Stories

On a camping trip with friends, Matt discovers that his cabin's room isn't as empty as it seems.

Jesse is the son of a single mom growing up in Wellington, FL. He is bullied in school until he meets Seb, who becomes his protector and best friend. But during the wort summer of his life, Jesse finds himself alone and unprotected facing pain and loss he never expected.

After a challenging week at work, a night out drinking at The Humpback sounded perfect to Banner Hoyt. The following morning, at the Coast Guard station’s barracks, Banner feels energized but fuzzy on the previous evening’s events. It takes some time to recall everything and even longer to realize that night had changed his life forever.

Jace never thought he'd see Louis again, especially not at a wedding packed with old faces and even older drama. One encounter is all it takes for old feelings to come flooding back, making it impossible to pretend the past never happened. As the reception unfolds, Jace is forced to face just how much he's still carrying and, maybe, what he still wants.

David 'Dai' Davies' funeral is unusual. It all seems to be connected with the strange boy in the courtyard, the boy that everyone strains to avoid, that the family spurn and everyone is whispering about. Who is he and what has he done to have everyone reject him so bitterly?

2008 Spring Anthology

Dalton is a very bright young man, who gets to live overseas because of his parent's work and learn additional languages. After seven years of living in Singapore, Dalton and his parents and baby brother returned home to Australia, where they settled down to a reasonably normal life, that was until they made a trip to BC Canada, to visit Dalton's uncle Oliver and older Cousin Tyler, and life takes a dramatic turn...

A short story I started for an Anthology, but missed the deadline. Decided to finish it and show it anyway. It is about a man who find himself in an unexpected life after his tragic death.

A young police detective, Jeremy Krivyanik, is assigned to investigate the murder of a 16 year-old-gay boy, Scott Mahon, a week before Halloween. Will he be able to track down the murder and what will it take to complete his task successfully?

Chef Rowan's life is all about presentation. But when a disastrous "spite hike" leaves him injured and alone in the North Cascades, his perfectly curated world collapses. His rescuer isn't a park ranger, but Sam — a seven-foot-tall Sasquatch with a heart of gold and the culinary skills of a cement mixer. Trapped in a cozy den, Rowan's only companion is a gentle giant who believes a proper conversation sounds like a primetime news broadcast. As he stages a hostile takeover of the kitchen, Rowan discovers that the most authentic ingredient he's ever found might just be a cryptid who is more man than any he left behind.