Stories

Shawn slips, falls, and dies, but his mind is transferred to himself in an alternative universe. The humans in this universe are far in advance of what he knew. Merged with an AI system, Shawn must explore this seemingly utopian world as he goes off to college only to discover a dystopian reality and military dictatorship. He was given a system that allows him certain skills or abilities and lets him improve those the more he uses the system, similar to a video game; some involve sex. Will he be able to level up fast enough to save himself, his new friends, and potentially the human race? Or, could the stakes be even higher than that?

This is book 5 of the New Reality series. I don't recap, so if you haven't read the first four, you will be lost.

Greg's life has changed in many ways since that fateful day he ran into Scott. He has learned what his new life means; now he has to re-organize the Barony of Pittsburgh. On top of this, life continues to throw him curves.

After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1974, Jody DiFranco joins the US Navy and moves to Newport for OCS and then Norfolk for his first assignment. Having known since childhood he was attracted to guys, Jody learns lots about M2M sex on the varsity baseball squad at UNC. As he makes the transition from UNC to USN, he has great concerns about fitting into military society where he might lose his career if his sexuality becomes known. Join Jody as he maneuvers through his new life in search of belonging and fulfillment.

Andrew Highmore's world has shattered. His boyfriend is gone, a traumatized teen is hiding in his guest room, and a violent threat from his past is circling his home. To protect his makeshift family, the gentle law student must become the ruthless strategist his father once was, forging a dangerous alliance to dismantle an empire of hate—one bolt and one secret at a time.

When seventeen-year-old Nathaniel transfers to a Boston high school to care for his ailing mother, the last thing he expects is to catch the eye of Aaron, a dangerously handsome stranger with secrets stitched into his smile. But Aaron isn’t just drawn to Nathaniel. He’s starving for him. And whatever this is between them, it isn’t safe… but Aaron doesn’t want safe.

(Oops I made a mistake in marking chapter 25 as the end. There is one more 'bonus' chapter 26)

They stole his country. Now he’s stealing their Presidency.

Three years after the US annexed Canada, the "Northern Territory" is a resource colony under martial law. Governor Will Carter knows the military war is lost, so he opens a new front. Leveraging a loophole in the annexation treaty, Will launches a hostile takeover of the White House.

Facing the tyrant who erased his homeland, Will must master the American political machine to dismantle it from the inside. But to save his people, he risks becoming the very thing he hates. Can he liberate Canada without becoming the Emperor of America?

In Redwaters, destiny is messy.

Magic has consequences.

And the apocalypse might be flirting back.

In a world where everything is not as it seems, a hotshot young police officer has been posted to an inner city station, just prior to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Was his appointment a political one, with his superiors knowing more about his past than even he cares to remember? Or is that past about to catch up with him? What comes next? Only time will tell!

Joel's day has been completely normal until he comes home to find his younger brother sitting out on the front steps. After a word of warning, his life abruptly changes when a careless mistake reveals his one secret to the rest of his family.

*Originally part of the 2023 Secret Author Contest: Secrets (Only chapter One)

He woke up in the wreckage of an accident, with no name, no past and no one looking for him. As his recovery begins-body broken, memory gone, something in him doesn't feel lost... just hidden, if he could only remember. Placed into foster care under a name he didn't choose, he must rebuild a life from ash and shadow while the echoes of who he was begin to surface. Because sometimes, the past can't forget you even if it's Encrypted.