Stories

With all options exhausted, it's time for Rohn Harghu to take a risk. Despite his family's negative opinions, he has decided to gamble on an odd employment opportunity. To completely uproot his life and relocate to another planet seemed normal, but to go to the newest member of the Galactic Union? Little was known about the Xiaven. Rohn aimed to change that.

A sappy Xmas short story.

Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions that they never follow. I thought it would be fun to put together a list of resolutions that nobody would follow.

My first short story.

What is done cannot be undone.

But what is broken can always be mended.

Two young husbands attend a bereavement meeting at a local community center.They learn that both their wives were killed in the same horrendous bus accident.

A young man gives a generous Christmas gift to a street beggar, and his life is changed forever, in more ways than he ever dreamed of.

A man who is desperate for money robs a bank, with unexpected consequences.

Three kids. A spooky old house. Halloween. They should have paid more attention to those horror movies.

Carl Waite goes out for his morning walk in the park, and along the way he passes an old man sitting on a park bench. Since the man looks sad and appears down in the dumps, Carl wishes him Merry Christmas. The old man, who we later learn is Bob Swartz, responds, “What is there to be merry about?” Carl immediately stops so he can find out why the man reacted this way.

Miles Standifer is due to graduate in less than 24 hours. He stops by the campus library shortly before closing to return a book he borrowed months ago. While there he sees the professor he's been crushing on since sophomore year. He works up the nerve to finally approach him, but when he goes to open his mouth, he cannot speak. Neither can the professor. No one inside the library can speak. When Miles goes to leave, he finds all of the doors locked. Oh, and there's a dead body in one of the study rooms. And the promise of more death before the end of the night.