Stories

the Creative prompt

Just a couple short stories, by me MOH. Similar to my poems, this will be updated sporadically, whenever the muses take me.

A short story depicting one man's view of Valentine's Day.

In the year 2050, Ben and Tony are due to celebrate their ten year anniversary of escape from a totalitarian England. But their holiday plans are disrupted when Ben is persuaded to help two newly-arrived refugees avoid recapture.

The father of a young man becomes desperate when his son ends up in a life-threatening situation

In the newspaper, Wayne reads of a murder in the Gay community. He meets William; his straight married twin weekly to play pool. William presses him to get a man and settled down. When they part, Wayne goes to his favorite Gay bar where he learns of another such murder. Upset, Wayne goes home alone.

Originally accepted for the Library of the Living Dead SF anthology - Rockets, Swords and Rainbows - the anthology was pulled prior to publication date due to a shortage of funds. It deals with relationships and how things are perceived via totally different lifestyles and race philosophies. Written for as wide an audience as possible, so nothing sexually graphic.

Gays targeted by killer in a Chicago suburb is unsolved until one man has enough!

Stuck in a freezing apartment on Christmas Eve, a young artist and a young writer must huddle together and try to heat each other up.