Stories

Some faery tales start with a kiss; some end with a kiss. They all take place in a perfect world. Well, if you don't count the wicked step-mother and the prince-eating dragon. This is my version of a modern faery tale. There are no wicked step-mothers nor prince-eating dragons, but not everything is exactly perfect either. And it all starts with a kiss...

Jason Bester has been through hell. Betrayed, ruined, and desolate, his life seems over. Like a biblical angel, Ronan Koken saves him, helps him find himself anew, and heals him. From there, Jason shall become more than he could have possibly imagined, to face things no one could have imagined.

2006 Fall Anthology -- needs formatting

Billy is from a poor family and lives on a small farm with his single mother and grandparents. Billy is instantly attracted to the new kid, David, but there might be a problem. David’s father isn’t happy with them being friends. Can they convince him to accept their friendship? (This story is set in the 1980s and 1990s.

A first boyfriend, loyal friends, a stepfather he could do without, the snakes, frogs and lizards that hang out with a nice guy who wants to be more than friends, and the return of his best friend, who was pulled into a strangers car when they were eight years old and disappeared. No one ever told Jesse that growing up would be easy. When it wasn’t, he was always confident that he could hold his own. But one situation after another reduces even the sturdiest parts of his world to pieces.

Leaving college is a time of many changes. Find a home, a job, a next step in life... Some people have it all planned out, others just fall into what they get. Kenneth knows how to make things happen, but will he get a chance to...

2006 Fall Anthology -- A young man faces the consequences of a religous ritual and finds faith in places he never dreamed possible in this first person account of the last year in the life of a human sacrifice during pagan times.

Ben is a short story spinoff of Circumnavigation, though it can be read alone.

Written for the Fairy Tales special anthology edition, but I missed the deadline, decided to post it anyway. As the title hints, it is a very modern and high school version based loosely off the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. One of my favorite fairy tales.

2006 Summer Anthology

A shy, rule-following sixteen-year-old band geek from Kansas finds himself lost and lonely on a European tour—until a chance encounter in a Paris café with a daring local boy turns his world upside down. When he impulsively runs away from his marching band to spend three forbidden weeks exploring the city, Austin experiences his first taste of love, freedom, and rebellion. What begins as a teenage act of defiance becomes a life-changing journey through art, passion, and self-discovery—one that will forever change how he sees the world, and himself.