Stories

A bard decides to take action to recover unpaid monies due. A perfectly reasonable task which involves him in unreasonable and unforeseen consequences.

NumbaCruncha begins with a chilling peek into the near future, then takes a thousand year leap to Oasis, a future city-state in which the human aptitude for duplicitous and unjust social schemes has reached its logical culmination in a flesh-crawlingly evil dystopia ruled by the most unpleasant gang of conmen and women you're ever likely to encounter. A couple of young scientists who have recently invented a new means of transport, decide to do something about it, despite the tremendous odds.

Meanwhile, out in the forest, the secret weapon designed by intelligent, decent men a thousand years previously, is patiently waiting.

A short about death, The Last Goodbye, as possibly seen from being on a different plane, not the living plane. Not so much a story as an impulse written on waking, something I need to get out of my system. Was it a dream? A vision? A communication from beyond? I don't know, maybe you do.

The Easiest Thing in the World, and other poems to mark third anniversary of the Pulse attack

**Warning: I don't think these should be read by anyone**

It’s 2020 and people are struggling with how they will be able to spend Christmas with their families, due to the pandemic. Tony and his partner, Jeremy, have devised a way they can safely spend Christmas with Jeremy’s family, but will everyone be happy with it?

Avery comes across a new partner months after having broken-up with his cheat of an ex, Alonso. Is his body's rebounded sensitivity a response to Clint's proximity, or has Ave not fully gotten over his ex?

Brett Davenport and César Abelló convince their Georgetown neighbors to combine their 4^th of July celebrations into a block party. With their segment of Prospect Street closed off, children play on the street and adults cross from one house to another undisturbed by traffic. CJ and Owen ensure Carson Sawyer, part of the group being assembled to propel CJ to public office, meets one of the block’s wealthy and connected residents. Liebe has a flashback to the park shooting and a friend from Mexico City visits.

A troubled mind often finds the strangest of sanctuaries and when the mystery unfolds we see where human strength lies.

Vic just wants the last two years of his new high school to be calm, boring even. But the kiss from his best friend at New Years throws that out the window. And then there is his past that doesn't seem to stop haunting him. Will he be able to form new relationships and let go of old ones?

In the year 2018, the War on Terrorism has consumed the American conscience—and the American economy. There are still, however, moments of light and love to be found.