Stories

This is the sequel to the much loved (or much hated) story of For the Heart of Phillip. This tells what happened to the two men left in the wake of the last tale.

Short excerpts of thoughts on my life. I'm not sure what this will become or what I will talk about. It feels more like an organized and focused journal than an actual story. I feel these thoughts are worth sharing, though.

Thirteen-year-old Simon sits face to face with Father Strathmore, but what has he done wrong... experimented with drugs, kissed a boy, or lied in Confession? The priest has a vested interest in finding out, and it is a deeply personal and troubling one.

Brian and Danny are married. But they are stuck in limbo and can’t get past it. Can an Advent calendar, some Christmas ornaments, and a cigarette get them beyond the stasis that has frozen their lives? Will the lights of Christmas shining in the darkness help them find the peace they truly need? This is a Christmas story in eight parts.

This short story collection is embracing all the cruelty and beauty of the world around us, highlighting the small details of the development of our feelings and emotions. Sometimes what doesn't kill you makes you scarred for a lifetime, sometimes it is really hard to realize how much you hurt other people, and sometimes you don't realize how much they hurt you. You need a lot of courage and fear to be able to commit suicide, but even to be able to stay alive.

Kayden Jones is a small, baby-faced nerd who is starting high school. He is full of self hatred and loathing, but a much larger jock named Ritchie soon takes it upon himself to make Kayden's life a living hell. This is their story.

Dan has a problem. Or rather, many problems which combine to form one big... how do you call it, a conundrum? Unlike a lot of people though, he already knows what it will take to confront the conundrum and he sets out, on paper, how to do exactly that. In this coming out/coming of age story set in modern UK, I challenged the fundamental building blocks of a writer's craft. Dan's Conundrum is a commentary on what we write, why we write, and why we write the things we write.

All while she watches, quietly, in the night, a survivor lives with the consequences of surviving. Drowning in guilt and shame, can he let another in?

What is the Barbed Wire Heart? Someone is responsible for the death of an innocent. They need to be brought to justice, but how? Join the hunt as those touched by the tragedy struggle to deal with life while the truth is obscured.