Stories

There are leaps of faith. Is there a leap of hope? Originally written as a response to Prompt#448:" What did he just say?" It just kept growing.

Young Wesley has spent his life trying to be a decent boy. Always holding back, always trying to make the right decision. But when a young group of delinquents step into his life, they begin to free him from what he knew as being right and wrong. However, these other teens are a lot more than what they seem. Beware the full moon, the new moon, and every dark hour in between!

Carl Waite goes out for his morning walk in the park, and along the way he passes an old man sitting on a park bench. Since the man looks sad and appears down in the dumps, Carl wishes him Merry Christmas. The old man, who we later learn is Bob Swartz, responds, “What is there to be merry about?” Carl immediately stops so he can find out why the man reacted this way.

Rusty Parker has one big-ass problem, unlike any other big-ass problems he has ever had in his life. No, it’s not the impending sense of doom that comes with senior year and the fact that he has no idea what to do after or that he’s running out of kink ideas. No, it’s a very peculiar issue.

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Four friends find themselves, each other, and seek their fortune in the Eighties. However, things aren't as simple as they seem.

Two families decide to combine a summer vacation with a professional conference, convened to discuss a newly excavated ancient Roman Mithraeum.

Their teenage sons, James and Winston, meet for the first time on the flight to Munich. James is immediately infatuated with Winston. There’s more to this trip than either of the boys expect.

Michael MacPherson and Devin McCaskill are neighbors, but they don’t meet until they start kindergarten. They immediately become fast friends and inseparable, but it’s becoming clear that something isn’t as it seems. After an incident happens, Devin’s family suddenly moves away. Michael is devastated when he loses contact with his best friend.

A few years later, after Michael graduates from high school and is preparing to enter college, Devin suddenly reappears. Is it too late or will the boys be able to rekindle their friendship – or possibly more?

Andre the Omega and Rafe Gold are in luck. That, or they’re rather unfortunate, for they have been selected to be enrolled into the most prominent yet enigmatic educational institution for all species, humans and magi. Little do they know, they are stepping onto a battlefield, rife with internal war and unchecked by figures of authority. The two friends are caught in the middle of it and in need of help if they want to survive Ironward Academy.

Thirty year old Chris is an IT Specialist with his own business. He has a minor accident with a car driven by twenty four year old Beau. Unexpectedly this leads to a friendship that changes both their lives.

A young man is guided by the spirit of his dead grandmother