Stories

Two boys from totally different backgrounds. Two different and equally dramatic histories. Two testing struggles. A tempestuous love affair in a provincial German town. Narrow-minded middle-class attitudes, venomous and hypocritical Catholic morality, archaic, harsh foreign prejudices. Street Art rebellion and a society basking in a false sense of security, ignoring the largest future natural disaster and the threat of war.

The book opens with two introductions and continues through a tumultuous series of events to a not quite inevitable conclusion!

The Waldron police -- Chief Owen Neland, Lt. Ike Omari, Detectives Elena Petrakis and Don Burris, and Sgts. Jae Ryu and Rob Perez -- are on another case. But this time, it's their own

Daniel Feeney and Kelin Rattler are juniors in college and meet at a fraternity party on Homecoming Weekend. They hit it off right away, but Daniel is hesitant about getting too close to Kelin because of bad experiences he had in the past. Will this time work out for him?

A look at the dystopian path in our near future

Monologue by the manager of Brain Torture Hotel, located somewhere within each of our brains, where all our most self-destructive habits find a warm welcome

A couple of young guys in the present try to figure out a mysterious legend from the past.

Meanwhile, some years earlier, a young, Native American wife is being admired by a young warrior from another family, temporarily stranded because of an injury.

And there are bears.

Two lives with a past collide in a world filled with lies, deceit, danger and hatred. Rising from the ashes, Ben is trying to forget about his painful past with the man who is married to his brother. David and Jim's marriage is challenged as David and Ben's paths continue to cross, igniting a fire that awakens the feelings he has no idea of.

Can Love triumph when one doesn’t remember anything about his past and the other is trying so hard to forget about the man he passionately loved? What happens when fuel is added to a fire that was ignited long ago? Is their love too broken to rekindle or will something stronger bring them together?

It's been three years since Josh first came out to this park right by the lake to help a friend of his to build a playground as a part of his Boy Scout Eagle Project. A weekend where he met Sawyer for the very first time...and fell head over heels for him right away. That first crush can be...well...intense. Hehehe! So what happens with Josh and Sawyer after that? And what happens now that they've come back three years later for the anniversary of that weekend? Let's find out.

Poems for National Poetry Writing Month - April 2023

The New Boot has opened and is operating in a similar fashion to its predecessor. As we would all suspect The New Boot generates new stories, some good and some not so good. This is one of those stories and takes place around The New Boot's first Christmas.

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