Stories

These are all works I edited with my Poetry Studio class. It was great having so many beta readers, and I think the works are better for it. Submitted to the GA 2024 Poetry Anthology!

Five poems inspired by the elemental forces of time and nature.

Just some fleeting thoughts.

It's not just the weather that changes with the seasons.

A collaboration between Valkyrie and Aditus.

A poetic exploration of this glorious thing called life.

That time from late August to October is special. And so are apples, in their many manifestations.

We follow Ken, Joe and Tom as they enjoy family life.

Senior Guardsman Apprentice, Adga, is an Illorc and a commoner, neither of which would qualify her for service as a Guardsman of the Combined Desert Realm.

Whatever god it is that determines the destiny of those such as Adga, seems to have taken a special interest in her. How else can you explain the Royal Sponsorship Pin of House Shunral, which she wears, and which was awarded by Lord Alagor Shunral himself? Things however, may be about to change for Adga and the Combined Desert Realm, as the world outside of the Realm is about to manifest itself.

A novel in twelve chapters.

Summer 2020, and the inhabitants of the Italian mountain town of Ravello are making up for lost time after three months stuck at home. Families are celebrating being reunited at last, and the appetite for romance has never been higher.

However, two teenage boys are navigating this unusual summer alone. Cosmo, a lost soul, and Marco, a recently found soul, find their lives entwined by the fact that everybody seems to have a boyfriend except them. Both of them have experienced pain and neglect in the past; but can they both overcome it to find fulfilment in the present?

Dante Arturo is a bloodborn warlock, his power born of fire. He has one problem. He has never fallen in love, and has decided he does not have the luck to fall in love. Until he meets Tani Ryuzo. A powerful being who makes him wish for a thousand years of love. But Tani is ready to give up on love, after all he has waited a thousand years for his beloved and only gotten betrayal in return.