Refugium - Stories

A yard sale purchase provokes an unexpected reaction.

A romantic vignette for the character of Andrew Pendergast from James Howard Kunstler's World Made by Hand series

Monologue by the manager of Brain Torture Hotel, located somewhere within each of our brains, where all our most self-destructive habits find a warm welcome

A romance suggested by the song "Waltzing with Bears," a song by Dale Marxen adapted from the Dr. Seuss song of the same name. Although the "present day" of the story is 2011, the events related in it take place in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.

Grant and Russell's relationship is mirrored in the relationship of their two cats.

The day after Tombstone, Arizona's most famous gun battle, A.J. Ritter, the undertaker responsible for preparing the bodies of the victims, meets a young man who worked for the Clantons.

Andy's father pushes him to take a position as assistant to a gambler. No one but Andy seems to notice that his new employer is a snake. An actual, scaly, fork-tongued, yellow-eyed, limbless reptile.

A king with an open secret, six sons blocked from normal human adulthood, and a daughter who tries to save them by her silence. Based on "The Six Swans," "The Seven Ravens," etc., and the Oedipus cycle. In four parts.

The suitor who wishes to marry Princess Bluze must accompany her to the fairy ballroom. Many refuse...

If you’ve ever been confused by the British monetary system, then this explanation, a judicious balance of truth and lies, probably won’t help.