Stories

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.

Just your usual love story, with a slightly less than usual guy.

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It's one thing to steal a car from a dark deserted street, quite another to steal a man's heart in front of his friends.

Thanks to Parker Owens for the quote.

A short series of salty, savory cinquains for summer.

When love isn't something you believe in, what do you do when all you've ever believed in comes crashing down? Do you run away? Do you deny everything? Or do you simply embrace the fact that you were wrong? Siam is a young wolf who doesn't believe in love, even though he is a living proof that love exists. When he finally finds his mate, and then falls in love with him, Siam finds himself in a very problematic position, at least for him, and doesn't know what to do.

Visiting the town where he went to college, a closeted man enters a gay bar on his 50th birthday and is given a special drink with life-changing properties.

Making amends to someone is more than simply telling them "I'm sorry." It's acknowledging your flaws to someone that you wronged, admitting exactly what your wrongs were, and promising that person you will live your life trying your hardest to not hurt someone else like that. You're promising them you will try to live a better life. After Scott hurt TJ, his life quickly spiraled out of control. Now, he has an awesome sponsor, an awesome boyfriend (who is his sponsor's younger brother), and working The Steps (until he reaches The Eighth Step). Will he find the strength to try and contact TJ again to make amends for what he did?

The continued adventures in sex and friendship, online and off, of Alan Damschroeder, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, high school teacher.

Alan says, "Sometimes I think it takes a triumvirate of saints to keep me out of trouble."

These stories are written as exchanged e-mails and reading this way is an acquired taste. But the first book of this series, Web Guys, has a small, loyal following, so here's the second.

New Eden, thrives on the backs of Capsuleers. Men and women who have decided to become immortal through the use of clones. They train, in order to pilot starships of various sizes and roles. Marcus is one such capsuleer, and this is his story.

This story was written for National Math Story Day, 2017