Stories

Young adult fiction is full of teen detectives - The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators. Following in their footsteps are The Turbot Brothers. What happens when teenage detectives grow up? Do they continue their investigative ways, or take a more a more traditional path in life? Jim and Joe Turbot have to face the answers to those questions while revisiting their most memorable case - the case of Cloud Rider.

The war with the demons in the Underrealm can exhaust even the strongest soldier. As the war drags on, how can one commander face his duty when each and every battle threatens his heart and soul?

Tligg is a fairly average elf - and this is the story of his how his world came to include Craagen. It’s a story of friendship and love, as well as the things that happen in between and around such intense feelings. Meeting by pure chance, their first encounters ended up being an intense experience. But is that enough to lead to something more?

The thing about monsters, is that not all of them appear as monsters. Some come in the form of Prince Charming.

Luke is on the run. In his past there is a man…a man willing to do anything and everything to find him and control his life once again. And as the Deputy Director of Interpol, he has all the resources to make it happen. Luke has succeeded in escaping him for a few years, but his luck runs out when he settles in Spain for too long, after falling in love with a handsome local. When his cover is blown, Luke wants to disappear once again, but he knows he can’t run forever.

A boy heads into the woods and makes a lifelong promise

Poems written for National Poetry Writing Month, April 2020. An assortment of mercifully short poems, I hope you will enjoy them at your leisure.

The Gift a hero can bring

A friend from Mexico visits, a Squad member moves south, a California teen prepares to start his freshman year at Georgetown University, and a local artist delivers a commission. From Cuban food at Abuela’s, to cocktails at The Alex, an excursion to the National Gallery of Art, and brunch at Everhope, the weekend is full of laughs, food, and fine art.

Boy meets boy, leaves boy, meets another boy. All the usual things happen to someone with a thankfully less-than-usual life.

Matt and Jeff have volunteered to help out at the school Fair For Life. As usual with his boyfriend, there's a small catch involved, and Matt has let Jeff talk him into accepting it. That he might regret it is almost certain!

A short story written seven years ago, one of the first I ever posted anywhere.