Stories

It is the year 1690 and Europe is at war. In the East the Great Turkish War still rumbles on and in the West the Empire is barely holding off the hostile Christian power of Louis XIV's France. In the middle are the divided Rothenian lands, its two rival realms in uneasy peace. Through all this human conflict young Sergius von Tarlenheim seeks to make a career at the Ruritanian court, where he finds unexpected friends and mysterious enemies. But unknown to him greater conflicts by far are beginning in the World Beyond, where notice is being taken of the changing nature of humankind and rival factions are forming in response.

This story is about a young man trying to break through the expectations set by his father and small-town life.

Ruprecht von Aalst, noble dilettante, diplomat and scholar, blunders into a political minefield: but is it an accident or someone else's design? More and more he comes to believe he's a prisoner of the past he studies, and that forces from his world's own lost history are breaking through into the present to steer it into a new future, but for whose benefit?

Jake Taylor is definitely not gay...

...Except, he might be.

In the aftermath of Lucere, the worst seems to be over. However, the apparent calm is deceptive: Shay Andersen is sought by many forces -- both human and alien -- who wish to either control, embrace or destroy his power. This collision of fate will mark the ending of an ancient chain of events that will test his will to the limits.

OK,so I admit it. This time I went a little bit too far, come on! Why in the hell did he have to send me to Timbukf! Ok, so he's not sending me that far in reality, but Zenis Indiana? You've got to be kidding me!! What's there Chickens? Cows? Corn fields? What am I supposed to do there? That son of dad's friend better be hot!. AND GAY! I don't know which would be worse, the cows or GOING BACK to juvy!!!

Facing a life-changing medical procedure, 14 year old Shay approaches it with the same detachment, confusion and dread that has haunted his emotions for as long as he can recall. Yet what follows instead is something that he could not have anticipated in his craziest dreams, and everything he knows is about to change forever.

It's a new year for the boys of the Triple J Ranch. Filled with new challenges, new friends and maybe new romances.

He was just another Average Joe. Then he was displaced, not just from his home, his school, or his country, but from the earth itself. Now he has to survive strange lizards, hostile humans, and becoming something more than just average.

Ashton is exiled to the middle of nowhere where nothing ever happens when his stepdad gets a promotion. Boring, small town life is not how he expected his senior year of high school to go. He's got plans though. His eighteenth birthday means the release of the trust his dad set up before he died. As soon as he gets his diploma, he's gonna split. Just him, his car, and his camera. He'll take pictures of everything, everywhere. Make a life on his terms and no one else's.

Make a name for himself.

He just has to make it through six more months... but then small town life takes a turn he never expected.