Stories

Set in the mid-Fifties, this is a boy’s story at about age eight and details his experiences with physical abuse to the complications of sex. Warning: This story contains images of child abuse from a child’s POV, but there is lots love and learning, too.

Aged 10, Albert and his younger sister Florence went to live in the old house at Coldbrook with their parents. What happened there would change all of their lives.

A new teacher, Mister Darin Stanford, is assigned a special project by the headmistress of a private school. His project is Christopher Bird, a rich child who has had his life dictated by his father. The teacher and student need to find some way to trust each other and make this situation work. Neither is prepared for what they will encounter.

This story is written for the Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences 2017 Anthology

Mike has been having a horrible week. He refuses to talk to anyone, even though his mother knows he needs his friends. Maggie refuses to be pushed out of his life and comes to give him hell only to find out what has been happening. As Mike gets knocked from problem to problem is his life actually getting better?

Alexi, Hunter and Dana are on the run from Vince, as he tries to finish what he started.

Jordan, a boy of 11, develops a unique friendship with a silent boy on his way home from buying candy at the store.

A place for my poems.

The story of two young men, and how the Vietnam War affected their lives.

A short story about an old man and his grandson. History and sharing.

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy.

Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.

I am sure many of you, like me, learned this children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen predicts whether you will have good or bad luck. Something I came across subsequently, was the existence of many variations on this rhyme, some more sinister than the children’s version.

One of those is incorporated into this short story about boyhood abuse.