Stories

This is a story about the precarious balance between life and death, and love and hate. Chester is perched on a knife edge, looking back instead of forward because he has secrets... shameful ones, and he has never felt so alone. Is peace ever going to be his?

This a love story. A challenging, bittersweet romance between a poet and a painter. Tarek loves Tommy, who suffers from depression and mental illness. They are happy – for a time.

In a magical world, heavy with expectations for the ruling family, Prince Terryn is reluctant to accept a role he was born for, but not made for. If he wants to escape the throne, the time is now, but what does Fate have in store for him?

They lived happily together. And then something ripped them apart.

The world: full of dangers unknown, but those who watch step in when needed.

And sometimes need help from those they protect.

What happens when the person who was supposed to be a one-night stand suddenly and unexpectedly shows up for an interview to be the new assistant principal at my school? I tried to act like nothing happened. He convinced me to give him one date and see what happens..

Brian is having trouble trusting people after his ex fiancé broke his heart. Timothy is determined to change that.
It would be easier if Timothy wasn’t so good looking. Or so affectionate. Or his ex-fiance’s younger brother.

Martin Pop is the vein of magic people who show up, fix the problems a family is experiencing and then leaves. He is a creature of magic like Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee. Where he goes healing, love, and happiness is bound to follow. Martin, unlike the others, finds himself working in the United States rather than England or Australia, because unfortunately Americans need that type of magic more right now. What happens when this magic man is called to aid an injured soldier and his poor nephew? 

Written for the 2018 Fall Anthology - Fight Back and/or Good Intentions

Encounters on public transport are mostly fleeting, raising questions, never to be answered. Liam Kendrick needs to make some important decisions. While considering his own life, he observes a stranger's as they both commute back and forth.