Stories

Juha is enjoying his quiet summer in the Finnish countryside when an attractive American appears. Adam is of Finnish descent and has come to learn about his roots. So Juha teaches him about sauna, and Adam teaches Juha something even more valuable.

The story of a man unable to let go.

Jordan, a boy of 11, develops a unique friendship with a silent boy on his way home from buying candy at the store.

Finn and Georgie are broke
Finn decides that he's going to give Georgie
The kind of Christmas he deserves.
Georgie decides he's going to show Finn
Why Finn is the man he loves.

Not even the Estate can crush that.

A new intern at the Grand Theatre is sent to find some costumes from the store. It doesn't prove easy ...

Not all fairies have wings and sprinkle pixie dust. Briar Toadthistle and Shade Sourthorn are attempting a mission they've failed before. If they don't succeed, their heads are on the line. Karma isn't limited to the human realm, though, and a choice made may prove more costly than either of them anticipated.

Coffee and a concussion; a dishwasher and a doctor. Okay, a doctor-wannabe. Politics isn’t the only thing that makes strange bedfellows. This became a chapter in "Pilots," published separately.

Chandler Drake is in middle school and rides the school bus that Bob Bell drives. They’re also neighbor’s, so when Bob sees that Chandler is being bullied, he wants to help. Bob does what he can, but he would like to do more. When he discovers a second boy, Nick Morenus, who lives nearby and rides a different bus, is going through a similar situation, Bob attempts to offer a solution to help both boys. Chandler has devised his own solution that works even better when combined with Bob’s proposal. Will this strategy solve their problem?

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘An Unconventional Gift’.

Being an account of the adventures of Sir Ilinot, a knight and bastard son of Arthur, King of Britain.

Shiro buys himself a present he is too scared to use, but it'll be OK, because Keith is there to help him