Stories

I looked at the envelope. I knew what it was by the Company Secret Santa sticker on it. So, why was I nervous to open it. It was probably just a gift card, no one knew me well enough to get me anything personal.

But, then why was it my favorite shade of purple????

Danni Aarmodt is exiled to Planet Redemption, a penal planet a hundred years away from Earth. Frozen for the trip, he wakes up on a new planet in Colony 12. Soon Danni learns that survival on Planet Redemption is the only currency. The only person he can trust is himself. As if that's not bad enough Colony 12 discovers something that is equally fascinating and terrifying in nature...and it's been buried underneath the ice for millions of years.

At a time of year when the connection to other realities is stronger, who knows what will come from a stroll through the woods...

It's 1948. Teens Frank and Joe Dane, sons of nationally famous private detective Ben Dane, are enjoying their summer vacation. But then their dad asks them to come along on a little trip up the coast, to a tourist town where strange things have been happening...and the boys are off on a mysterious case with two friends in tow.

Events take an immediate turn for the worse as it soon becomes obvious that someone is out to stop the investigation...someone willing to use any means at his disposal to win!

An homage to the Hardy Boys adventures that some of us read as kids, except that in this one, the boys are...um, well...you'll see.

A series of short stories, one-shots, and ponderings that I have collected over the span of the last decade or so

When Magic combines with Love, the result is a combination so strong that it will alter the fate of all that surrounds it.

The Earth's long hidden ruling family lives among us altering the path of our evolution. Known to humans only as the characters in a deck of mystic cards, within the Arcana each sibling has a role to play and a task to perform before dying and being endlessly reborn. Follow Matt as he discovers who he really is and where his ultimate destiny lies.

Kian spills his strawberry milkshake on Daven at a Mall Food Court. Daven is caught between irritation and fear when Kian follows him to the men's bathroom. In mere minutes, Dr. Daven Noland meets Kian Raja, an Assassin with a warped sense of humor, and a valid contract with Daven's name.

I am part of a team that helps to find people.

I hope you like my telling of a particularly difficult case we handled.

Be warned, some scenes may not be to everyone's taste.

One night annihilated their lives, destroyed every happiness they ever knew, scarred them beyond healing and murdered their desire to keep breathing. What was left behind was a reminder taunting them every moment that perhaps they would never get their lives back.

Each one of them was broken, angry and alone.

Each one of them desperately wanted some answers.

And, now together they are seeking vengeance.