Stories

I like to use word economy to express my feelings.
Permission was granted to translate these short poems to Spanish.

Alex and Zach meet while transfering into a new college as Juniors and quickly become best friends. Alex soon learns that he would like to become more than just friends with Zach, but will Zach's troubled past stand in their way.

Prince Lyaris has disappeared. Inspired by the false magician Zhoron, the young prince set out to find the gate to the magical realm of Tyrnae. However, only the chosen ones may enter the otherworld and leave it again. Aaron, unhappy in love with the prince, sets out to find Lyaris. The wizard Neldor accompanies him.

Two mini-stories dealing with life problems you don't see in a high school setting.

Afterglow picks up the characters from The List and Wild Heart, centering on Shane Blankenship 5ish years later.

Poems from when I was 22 and 23.

Part II contains love poems for Jimmy, the real-life Dean of my novel "The Round People"

Super Senior Dave Shinozaki-Sanderson has only six hours to write a 10,000 word short story and save the world from The Trespassers' evil plan to destroy the Moon. Dun dun dun. I had a lot of fun working on this story. Plus, there are footnotes!

Would love critiques. Will return the favor.

Brian and Danny are married. But they are stuck in limbo and can’t get past it. Can an Advent calendar, some Christmas ornaments, and a cigarette get them beyond the stasis that has frozen their lives? Will the lights of Christmas shining in the darkness help them find the peace they truly need? This is a Christmas story in eight parts.

Two boys meet on a stony Welsh shore, united by a common burden: they can both see ghosts.

This story is about an average guy named Adonis, who experiences the trials and tribulations of life, drama, sex, and most importantly, love.