Stories

This is the story Enrique Alberto, just another ordinary guy. But not everything is as ordinary as it seems.

Meet Lucas, a man haunted by a terrible curse; anyone he sleeps with dies leaving him isolated and filled with despair. Meet Liam, a beautiful, carefree, intelligent and fierce boy whose life takes a drastic turn when a twist of fate brings him into Lucas' dark world. After a harrowing encounter, he miraculously survives, leading into a mysterious marriage. As Liam grapples with the unwanted union, he starts to uncover dark secrets about his new husband and family. As dark secrets unravel and feelings are inevitably ignited, will Liam be strong enough to battle dark magic and shadowy enemies while discovering a love that defies death itself?

14-year-old Bryan Padilla is caught between worlds he doesn't feel connected to. Having been abandoned by their birth parents at a young age, Bryan and his younger brother, Caleb, were adopted by a family friend, Diego Padilla, and raised in a culture not of their own. Though it is the only life Caleb has ever known, Bryan inwardly struggles with his feelings about life, death, race and sexuality. Things escalate shortly after the death of his birth mother. Can Bryan come to terms with his situation as a figure from his past tries to upend his entire life?

"My grand-father always used to say that everything that happens to us in life happens for a reason. And when we look back on our lives there are some moments that just seem to stick in our minds forever and I can now see what he meant by that."

For Scott Fraser there was one such moment that he remembers well. It was the time when, as a teenager, he saved the life of a young boy who was about to be swept out to sea.

What he couldn't have prepared himself for, however, was what would happen when that same boy comes back into his life some years later . . .

John Winston III is as rich as the king of England. So, when he meets the love of his life, he pretends to be a poor struggling writer. The web of deception grows more and more complicated.

The story of how three very different police officers not only end up sharing a house but becoming really close friends, despite all that goes against them.

A response to Prompt #68:

Imagine where your character leads a pretty decent single life. Then there is a phone call and that life is turned upside down as they find out, they have just become a parent—to a teenager. Is this a cousin that has been left with no other family members? A god child? A niece or nephew? What is this first meeting between them going to be like?

The circumstances whereby Manny obtains guardianship are a little strange, to say the least. Not to mention what happens afterward.

Scott Waxman had a troubled childhood. Growing up as he did he faced challenges and had to learn to grow with them to survive.

This is an introduction chapter of what had been planned as a joint project with Carlos Hazday for his CJ Series. He only got to see a rough draft as it was tabled due to other projects we both had going. In memory of the one year anniversary of his death I decided to share this. Unfortunately, the full story will never be completed.

Thank you to Mann Rambling for editing this for me.

Greg Fowler has been reborn, reforged his life, and been reunited with his newborn brother. Now we join him as he educates himself about his New Reality. While his travels won't cover many physical miles, his education will cover centuries of tradition. Can he learn all he needs to handle his responsibilities? Can he use his newfound knowledge to help his friends? And more importantly, can he use what he learns to help those he finds along the way?

This is Book Four in the "New Reality" series. Reading the first three books is a must if you hope to fully understand the world that Greg and his friends live in.

Corey has been feeling like he's been being watched for weeks now. He finally tells a friend Grayson, only for Grayson to become good friends with a very suspicious new guy.