Stories

On leaving University Amanda finds a position with a firm of Accountants that necessitates her moving to a new town. The move proves to have unexpected consequences.

Wes Carter is an accomplished and successful banker. He's attractive in his own unique ways. In his eyes, nothing beats the golden Adonis; the blondies. They are the perfect human species. Wes finds himself unable to resist their smell, temptations, and body. However, what if… these Adonises bring nothing but bad luck to Wes?

A tale of boys experiencing life, and finding themselves. Told in three parts, five chapters each, Once in a life time will centre around 2 boys finding each other. Ezra is the first of the two, but whom is the second?

Ezra is a boy who enjoys the outdoors but denies his feelings for other boys. Logan knows he's gay, yet is not out to the world. Kieran is a boy who's just entered his teenage years and is exploring his sexuality. Emmett shares every thought with his brother, but not his crush. Finally Kaige, from out of town, comes to visit his cousin regularly.

Zane McDonagh isn't really sure what direction he is going. He broke up with his girlfriend and can't stop thinking about his twin brother's best friend. When will things work out?

This introduces Jake, the narrator of Moorpark Palms, a funny book of stories about a small Los Angeles apartment building in the 1990s. Jake & Conor is a light little romance, once intertwined with the longer book. I broke it out because it distracted from the apartment stories.

Brian and Lanny are back from their European adventure and settle into an apartment of their own. Marco leaves for his own adventure to exhibit his art in London and Paris, leaving Marty and the twins Samuel and Benjamin to fend for themselves.

Meadowbrooks was the kind of town you dreamed of escaping from. Conservative, redneck and anti anything progressive. Bryan had an escape plan though. Follow his parents wishes for one more year and they would pay for his freedom. It was working out well so far. He had friends. He had a job. He was just biding his time but he didn't plan on being the one thing this town hated most: Gay. Could he keep his secret long enough to get out of Meadowbrook? Would his friends still stick by his side if they knew? Would he be able to hide his feelings for Rob? Would things be any different out there in the "real" world?

Plumber’s apprentice Andrew Richardson finds himself in an unlikely battle of wits with a pretentious American pop star visiting London for the Brit Awards. The singer is unhappy because there’s no heating, but the boiler needs replacing and on Sundays, Andy goes to church.

My NaPoWriMo offerings for 2017 are posted here. You will need to bring your own throwing tomatoes. I am fresh out.

This is a poem I wrote as a teenager about the ravages of war. History repeats itself, and lessons are never learned.