Stories

On New Year’s Eve, Tony from PRIME and Colt from WOOF meet.

A portion of this story was previously published as part of a chapter in Solcar.

Three old men in a Nursing Home grumble about their lot.

We are most fragile at the beginning. Gifts have their greatest power then -- both the gifts that are given, and the gifts that are lovingly withheld.

Daniel was preparing to give up his life when he was offered another choice. He has three days to decide whether he can find one thing in his life that makes it worth living.

It all happened in that fateful day on the bus. Wes Craig was busy studying for an exam when an aloof Nick Hagen catches his eye. They share a brief moment that might have been contrived by fate, something that Wes is skeptical of ever believing. A story about two boys trying to uncover their feelings as they contemplate the complexities of their existence and how their paths crossed.

Mercy hospital holds a dark secret as a series of deaths begin...again. Shrouded under the veil of dead nuns that seem to appear as visions for those whose fate is about to be determined.

Cody and Damian, blessed with an untimely history, meet again on New Year's Eve. Will this be the final time?

The Pillars of Nature are the being of natural balence. Long ago a human cult killed the pillars and thus threw the world out of balence. Now, however the Pillars have been revived in five reform school kids. It is now their job to restore balece.

Carl Waite goes out for his morning walk in the park, and along the way he passes an old man sitting on a park bench. Since the man looks sad and appears down in the dumps, Carl wishes him Merry Christmas. The old man, who we later learn is Bob Swartz, responds, “What is there to be merry about?” Carl immediately stops so he can find out why the man reacted this way.