Stories

A boy heads into the woods and makes a lifelong promise

A chance encounter holds the promise that Ruth might re-establish contact with her estranged brother.

One misstep sends Alex's world upside down. At first, it is a simple question of 'what happened that night?', but quickly turns into a search for the person he spent the night with.

Carissa has always enjoyed working with Fred. He was a good worker, a decent man, and took time to make people happy though he didn't like the limelight. Then the gifts began to appear for Fred and the poor man didn't know what to do. Carissa tries her best to help out her friend, but is she in on the gifts?

After a series of chance encounters, Richard and Simon move on to planned encounters and dates, but will what Richard is come between them before they can really even develop a relationship?

Martin Pop is the vein of magic people who show up, fix the problems a family is experiencing and then leaves. He is a creature of magic like Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee. Where he goes healing, love, and happiness is bound to follow. Martin, unlike the others, finds himself working in the United States rather than England or Australia, because unfortunately Americans need that type of magic more right now. What happens when this magic man is called to aid an injured soldier and his poor nephew? 

Written for the 2018 Fall Anthology - Fight Back and/or Good Intentions

Dean is a firefighter who is struggling with his fears of coming out and his feeling for a colleague. This story is the sequel to The Fire Extinguisher, but it’s not necessary to read that story first, unless you want to know exactly who Bart is.

Al didn't know he was lonely, until he had a 'leap of faith'.

Deputy Sheriff Blake Alston is driving around a nothin' town on a Saturday night and sick of going back to an empty house and cold bed. But Axel Carmichael seems to have a talent for being in the right place at the right time. Blake isn't ready to have his heart broken again, but even with the fact that Axel is seven years his junior and in love with someone else, he can't quite get the young man out of his head.

Liebe, a young girl living in the Florida Keys with her two fathers, spends a lot of time outdoors, interacting with nature. For her science class project, Liebe makes a presentation about coral reefs, the dangers they face, and what can be done to save them.