Stories

When Rick's friend and former girlfriend, Elizabeth, asks him to return to his hometown, so he can become the best man to her wedding, how can he say no? However, her older brother, Freddy, is also back in town and isn't too pleased with Rick's presence. What's his problem? Is he just protective of his sister? Or is there a deeper meaning behind his scowl that makes Rick wonders if coming back home to Middle America was a good idea?

The Waldron Police -- Owen, Ike, Elena, Don, Jae, and Rob -- are back, this time following a knife fight that started in a nursing home.

They say you can survive high school. Well, perhaps not.
A homage to slashers, everything Lynchian, high schools, crime and punishment, sex and conservatism, popular culture and romance, this loosely written and casually spun novella takes you into the repressed and the debauched, the murders and the laughs, the families and the friends of a good ole American town where nothing is as it seems, and no one is going to be a hero. All of it began with the murder of a young girl.

After being attacked, Trace needs both a place to recuperate and a place to hideout from the men who want him dead.

Zachary was a goody-two shoes born and bred. He'd never break a rule, or a confidence. And now he faces two 'right' choices, between duty to the law and duty to his friend. Whatever decision he makes, there will be no going back.

People like Katrena are incapable of procreation. It's the price they have to pay for the gift (curse?) they received in their genes. However, here she is, three positive pregnancy tests later, trying to digest the information...

Magic used to be a secret. It didn't use to be a constant headache for Mathew, formerly one of the most powerful Magi on Earth. Now he has to deal with bigots who think he should be shot on sight, and a monster who preys on the free will of innocent beings, all with just a fraction of his former power.

A short story inspired by Prompt 709.

A detective is woken from his bed in the middle of the night.

A timeless spirit moves from host to host demanding vengeance for the innocent who are killed. The only problem is that wasn't it's true purpose.