Stories

Two poems about life, love and choosing my husband.

We make myriad choices every day, in cooking, editing, life and much more. Here are three poems to choose from, or you can embrace all three.

The follow-up to the first part of this story: The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor.

Jules Ross is a detective who loves a mystery, whether it’s on his own time or the police’s. He is very good at his job and always gets his … man?

Love doesn’t end. Its role changes.

Lonnie doesn’t stop loving Leo.
He stops trying to live inside that love.

Every cedar holds a spirit. Every spirit longs for home.

When a young Japanese cedar sapling is transported to a Canadian zoo for a new “Trees of the World” exhibit, no one realizes it carries with it a kodama—an ancient tree spirit torn from its home. As the cedar begins to wither, strange phenomena ripple through the zoo, and a girl named Maureen O’Neil decides to find out why. With her mother's support, Maureen challenges the botanist who brought the tree overseas. A violent storm reveals the truth so, together, child, mother, and scientist undertake a journey to restore nature's balance.

Sitting in an interrogation room, Manny is unsure as to why the Department of Homeland Security wants to talk to him. At least, not until a flash drive is set on the table. His time in Castine, Maine was about to be used against him.

Michael Jimenez has reached the pinnacle of his comedy career. He's about to tell the world's most important and fabled joke in history. How will the audience receive it?

Charlie has always done the right thing. Now, before going to university and then on to medical school, he decides he needs to get away for a year to learn about himself and the world, much to his parents' chagrin. So, he puts University on hold and decides to travel. Will he find what he's looking for?

This is poetry written during my recent depressive cycle. I'm learning to accept depression as part of myself rather than as something separate from me.

For those who may not know, 'black dog' is a metaphor for depression or melancholy.

Matthew is torn from the only world he knows and thrown into fear and uncertainty. Andrew, a passionate writer, discovers more than he bargained for while researching for his book on human trafficking. Read this world-spanning story and learn how their paths cross. Sold Into Freedom is a harrowing yet hopeful tale of survival, resilience, friendship and love.