Stories

A Period Drama set in Africa at a time when the British Empire is at its height in developing the colonies and follows a young man's adventure in life, love and growing up in a wild, volatile and often dangerous environment.

A brief encounter at the park and a saying becomes true to life.

The adventures of a 9 year old who runs away form home. Will he learn to trust or will he be used up and thrown to the curb?

For as long as he could remember, Austin was always terrified of storms. After the death of his mother, the dominoes start falling and the reasons behind his fear start to come to light in a way he never expected.

Asher has recently come out to his best friend, Jaime. After a fight that breaks their relationship apart, Asher realizes that some secrets are better left unmentioned.

As he watches his, now ex, boyfriend drive away, the weather starts to go wrong in Devon Smith's life. It rains every day, and out in the countryside, that much water has devastating effects. Dev tries to stay positive as weeks turn into months, and the rain continues to hammer down, and dreams about meeting someone who can fill his heart, and his world, with sunshine.

A story of a teenager, Panah, who lives through a cataclysmic event and must figure out how to survive and who to trust in the devastation afterwards.

Jordan Bricks has just been involved in a serious accident. Pulled from the wreckage and rushed to the hospital...he was clinically dead...for six minutes. After being revived by doctors, Jordan is thankful to be alive. But it appears that death has not relinquished its hold on him just yet. Are they illusions, these horrible things he sees lurking in the shadows? Or is the truth about what happens to us after we die...more terrifying than we ever could have imagined?

Devin Whitlock just got back from an 11-month tour of duty in Afghanistan and is leaving his base in Upstate NY to visit his parents, who live outside of Atlanta. Shortly after he enters GA his car breaks down and a pickup stops to help, but it’s not exactly the sort of help he needs. How will this turn out?

This story is part of the 2012 Winter Anthology - Desperate Ends.