Stories

This is the result of a randomly generated prompt.

17-year-old Amy Bauer moves into a different house with her mother, to a different state, and the worst of all -- a different school. Amy is overweight & her self-esteem gets lower & lower with each passing day. Then on her first day of school, she sees HIM -- the guy she knows she'll hate for the rest of her life, Luke Russell, "The Leader of the Hyena Pack."

A collection of poems that question some aspects of the self.

What happens when the life of an ordinary college kid is suddenly uprooted by the appearance of a strange man, claiming to be the God of Death?

Not to mention, as soon as the obnoxius playboy arrives, trouble ensues.

Poor Leo is thrust into a world he knows nothing about. Facing dangers he thought could only exist in fantasy and for what purpose?

Surely these creatures wouldn't attack for no reason.

The so called 'God of Death', seems to be putting off more than he is letting on.

Will Leo ever be able to uncover the truth?

Initially a response to Prompt 775 for Chapter 1, but using Prompt 777 on Chapter 2

Events on a small New England college campus, following an exceptional one. Gil Andrus and his husband, Pete Sordan, follow through the usual faculty politics and the unexpected mystery. And Don Burris, the detective from The Pendleton Omens, reappears.

Note: this book shares roots and occasionally overlaps with my other book, Quabbin, which is also set in Waldron, Massachusetts, though in a national clothing company. But they're different books with different sensibilities.

Say that you'll prompt me!

365 days of drabbles written for various types of prompt. Updated after a week's worth of prompts have been written.

Heed the warnings in the information section please. Some of these get outright DARK and I do not want to upset anyone if I can help it.

Brock decides to go to a Halloween Party sponsored by a local gay group, but it doesn't turn out exactly the way he planned.

Hiding part of what makes you who you are may sometimes seem necessary. And sometimes you may hide a part of yourself so well that you don't even realise that it exists. Danny Murphy seems to be living a charmed life. But he has a secret; one that he tries to keep so well hidden that he doesn't even want to admit it to himself. However, if he is hiding part of his real self, not just from others but also from himself, is his life really as charmed as it may seem?

Lucky's a man who wants nothing more than to fall in love with another prince and have his own happily ever after. Unfortunately, he's arranged to be married to a princess as nothing more than a business transaction for his father the king. Lucky has a mission, though, and he is willing to cooperate with a former Big Bad Wolf turned police officer. In a modern world where magic exists with the fairest women and the most charming men, they must together to fight an evil force wanting control over the entire world. And with help of a few princesses, this won't be just another fairy tale story.