Stories

This is a collection of stories I wrote based on various prompts.

Carl Waite goes out for his morning walk in the park, and along the way he passes an old man sitting on a park bench. Since the man looks sad and appears down in the dumps, Carl wishes him Merry Christmas. The old man, who we later learn is Bob Swartz, responds, “What is there to be merry about?” Carl immediately stops so he can find out why the man reacted this way.

Rick walks into a guy on the street - quite literally - who he can't get out of his head, and cannot believe his luck when he discovers a day later that the other blue-eyed man can't stop thinking about him either. As their attachment grows ever stronger, Rick and Theo are brought closer and closer to a decision which will change both their lives forever.

2013 Winner for Best Anthology Story of the year

Anthology Story: Great Balls of Fire

This is why I have been banned from the kitchen. A true story by KC Grim

Family can bring out the best and the worst in us

Gabriel doesn't have the best luck when it comes to men. He's hoping that Cupid's arrow will find its mark. He has the perfect Valentine's Day planned, so it has to...right?

In the years following an extinction level event caused by a gamma-ray burst, humanity is clinging to life in a devastated world. In the chaotic aftermath, the Xenoni, an alien race whose goal is galactic conquest, invade Earth.

All life on Earth is at its limit, and it is now time for humanity to fight back.

Something was wrong with Davey. Alan didn't think he was being taken seriously by the medical professionals they visited. So what was he to do? The only thing he could: persevere, and hope to find the right answer before it was too late.

A midlife single university teacher in ornithology feels deeply unhappy with his life so far and starts pondering what made it that way. But although he is able to find part of the answers, he doesn’t have the courage to change it. When he is sent on a field research job in Alaska, the total change in environment brings him this courage and he enjoys the new-found freedom with the help of an extraordinary guide.

Nothing good comes from taking a sick day one week into a new job. Add a car accident and a case of mistaken identity and you have an adventure...what could be more romantic.