Stories

The thread running through a family of four, the one keeping them stitched as a unit, may be thinning in places they don't realize, for reasons beyond the obvious.

In 2050, humanity finds out they are indeed not alone. Massive crafts appear without warning above the capitals of all major nations. The planet Tah'Nar is dying. Chemical warfare reduced the warrior race to sterility. They need fresh DNA in order to reproduce... and so they turn to Earth. Dale Michael assumes he's safe since he's under the age limit for The Harvest. How wrong he is!

Would a stranger bring Christmas magic to Ross at his cabin in the mountains?

Benny had his mate for a few short weeks. A moment in time that is slowly dragging him down. Yuri is alive, he's well... but he's not really there, not the Yuri Benny loved. His mate screamed at the sight of him. Jerret was happily mated; Davis had found his mate in a human. But Benny is all alone with his rage and pain slowly eating him up inside. Something had to change.

The narrator struggles with the impending death of a dear friend and colleague.

Adam is a vampire and is nearly two thousand years old. He has almost given up all hope of ever finding his mate.
Ben is a witch who is working at the healing clinic. He is on the run from his ex and doesn't want anything to do with Vampires again.
Can Adam get Ben to trust him? And will they get their happy ever after?

A refugee from the Fire Nation has made a life for himself after being rescued by the Southern Water Tribe. He meets Jinn, an Earth Bender burned and scarred from a battle with the Fire Nation.

After several years Casey faces the man who made him the person he is now, making him face his past and the present.

The sequel to my popular "Ranch Hands' book (on Amazon and other sites for sale).
This version was written in 2012, but another version was suggested, which was published in 2012 as well.
I've supplied both of them here for you so you can decided, which one should've made the cut?

A response to Prompt 307.