Stories

Poetry composed for the 2017 Anthology, 'Jagged Edges.'

When I could stop, I didn't want to. When I wanted to stop, I couldn't.

Xerxes, Great King of Persia, plans to conquer the Greek lands. A poem.

Abe is gay, Tristan is straight. Abe is in love with Tristan, Tristan is in love with Abe. Confused? So is Tristan.

When Gerard is eight, he starts getting hurt without getting injured, and it doesn't take long for him to realise that he's experiencing someone else's pain. But when Gerard falls from his bike and ends up losing his foot, he dreams of flying through the countryside on a big red horse, and his whole life becomes about the desire to feel just as complete as he does when he's asleep.

Anthology Story: One last call. One last conversation between friends.

It was insane to think the whole world’s population had died in the span of a few weeks. If I focused on what I didn’t know, on the fear I’d never see another living soul, I’d start screaming and never stop.

So I didn’t.

A night out proves to be more tempting than Patrick ever thought possible.

We all have regrets in our pasts, we've all made mistakes. Sometimes they haunt us. What if we were truly able to change those mistakes?

You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere for things you will, and will not do, even for a good friend.