Stories

14-year-old Aiden Desmond is used to knowing things others don't. He knows about things from books his friends don’t read, things on tests in higher grades, things that happen that adults don’t talk about, and about bad days on a person's personal calendar, days when things happened, that divided their life into "Before" and "After."

But that didn’t prepare him for things like this. Two secrets, two radical shifts in what he knew. Aiden is used to knowing things others don't, but to get used to these things, he needs answers.

The sexual molestation of a student by a teacher in an isolated tropical Australian town, triggers abductions and murder.

At a rainforest camp for adolescent youths Jarek introduces them to the joys of independence, freedom from irrational taboos, respect for nature and each other, and pride in their natural masculine instincts.

A gun-toting woman; a spurned wife and a man-hating teacher, cause Jarek to flee. But life becomes even more dangerous when he’s followed by his small-town enemies, who join forces with the State President of Women's War International, a female practised in the art of ridding the world of non-compliant males.

•Sebastian and Reginald have a close encounter with visiting evangelists.

When an inheritance must be shared, unique characters are pitted together by an unforeseen maneuver from the grave...

Alone on Christmas Day, he accidentally hooks up with the nephew he's never met.

***CONTENT WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS ELEMENTS WHICH SOME READERS MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION***

Sebastian Sanspere is an enigma. Everyone likes him, but no one knows anything about him. He wears clothes under protest, but no one seems to mind. His home life is alarmingly odd. He doesn’t know who his father was, yet he’s managed to remain a ‘normal’ and thoroughly nice guy in the opinion of those who are not concerned by his penchant for nudity.

In this fast paced tale of criminal intrigue, porno rings, abductions and violence in tropical Australia, Sebastian and his boyfriend, Reginald, get accidentally caught up in the mayhem and have to fight for their lives against the big-moneyed bad boys.

Jared and Tommy are close friends who are going into the challenging world of high school and possibly dating girls in the near future. So, before finding themselves in a strange and awkward position when it comes to finding their very first girlfriend could be damaging to their reputation. They might as well try to get some 'practice' in beforehand, right? However...is this just an exercise for both boys involved? Or is one a little more 'involved' than the other?

Can you imagine the future when you are thirteen years old? When you’ve lost everything? From the ruins of war in a bombed out town in Syria; the desperation of refugee camps; and slum cities in Turkey, the paramount goal is safety and the impossible: Europe. This story is of our time and does not shy away from harsh reality. There is abuse, exploitation, huge risk, suffering and pain, but there is also romance and a few good souls.

Dome of Death is a thriller revolving around the consequences of climate change and rising seas on unsustainable coastal ‘development’.

An Anthology of Flash Fiction.