled royal family during peace negotiations with Rael. Committed to this mission despite her fears, Lindy soon uncovers a web of lies and technological horrors…as well as the best-kept secret in the Star System.
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