Stories

Black hair, white knuckles, and a shiny, metallic handgun... Where it goes next is anybody's guess.

Simon - HIV-positive - tries to sort out his life. It will be a long journey until he realizes that there is more than self-pity and takes Ben's outstretched hand. Both are involved in the chase for an old masterpiece of Michael Pacher, the South-Tyrol woodcarver of the 15th century. Their way leads them to Prague and to the mysterious connections of the Order of the Knights of Malta.

A long-distance affair between a small town local and his overseas lover quickly turns passionate upon their reunion. As soon as questions and concerns arise over their unconventional relationship, however, they are quickly smothered and silenced. Just how long can the fever dream last when the less than stellar truth finally comes to light?

Marcus lives a troubled life and is faced with life or death decisions. What will the outcomes be?

Chapter 1 was originally submitted as part of the Winter 2011 Anthology with the theme of "Aftermath."

After the death of the New Republic at the hands of the First Order, the galaxy is in shambles, with chaos ensuing everywhere. War can break out any moment between the different factions. How will young Temiri Blagg (broomboy from 'The Last Jedi') navigate his way through this?

A Cold War nightmare returns with a roar in a devastating bio-terrorist attack on the United States.

Nationally famous drag queen, Johanna James gets murdered on the last night of tourist season in Provincetown as an impending storm threatens to destroy the town and any evidence of who the killer is. The main suspect claims an unlikely alibi as his best friends Thom and Karla try to prove his innocence before anyone else gets killed

Hieronymus Bartholomeus Craven is certifiably insane. Luigi Provenzano isn't.
Crave's wild stories call to him, though; what if the 'Dark Ones', those creatures he claims to see and kill, are real?

In the future, all para-humans are 2nd class citizens under constant control and supervision. Poll's sponsor is a securities specialist, specifically the man responsible for designing all tech the maintains the balance of human superiority. Poll accepts his world, he's well treated, until the disappearance of his twin brother Costa shatters his world view and forces him to decide where he stands.