Stories

Elliot has been unemployed since walking out of his job a year and a half ago. He enjoys working at the garage with Max, but also misses being a lawyer. He makes his decision after being reminded of good and bad aspects of his former career. Will he ultimately choose to be a lawyer or mechanic?

Starting college can be difficult for a lot of people. For LGBTQ youth, it can be particularly difficult. Navigating a new environment and making new friends is a daunting prospect for Taylor, who finds college life isn't quite what they expected.

Kids will be kids, no matter what species they are.

April is National Poetry Writing Month, and this is my collection for 2021. The goal is to write 30 poems (one per day) throughout the month. The majority of poems are responses to prompts supplied by Jan Hutchinson. Since I turn fifty this year, a lot of them will feature remembrances, musings, and thoughts about the next fifty. A retrospective of my life.

Patrick is accused of a heinous crime, which threatens to destroy his career and entire life, whether he's guilty or not.

Cory and Mark are BFFs who have faced all of life’s milestones together. They’re about to travel a dark path, until realizing the light will shine again on a different day. This story is an exploration of friendship and grief, and may be difficult for some to read.

April is National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), and the challenge is to write 30 poems (one per day) throughout the month. This year, I decided to do something a little different. Each day (or every other day, depending on my mood) I will write a 'postcard'--a short poem about my daily dealings with the COVID-19 pandemic. I will also write other poems as the mood (and daily prompts) strike me. I think it will be an interesting exercise to see how the poems change across the course of the month.

After betraying his lover, Samuel is determined to make things right, no matter what the cost. They flee Oscar's captors, only to be confronted by the very truth that put them in their predicament in the first place.

Freak. Introvert. Loner. Bachelor. After clicking on a random Facebook link, Jason discovers a new word to describe himself. One that will change his life.

Evil comes in all shapes and sizes.