Stories

Debbie and Cathy have been in the closet for more than four years, and have less than one more to go to be free of their fundamentalist parents, but a year is still a very long time. (January, 2009)

This is the 17th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

Kerry becomes angry when he is being stalked daily as soon as he leaves work. He asks Brad; an ex lover, to help him track down the offender. Brad reports something suspicious and where he saw it. Angry and vengful, Kerry confronts the person. He is shocked when he finds out who that is and why he is being stalked. It ends well.

When Horus and his family leave the city of the Gods to travel up the Nile, Anubis resigns himself to being bored without the company of his oldest friend. He does not however plan on being awoken in the pitch black to discover that the sun has been accidentally sealed into a temple, and that he is the only one qualified to retrieve it. If only such quests were simple.

The Wardens of the Falconer Court are syf, humans who possess an awesome and terrifying power that can alter the shape and substance of the world. They wield it against the erkin, an ancient and inhuman enemy that threatens to overrun the kingdoms of the Teel Continent. They are feared yet bitterly respected, as without their vigil, many empires would have fallen long ago. But underneath the occult prestige of the Wardens lies a dark secret. A wager made long ago, whose consequences are slowly coming to pass. If the forces at work are not stopped before it's too late, reality will be torn asunder.

This is a life of an older adolescent that was put in a monastery in the mountains of Ranya-Kushy for undisclosed reasons.

Justin and Kyle were attending a comic book convention in NYC, dressed as Speedy and Robin. They were having a great time until a complication occurred that changed their day, and their ideas on what superheroes were all about...

Be careful about taking things home from the cemetery. You might bring home more than you wanted.
This was the case for a ten year old boy named Joe. A marble he found in an old cemetery opened the door to a ruined childhood. As an adult he though he had escaped his torment until he moved back to his home town.

Jessica Greenly is worried about her reclusive teenage son, but then he announces he has something to tell his parents. She correctly guesses that Jake is about to come out to them, but her husband, Troy, doesn't take it well. When Troy suddenly leaves, Jake concludes he was responsible for his parents' breakup and in a colossal misunderstanding, he runs away. Little does he know that he wasn't the only one hiding in the closet. Jessica sets out to find her son, but she has a major decision to make, whether to try to put her family back together or to set off in a new direction with her son.

In which Ben and William meet.

A collection of prompt writings.

Oh Rocky Prompts, you'll always be
Home-sweet-home to me.
Good ol' Rocky Prompts
Rocky Prompts, Tennessee
Rocky Prompts, Tennessee!