Stories

The Philosopher's Son is a story about the fine line between love and despair, and the consistency of our humanity despite technological transformation. It's also a simple reminder of how love is both a personal illusion and a miraculous door into someone else's senses.

Hayden and Nathan May-Morelli are a gay couple, and both have been interviewing for better jobs. They were recently hired by the same company in a different state, and after moving there, they find a house that they like and purchase it. However, they end up getting more than they bargained for, and you might be interested in seeing what it was.

A romantic vignette for the character of Andrew Pendergast from James Howard Kunstler's World Made by Hand series

Little scraps and pieces of unfinished stories that I found in the archives of my flash drive and Word files. Also, this may include some future prompts. Some you may see again in the future...some will just stay in the archives.

A poem about a fictional boy's journey.

Harlon Eldrick's mother is dying of recurrent breast cancer and wants him to go tell his father. Harlon lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his father lives across the country in a small collection of buildings called Black Dog, Washington. Harlon wants to make this an adventure. He will take the train to Chicago and hitchhike from there to Black Dog. It's been over a week, since Harlon left Chicago on a trip that's been anything but an adventure. He is welcomed into a semi by Steve Lennard for what he hopes is his last ride.

How does a man deal with the death of his wife and picking up the pieces? Sometimes not well.

Grant and Russell's relationship is mirrored in the relationship of their two cats.

Without a steady job and raising a thirteen-year-old sister on his own, Vic was wounded by tragedy that the speed of time might not heal. However, after his best friend from high school, Fernando, suggested that he should street race, he knew he needed to steer this opportunity before it drove away. With a handy trinket from Fernando, Vic and he will start moving to the top of the street-racing world and will drive through obstacles that threaten both them and the people they care about. And as they avoid crashes with an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, and others, will they figure out the collision they might need is with their hearts instead?