Stories

My 2025 prompt team event entry. I combined a few extra genre/sub-genre categories. Primary one:

Western/Weird West

Weird West - Fantasy in a Western. (Cowboys and Centaurs)

A cowboy and his centaur ride into Las Vegas. Told, obviously, since it’s me, from the Centaur’s perspective.

Raven Bran always feels stuck behind his brother, in basketball, at school, and even with friends. But when he meets someone who truly understands him, everything starts to look different. Sometimes, the right person is all it takes to finally feel seen.

Heartbroken Ashok seeks wisdom in his quest to heal
The prince that loved him has married another
And in the ancient kingdom of the Khmer, answers are
found in the river, and in the stone.

This is a story about a young man from Sweden who loves chess and looks for like-minded friends. The story is set in several countries at a very interesting time in chess history, the early 1970s. It is not a story about the game of chess as such but it contains references to actual players and famous games.

When the gods are bored, the world becomes their playground. For Mason Hill, deific whims turn his world upside down. What is a disabled homeless man to do when the world is ending around him?

XX Book 2 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The fight is no longer political—it's personal.

The constitutional crisis that put Will Carter in the Prime Minister’s office isn't over—it’s evolving. Will must now fight a sophisticated terror network, The Order, while building a fragile new government. To survive, he relies on his husband, CSIS Director Andrew Carter, to fight the war in the shadows.

But when Andrew makes a bloody sacrifice, stepping across the line to save his family, a trap is sprung. Andrew descends into a paranoid war for his mind, forcing the ultimate question: Can the protector survive the necessary evil he wields?

Boyfriends Alex and Casey have a lot to be thankful for. Especially, the love that surrounds them and flows between them.

Let's see what happens when Robert Cranford, an associate with a law firm, returns to his home town for Thanksgiving.

*** Book Two of El Coyote ***

Brian Higgins is hiding a lie.
He must convince the boy he loves to go on a dangerous mission for the Canadian Government.
His handler knows that Alex Alvarez is the son of the elusive Grey Eminence: El Coyote
Now in a race against time to stop the Canadian Hydro Electric system from collapsing and taking down the entire US Power Grid with it, Brian must convince a boy he's lying to to do the right thing.
Meanwhile the Water Wolf stalks it's prey in the great Canadian Wilderness.

Dr Kilroy Frost manages to separate his sexual desires from his professional life as a general practitioner. He volunteers as a sub at his anonymous BDSM club when the urge arises, but struggles with self-disgust afterwards, leading him to a cycle of heavy drinking and tranquilliser use. His life takes a turn after he is saved from a hotel fire by firefighter Todd Hansen. Their paths cross again at the fire station and later at the hospital on the day Kilroy learns of a homicide investigation linked to a member of his sex group, raising questions about his safety and what he should disclose to the police.