Stories

This is a collection of very short stories, that I had written over thirty years ago, when I first started to write, and they are recollections of real events that took place on the farm where I grew up in Western Australia.

Preston aka Quokka

Summer, 1968. An ex-soldier with regrets pairs with an ex-boxer who never lost his punch. Their mission: finish a sci-fi comic in five days. But as the city melts, the story of hidden aliens mirrors the chemistry unfolding between them. Sometimes, unmasking is the only way to survive.

Brent Moran meets his first client as the county's new parole officer.

We join Jake, a young man who has just graduated College. He wants to backpack through the summer, but his father has other ideas.

After years together, Christian watches his life with Henry unravel—not from anger or betrayal, but from quiet manipulation by a charming stranger who made him doubt everything. By the time he sees the truth, it’s too late: Henry is gone, and no one believes him. A story about love stolen not with violence, but with words.

The Obsidian Order has long stood between worlds, warriors bound by shadow and blood, led by Prince Kael... the last heir of an ancient legacy. But when a mysterious boy crosses into Kael’s world, duty falters and a forbidden desire ignites, setting fire to everything he has sworn to protect. In a realm where shadows consume the light and betrayal lurks in every corner, even the heart can be a weapon. Torn between love and legacy, Kael must decide: will he fight to save the world from a dark prophecy, or will surrendering to desire be its undoing?

Escaping the crushing poverty of 19th-century Hungary, László endures a harrowing journey to the industrial heart of Huntington, Indiana, where his existence is defined by the relentless rhythm of factory machinery and deep solitude. It is only in the autumn of his life that he finds an unexpected sanctuary in the arms of András, a fellow immigrant with whom he builds a quiet, tender domesticity hidden within their bustling ethnic enclave. But as the two men pour their life savings into lifting up the community around them, the very neighbors they supported turn against them..

He woke up in the wreckage of an accident, with no name, no past and no one looking for him. As his recovery begins-body broken, memory gone, something in him doesn't feel lost... just hidden, if he could only remember. Placed into foster care under a name he didn't choose, he must rebuild a life from ash and shadow while the echoes of who he was begin to surface. Because sometimes, the past can't forget you even if it's Encrypted.

The Silver Tongued Scoundrel

Containing the last confession of Froderick von Brinsbane - bard, rapscallion, trickster, deviant, infidel, traitor, and thief.

Donovan Stevens has spent his life mastering distance- between himself and the dead, between himself and the living, but an overlooked detail throws him into a shadowed world of anonymous digital holes entangling him in a connection that blurs the line between professional detachment and personal desire.

Bottles don't choose their shores is a crime novel with a bit of humor that explores anonymity, desire and the consequences of reaching for someone you were never meant to find.