Stories

Explorers surveying the galaxy find something humbling and frightening.

Aged 10, Albert and his younger sister Florence went to live in the old house at Coldbrook with their parents. What happened there would change all of their lives.

A poem about loves journey

The Gift a hero can bring

At the time it seemed a good idea, but how it played out nearly cost Charlie his life. He had the big ranch, but his wife had died and all the kids didn't want anything to do with ranching. So he decided to sell and move into the city. Everything was good great until he decided to take that walk in the park.

Potluck Theme: Through a Glass Darkly

Grant makes a visit to Best Buy and encounters someone who has the possibility of changing and improving his life. The only question is, will it work out?

This is an entry for 2021 Anthology #1, alternative topic: But Wait; There's More

Distance can mean many things. One man considers love, separation, and getting the day job out of his head.

Jamison definitely missed his older brother, Johnny, when he went off to college. Especially since he's the only person in his family that he can talk to about being a gay teen in high school. So Jamison is overjoyed when he gets to take his very first bus trip out to see him for the weekend. It's a three hour ride, but when he meets another boy who seems to be heading in the same direction...that may not seem like enough time at all.

When my wife died, I decided to move back to Indiana, to spend more time with my grandson. Noticing that Cliff seemed despondent, I decided that a fall hike in Clifty Falls State Park was just what he needed. Suspecting that he was gay, it turned out he was, but his affect was related to something else entirely. We learned a lot about each other and the path we took turned out to be metaphorical as well.

Potluck Theme: National Forest

Jace is a good kid, guy next door, dutiful to his mother, respected by everyone he meets. All that changes when he walks in on something that spurred him to action, an action that forces himself to look into the mirror and wonder just who he was. He doesn't have time right now though, right now he has to run.