Stories

In a kingdom aglow with victory and starlight, young Cedric and Lysander discover the fragile bloom of first love—and the strength it takes to nurture it. The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda unfolds a realm where bonds are tested, hearts awaken, and not every battle is won with a sword.

Welcome to Philpott Towers! Ten years apart in age, living very different lives, the Phillpott brothers are not close, but their father’s death sees the two returning to share their grandiose family home. Gray Philpott is a successful poet but rather less successful human being, now living with Vince, his solicitor elder brother in their father’s shadow—what could go wrong?

Close proximity forces both brothers to reassess their lives, and the Summer wreaks remarkable changes as the two settle into a new relationship, with both their lives and their emotional lives going in new directions.

In the crucible of the Pacific War, two Marines, Tony from Brooklyn and Josh from Nebraska, find a fragile salvation in each other. Amid fire and rain, their bond deepens from comradeship to something neither dares name. A portrait of love, loyalty, and survival when the world demands silence from the heart’s loudest truths. They return home carrying more than scars. From the jungles of the Pacific to the fog of San Francisco, they navigate a fragile peace, searching for a place that will let them exist as they are, between the silences of survival and the noise of a world moving on without them.

This is a collection of my works from the 2025 Twitch Authtober Wordathon. Our collective goal is 1.5 million words by the end of the month, so I wanted to help by writing nothing but prompt responses.

Benjamin Amber is an ordinary boy… mostly. He attends high school, works part-time, and has typical teenage interests, like high fantasy. However, Ben’s life takes an unexpected turn when he's suddenly transported to a new world through his very own bathtub. But in a world filled with magic, monsters, and countless dangers, the only thing Ben can't seem to wrap his head around is how on earth he's supposed to keep himself from falling in love with Nari, the cutest boy around. Little does Ben know, a grand adventure that will shape the very fate of this magical world is about to begin, threatening more than just his own precarious love life!

In which a formerly dead alchemist does no work to solve his own mysterious resurrection, instead too busy falling in love with the eldritch entity stalking him.

Six enhanced former Marines escape a covert experiment and become the world’s last line of defense against a rising storm—rogue technology, fractured enemies, and the ghosts of the past. As war threatens to tear the world apart, these bonded warriors must face their darkest reflections and prove that unity is stronger than power.

In a battle between who they are and who they could have become, the Reverent Six must choose: fight for love… or fall to chaos.

Steve's a wrecking ball of boredom, intelligence, and drama... except no one believes him. At all.

Especially not straight laced, Baptist, All-Canadian repressed jock Kenny Jensen who is convinced Steve is out to pull a prank on him.

Lydia, Steve's sister, all around smartest girl in the room, and utterly fed up with Steve's BS, sees the truth. But will the two boys? No chance, Lydia's going to have to fix it. Uggh, boys, why are they so dumb?

Two young women living on an island meet and begin to fall in love. A plague has ravaged the population, but it ended before either of them were born, and they only know the world as it now is.

As an unexpected arrival at the Academy and destined to become the most powerful psychic in history, how did Richter, the Gray Wolf, survive amidst countless scheming eyes and seize control of his fate?

All heroes must grow...