Stories

They were best friends, planning on going to college together. Sayer left for his annual summer trip; everything was fine ... until Sayer didn't come back. Birch waited for him but eventually tried to forget him; he went away to college and got his degree. Now he's moving back home, back where he was with Sayer last. Will the other man have come back to town while he was gone? Will Birch ever know why Sayer didn't come back to him?

Elisar sets out to find a magical book. His journey takes him to Eldaran, the land of the elves, where he meets Prince Eldar.

Neither the old gods nor their younger helpmates have been able to stop the coming collapse of civilization. Something more is needed. An ark, a refuge, a place where hurt, abused, abandoned, and thrown-away children can feel safe ... maybe, be safe. This is a sequel to "Nemesis" and "Protector of Children."

The Tree is a local fixture in the rural town of Morton. When it starts to die, the whole town rallies around to try to save it.

When a teen boy is targeted by a group of vampire for a feast of blood, they will discover that it was a mistake to leave him for dead. Now crossed over into darkness himself, 'Cylance' will do all he can to find his killers and exact his revenge. But can he do it before the dark powers within consume him completely? Or will he succumb to the evil and ultimately become what he despises most?

This is not a story. These are the text for the embedded links within Falls Creek Lessons. Please read that story instead.

Warning: If you choose to read these links before Falls Creek Lessons, these links contain spoilers

These are my responses to some of the story prompts found in the forum. Click on the "Link to prompt" at the end of each story for details of the prompt and to see what other authors have come up with. This is my 2013 collection.

Aaron and Slade have their world changed with an announcement: Aaron's moving. His father's promotion is relocating him to Boston, MA. Aaron has no choice but to move with his family. Can their relationship survive the long distance?

Brian and Danny are married. But they are stuck in limbo and can’t get past it. Can an Advent calendar, some Christmas ornaments, and a cigarette get them beyond the stasis that has frozen their lives? Will the lights of Christmas shining in the darkness help them find the peace they truly need? This is a Christmas story in eight parts.

Well, poetry, in the broadest most mundane sense of the term. How many to come I don't know. I post these things only to remove them later, so who can tell.