Stories

A series of short stories, one-shots, and ponderings that I have collected over the span of the last decade or so

Summer vacation had started out well for Derry and Caleb. There was much to occupy two adventurous boys in the rural landscape in which they lived. They had the woods, and the fields, and the waterways to occupy them.

And they had each other.

But then they made a discovery - a strange place hidden in the forest, a pathway to lands beyond description. And suddenly, the summer was not quite so simple any longer.

The continued adventures in sex and friendship, online and off, of Alan Damschroeder, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, high school teacher.

Alan says, "Sometimes I think it takes a triumvirate of saints to keep me out of trouble."

These stories are written as exchanged e-mails and reading this way is an acquired taste. But the first book of this series, Web Guys, has a small, loyal following, so here's the second.

Originally this story was written as part of the pick two. After posting, many people asked for it to be expanded, so I have done so.

Bradley bought a home a year ago. Since then he has had some great dreams if nothing else. Today his doorbell rang and now his life is changing forever.

Yertlatl: 1. An arcahic word for healer. 2. A powerful savior appointed by Lord Sola, a leader and the highest authority in the Wulf Community.

Jaime had just returned to his hometown after having spent a stressful months in his Yertbatero Intership when a red haired Marine throws him deeper into the world of Wulfs. Now Jaime must found out who or what is killing Wulfs and what their connecting a being only known as Telvafity.

These are the original, annual, New Year's letters that I sent to my friends from 1993 to 2001. That was from two years after I moved into the building to a year-and-a-half after I left.

As mentioned, the letters were the basis for the book, and they often overlap the same material. But they cover more time and more characters, and are sometimes funnier because they're more compressed and somewhat more rude.

Confessions of a gay alarm clock!

Phillip Cross is living in the shadow of his much cooler older brother Jamie. He finds himself getting pulled out of the shadows, when he finds himself in the company of Franklyn Miller.

Prompt

“Hey, we never met but our showers are on opposite sides of the same apartment wall. Sometimes we shower at the same time and sing duets.”

When you’re lonely and drunk, even a fire extinguisher can be a friend. Especially, if it starts talking to you!