Stories

A young boys' misadventure leads to the creation of a unique friendship between man and beast that lasts a life time.

Marna lives in a time when a computer matches everyone by genetic compatibility, but not by love. What happens when she decides to alter this system? Even worse, what happens when she finds two brothers who meet the very things she is looking for in a mate? Will she find her heart's desire?

Owen met Cooper online and they became friends but that's as far as things could go. Then Cooper disappears and Owen is awakened to pounding on his door in the middle of the night.

Everyone knows a bite from a shifter can turn a human, but what happens if something else gets bitten?

Orono, Maine had been panicked by a curious serial killer. The killer always leaves a fancy hat, called a fascinator, at the scene of the crime.

The few clues point toward a female perpetrator, which is fairly unusual. As little as 8% up to 17% of serial killers are women. The killing method is always different. The victims apparently have nothing in common. And the only common clue besides the hat is a few strands of hair, likely a woman’s. Other clues indicating a woman killer are left but are as random as the victims.

Is the woman who has that hair the suspect, or is it a case of massive misdirection?

What do a faery godmother and two androids have in common? Evil Stepmothers of course. I hope you enjoy this re-telling of Cinderella.

This is a story of commitment.

Royce Hunter is a recent graduate from a Nursing School and it isn’t long before he’s hired to work the night shift at a nursing home. His first shift begins on Halloween and he soon learns that there is more than just the elderly patients in the building.

Ben Miller is a paralegal with the Hennepin County District Attorney's office and he has an unpleasant task, returning a runaway boy home to a tiny town in northern Minnesota. The teen, Clay Taukkala's, behavior is a little strange and so Ben asks his boyfriend, Rush Romer, to ride with on this road trip. They begin delving into the boy's emotional reactions and discover the real story about what happened to him. Not everything is as it seems.

These are my responses to some of the story prompts found in the forum. Click on the "Link to prompt" at the end of each story for details of the prompt and to see what other authors have come up with. This is my 2013 collection.