Stories

Not everything is as it seems, what would you do when faced with insurmountable odds?

The story of our Sam.

A place to put prompts

A king with an open secret, six sons blocked from normal human adulthood, and a daughter who tries to save them by her silence. Based on "The Six Swans," "The Seven Ravens," etc., and the Oedipus cycle. In four parts.

Two young friends uncover a disturbing mystery entwined in the history about their home town.

Following Jan Hutchinson's suggestion I'm writing postcard poems to answer Val's.

It all happened in that fateful day on the bus. Wes Craig was busy studying for an exam when an aloof Nick Hagen catches his eye. They share a brief moment that might have been contrived by fate, something that Wes is skeptical of ever believing. A story about two boys trying to uncover their feelings as they contemplate the complexities of their existence and how their paths crossed.

Kaydon James finds his boyfriend, Bryce Peterson, making out with another boy at a party. While he also deals with family issues, and this new heart break, can Kaydon not mentally and physically break down while all he has known as a teenager does?

“The wound caused by a sword can eventually be healed; the hurt resulted from vicious remarks can never be undone.”

Under the rule of the Second Emperor of the Guan Dynasty, the Empire has begun to fall into civil ruin, with conspiracies running rampant and political unrest echoing throughout the land.

Yan Rui, a peasant of the lowest caste, has always been ugly since he could remember. Harassed and ridiculed because of his looks, the most he can do to stay alive is lick the feet of the wealthy and pray for scraps.

But when a blind man stumbles into his life, even the ugliest person can have a heart of gold.

This has been my flash fiction collection 2022. Due to unforeseeable developments, spontaneous ideas, and the wolf and the dragon not keeping their mouths shut it is now my Claws and Paws flash fiction collection. Shorts will be added randomly.