Stories

Martin Pop is the vein of magic people who show up, fix the problems a family is experiencing and then leaves. He is a creature of magic like Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee. Where he goes healing, love, and happiness is bound to follow. Martin, unlike the others, finds himself working in the United States rather than England or Australia, because unfortunately Americans need that type of magic more right now. What happens when this magic man is called to aid an injured soldier and his poor nephew? 

Written for the 2018 Fall Anthology - Fight Back and/or Good Intentions

Who knew that a rejection would lead him to something much bigger and better... and his journey would take off like that!

Continuation to "Better than the best" Summary : Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart, otherwise it would all mess up.

Philíppe, who is in his late fifties, wakes from a frequent dream one rainy Saturday morning. As he moves from bed to breakfast memories from his past flood his consciousness. Unexpectedly, he receives a phone call from a nearly forgotten voice. There is an invitation to the upcoming football game followed by a discussion of where to do planning for the weekend. All the while a squall line is coming in from out in the ocean.

I am showing the product and no longer the process

Isolated Souls

When Blaine Riley escapes to the wilderness after a relationship gone bad the last thing on his mind is a new romance. After meeting Levi and being pulled together thanks to a bedraggled puppy, Blaine begins to rethink his stand on relationships. When a serial killer gets thrown into the mix, Blaine's first priority becomes keeping himself and Levi safe. Can they catch the man out to destroy Blaine and Levi or will the killer snuff out the relationship before it even begins.

At times in our lives, the Unknown pays us an unwelcome visit. This is a poem about death and love.

Life is a series of possibilities and impossibilities. When Sojourner decides to take a long break from his work, his parents, and his mundane life in general, he intends to combat the demon from his past. He travels alone to San Francisco, but plans to make an experiment. He writes a series of letters to a "Perfect Stranger" as he explores the City, and his inner self. Will this be the best year of his life..., or his last?

Ryan, a college Senior, meets Zach, a freshman, and the two quickly feel a spark between them. But soon what seems to be attraction leads them on a troubled journey together. Will the two find their attraction to be true, or will their dreams run dry under the Amarillo sky?