Stories

When you stand in the doorway and face the unknown what do you do? Some go through gracefully. Some slam the door shut. Whatever you do eventually you pass the final door on your own.

A place for my prompt responses and other experimental shorts.

Two lonely, hurt kids discover love and together find healing and self-worth again.

Curtis is flamboyant, fussy and fashion-conscious - every stereotype of a gay man that Ian takes pains to avoid. What happens when Ian finds he enjoys spending time, and more, with Curtis?

A short story in five pieces about love, loss and redemption.

A story about friendship between two teenagers that deepens into more throughout the years.

This fiction sequel to "About Carl" follows the story of Mark, Dan & Carl a few years later. It takes place in the same fictional Selkirk County of Eastern Ontario, Canada. Mark is caught up in a political scandal that puts a strain on his relationship with Dan, while Carl continues to complicate things.

Some bonds cannot be broken, no matter the time or distance.

A tired warrior wants more from life. What happens when he dares to open his heart?

Tristan Rader and Gavin Munson met as four-year-olds and almost immediately became best friends. However, their time together ended the summer before fifth grade when Gavin’s father got a new job and his family moved away. As the pair grew older, their paths would cross and bring them together in unexpected ways, only to have fate intercede and cause them to lose contact yet again. Will the journey of life win in the end or will fate triumph? Only time will tell.

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘A Winding Path’