Stories

Will I ever be brave enough? Will I ever stop running? Will I ever smile and embrace it like an old friend, just like he did?

“We are not free. And the sky can still fall on our heads” – Antonin Artaud

Originally written for The Mentor Program – Fall Writing Project.

Like the namesake movie released in 2000, which is set in LA, What's Cooking (in NYC) explores the lives of four families as they make preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday. As with the movie, there is much unexpected drama, but with the added wrinkle that all four families, who are well-known to NYC Holidays readers, are waiting for loved ones to arrive on the same flight from California. When a glitch in Air Traffic Control occurs, anything can happen.

This is a collaboration with Aero1107.

John asked if he could use my main characters from "A Ticklish Thriller" in his story, "My Ticklish Grandsons," and create a backstory for Mikey and his family. I was extremely flattered and eagerly accepted and was even more surprised when he asked if I'd work with him on developing his story. Then that started an idea for a stand alone sequel to Thriller using his characters The Giovanni Clan which became "The Ticklish Brotherhood."

Flash Fiction

Little did Etienne know, the man he met and slept with at his family`s party turns out to be their business partner. Him being a vampire is not the worst case scenario either.

This story chronicles a day in the life of two men, who met in college and fell in love. It is short story depicting their ordinary lives and ordinary struggles with many real world issues. It also highlights how despite there not being a happily ever after, it's what we end up with in the end that matters.

Flash Fiction Piece --- pondering the afterlife

Nick has lost everything that ever mattered to him until Ryan unexpectedly breezes into his life. Swept away by Ryan’s love and unbridled zest for life, Nick is finally happy. But then Ryan abruptly falls terminally ill. While Nick struggles to save his love, he finds himself thrust into a perilous world of international intrigue, alien plots, and an epidemic that threatens to wipe out all life on Earth.