Stories

Events on a small New England college campus, following an exceptional one. Gil Andrus and his husband, Pete Sordan, follow through the usual faculty politics and the unexpected mystery. And Don Burris, the detective from The Pendleton Omens, reappears.

Note: this book shares roots and occasionally overlaps with my other book, Quabbin, which is also set in Waldron, Massachusetts, though in a national clothing company. But they're different books with different sensibilities.

What happens when you find the perfect someone for you? Do you find out that you need to let that person go because it's the right thing or do you chase after them and make the best of your lives together even though there are so many obstacles in your way?

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Alex, a young Italian-British man discovers his telekinetic powers, quickly realising his crucial role to the future of humanity. Discovering his powers, he is pushed to join a secret religious cult (the Order), hell-bent on destroying all things supernatural. Under peril, Alex becomes a member of the supernatural Triumvirate, finds the lives of his loved ones in danger from the order. Meanwhile, Alex struggles to come to terms with his role, and forge a relationship with a new love interest.

Step into the life of Wyatt Luis and find out how he handles his new family and friends. Adopted from a near by Orphanage, Wyatt joins Kenneth, Diana, Kayla, Caitlyn, Grandpa Nicholas, and most importantly Talon to make the complete Luis Family!

Faris and James meet life head-on, together.

Two teenage boys growing-up in Georgia during the 1970s begin secretly dating each other so they won't be found out. For revenge they pretend to date girls in their class and end up treating them horribly. When one of the girls ends up pregnant, their lives change drastically. The boy reluctantly ends up marrying this young woman and hides who he really is from his son. As the years go by we learn that his son has the exact same secret, but with a twist.

CARNIVOROUS BUTTERFLIES In 1983 a group of youngsters from different backgrounds navigate a London that is exciting as it is dark and dangerous. Todd, Julian & Hannah form an unlikely friendship, bonded by the hardships of Thatcher’s Britain & the panic from a new virus that is decimating the young gay men. Set in a time when recession bites into most people’s lives, trying to make a living becomes a daily battle for many people. Skinhead, punk, New Romantic & yuppie resonates throughout the book. This is a gritty story about friendship & love, where not everyone gets out alive.

Stuff that needs a home which cannot be my head.