Stories

Another episode from the files of Detective Gennaro Saggio. Detective Saggio is off for the fourth of July. Simon Gallagher, his partner, is copied on the murder email this time around.

Prompt #9 - Creative scene by @wildone

You run into school knowing you are late, again. You quickly stop at your locker and ditch your jacket and grab some books. As usual the halls are quiet during classes. You dash to your classroom, open the door and start on your explanation and stop. No one is there. No teacher, no other students. You leave and look at other classrooms, all empty. You check your phone and it is actually a school day and not a holiday or anything else. What's happening?

Finding commonality with other people is a powerful thing.

Book 3 in the Jacksonville Jaunts series centers around Bart Hamilton. Bart was once a teammate of Carlo Marini's on the cross-country team. Even as a senior in high school, Bart was unsure of his sexuality. He waffled between thinking he was gay, bi, and periodically straight since his early teens. It wasn't until after he turned thirty-four before his feelings were cemented on the gay side of the fence. That was when a man named Noah Hankins changed his life for good.

A Myth in Eight Parts

I wrote this many years ago as an experiment in building a cast of characters and finding ways to weave their stories together. I didn't realize until recently I only ever posted the first section on this site. It's been a treat to revisit this old tale with new eyes.

The Empire is torn into two, with brothers competing for the throne. War divides families and upends lives. The people suffer and plead to the Four Gods for deliverance -- but the Gods move in mysterious and unexpected and not always entirely pleasant ways.

Prompt Team member Aditus provided the ending to a story and challenged GA members to continue the story until the beginning. Let's just say that the membership delivered in a big way! Here is the collaboration created by GA members Thirdly, Valkyrie, Tim Hobson, Paladin, LJCC, E K Stokes, Bryson, and Aditus.

We meet Zelt and learn why he missed a train. Buckle up, because you're in for one heck of a ride!

"Pale Blue Dot" is a collection of six short stories that introduce the five main characters of "I," a long dystopian sci-fi novel featuring anthropomorphic characters. Before the main series begins, these spin-offs will establish the world and prequels will introduce the characters, leading up to the serialization.

As a wolf born of mixed blood, unaccepted by his pack, how does the gray wolf Richter come to understand his power, get discovered by the Council, and ultimately get involved in a conspiracy that concerns the fate of all life in the solar system?

Every story has a beginning...

Prompt 263: First line: "It's behind me, isn't it."

Centaurus 4 is the latest mission to Proxima Centauri b. Three attempts to reach the distant planet were unmanned. The main reason for that was that Proxima Centauri b (PC-b) is 4.22 light-years (1.3 parsecs) from Earth. Recent advancements in space travel have reduced the travel time to 153 days at ten times light speed. The story takes place roughly two hundred years in our future.

Centaurus 4 has a crew of 16. The first three members of the crew have recently exited the ship and started their survey of the immediate area. What they experience is shocking, to say the least.

From a less than happy childhood Alex Mason escaped to the army in search of something, but what? With a facility for languages, a ruthless disregard for himself and a definite disposition towards solitude, he was recruited into the Special Forces and subsequently MI6.

His life was, with very few exceptions, empty. Until he met Ben, but Ben was another fleeting encounter, even if the connection between them was instant. Alex had a mission and it was dangerous, duty called, with no time for sentiment.