Stories

Things get even more dangerous than ever for Malik and his friends in the second book of the Hazardous series. Get ready for new characters, new fights, and new places.

Special kudos to my off site beta reader, Hilary. She's amazing.

The Andiol Empire is torn apart by a merciless civil war. In the capital of Dimalos, old allies and unexpected companions navigate danger, betrayal, and brief moments of hope as blood runs through the streets. Choosing the wrong side can be fatal — especially when the enemy serves the Darkness.

"Everything important happens in Dimalos," Ikarr Knobnose once said. So it is on a certain evening, when a mismatched group gathers in an abandoned industrial district, though not all will see dawn.

Far in the north, Franz Landez gazes into the Mirror of Dreams, where a black tower rises beneath a blood red sky. Humanity is running out of time.

Have you ever wondered what happens in a furniture store after the lights go out? Neither have I. But here’s one story told from the point of view of one of the items waiting to be sold.

Some people have their lives together.

Other people spend twenty minutes trying to get their lives together when all they really want is to close a document without having to argue with their computer, themselves, and several imaginary witnesses.

And then there are some documents that simply don't want to be written. They fight back like an old boyfriend you forgot you left in the closet. So the choice is yours to decide with who you want to sleep.

Barnaby the capybara crashes Val the penguin's romantic Antarctic birthday date with Steve the otter, accidentally warping them all back to a warm, firefly-lit Cretaceous jungle—turning a ruined evening into a perfect prehistoric getaway

The siege is over. The city is theirs. But for Darien Haskal and his feral Vanguard, the real war has just begun. Raymond of Toulouse has seized the Holy Lance and declared himself God's chosen commander. Baldwin of Edessa plots from the north, hungry for revenge. And somewhere in the Sultan's tent, a prince's back is being carved open to pay for Antioch's fall. The Vanguard marches south alone—extorting coastal cities, hunting spies in the hills, and building a sanctuary for outcasts. Jerusalem waits. But the road is paved with fanatics, betrayal, and the corpses of kings.

Bison Taunt thought his destiny was in the light, with the angels, but life, apparently, had other plans. He will have to find the way to his true destiny, with the help of his powerful heart. Demons will fall on his path.

Jacob continues his journey to form new bonds with his brothers while struggling to find his place after awakening to a brand new world. Will newfound friendships be broken? Will his first real love be lost? Those are the heart-wrenching questions Jacob must face with the ever-present fear of losing himself to light and shadow.

Aboard a deep-space explorer vessel, a strict lieutenant and a playful chief engineer navigate the pressures of active duty through a secret romance. To melt his partner's rigid professionalism, the engineer uses his hyper-precise cybernetic touch to drive the lieutenant into a helpless state of ticklish surrender—turning a breathless, playful ritual into a deep anchor at the edge of the galaxy.