Stories

Short stories are definitely not my strong suit, and this attempt soon became a continuous story inspired by the challenge of First Line prompts.
Constructive criticism and kind encouragement are more than welcome.

After a huge row between his twin brother and their father, Russell’s mother sends him off to stay with her cousin in Europe, with no explanation. Reluctantly, the shy nineteen-year-old faces the issues which have kept him in his brother’s shadow for the past five years. It’s a twisted path of denial, anguish and unexpected joy, as Russell struggles to deal with long buried emotions and hopes.

After getting out of the military, Mark is unsure what he wants to do with his life. Then he meets Trey, a current soldier in the US Army. Sometimes it seems like everything is conspiring against them. Can they make it or will they be... thwarted.

Cory, 18 year-old walking Texas stereotype who swings both ways, comes to Virgina Tech to play football and hopefully be less of a closet case. There he finds a sophomore wide-receiver who likes to bite, a pretty boy pre-med with a talent for name calling, and a grad student with a big...chip on his shoulder. (Formerly "Efrain and Cory")

Nick moves to San Diego for a fresh start. Things aren't going as well as he'd hoped until a chance encounter with Sam in an elevator. It's lust at first sight, but will these two polar opposites create a relationship that endures as they're drawn into each other's worlds.

An extraterrestrial condemned to a long exile on Earth is forced to experience pain the way humans do. A bittersweet story of rebellion, punishment, and eventual triumph.

LIVES + LOVES + LOSSES = LESSONS

Erin is a seventeen year old guy with an interesting, if sad, past. Unfortunately, the only things that can distract him from that past - a rebel among rebels and a necklace that's not a necklace - end up being the very things that lead him back to it. Erin's curiosity might meet its match with the secret he uncovers, but that might just be a good thing.

After all, the past may be set in stone, but the future is what you make it.

Dorian Chase is a thirty-three-year-old Detective in Narcotics Investigations. Felix is an eighteen-year-old runaway who knows exactly what--and who--he wants.
The rigid lines Dorian allows himself to live within start to blur as Felix's existence in his life gives him permission to discover who he is and what he wants.

When Jared meets Darwin at his new university, he instantly feels a connection he has never felt before. This being something a werewolf looks for his whole life, Jared decides to win the defensive Darwin over - even if it means going up against those who want to harm his heart-throb, and against Darwin himself.

When wolf shifter Lovel went to investigate the new wolf in town, he didn't expect to find his mate. And he certainly didn't expect the adorable Mika, who had the largest blue eyes he had ever seen.