Stories

Addiction is easy. Recovery is a lot more complicated.

It is the summer of 1839. A 19-year-old boy sets out to be a man. He chooses the sea, or it chooses him, because it is a place where men who love as he does can escape society's pronouncements upon them. The boy unknowingly begins a classic hero's journey of self-discovery – travels 'there,' discovers his task is a deeply personal one, then returns 'home' to find home is not where he wants to be anymore.

The War of the Roses has been going on since the beginning of time, however it comes to the head for one young man when he is inducted into the sect opposed by his father.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 @ 9:40-ish pm

Come meet quirky, irrational, impulsive Jonah, who runs when life gets complicated. This time he is in Sicily, Italy. What else? Oh yes. He talks to Zach, his imaginary laptop friend, collects people who want to take care of him, as well as slightly possessive, manipulative boyfriends. Time for a change.

After one man dies in the real world, he wakes up to find he has transmigrated into Red Riding Hoodie, the worst novel he ever had the misfortune of reading.

As he awakens, he's greeted by the Re: Life System, who tells him his "account" is now bound to the character Hal Schuyler, the original hero of the novel (who is petty and a huge asshole). He realizes he has to change the story to avoid being killed by the main character's sometimes friend, Alaric. But the System has other ideas, not allowing him to act too out-of-character to avoid derailing the plot.

Seen Torchwood on TV? You should read this. Short story.

For years Gabrielle has been seeing a strange boy in the woods. He grows with her and everywhere she sees the flash of his red gold hair. When she goes to university she thinks that she's said goodbye to him, until she sees the the red gold in the woods just before her whole world falls apart and she finds that it was never her world in the first place.

Earth has changed greatly since the great disaster. Mankind is no longer the top of the food chain. Now humanity lives under the rules of those they once thought of as fairy tales and horror stories. Welcome to the world where Dama and her family lives. A world where you have no choice but to follow the rules set down, rules that force a lottery type system on the children of humanity. Beware the cape that is given you on the eve of your eighteenth birthday for it will decide your fate.

In a small Western Massachusetts former mill town, now part of a larger college circuit, people -- largely students -- keep getting approached.

They don't bring it on themselves -- or do they?

Police detective Elena Petrakis leads the investigation, while her standbys, Chief Owen Neland, Senior Detective Don Burris, Lt. Ike Omari, and Sgts. Jae Ryu and Rob Perez offer support.