Stories

Chase thought he had it all: he was a well-liked athlete on his high school's basketball team and his girlfriend was one of the prettiest and most popular cheerleaders in the school. But, after a stunning betrayal, Chase finds himself rethinking all he knew about relationships, including what he wanted and what his feelings towards his new friend, Terry, are all about.

The story of the Castaway Hotel continues, but this time with Danny relaying the story and taking charge. How will things go as the Hotel continues to add new residents?

Harry Sussman is a perfectly nice guy in his early 30s. He's a successful architect who lives in western Massachusetts. He's intelligent. He's stable. He's reasonably good-looking. He just wants to meet a nice guy to marry. Now how hard can that be?

Collection of stand-alone prose prompts and other shorts. Quick bites, in other words. A tasty snack or two.

A series of play scripts for information age security public service announcements

The adventure continues. CJ, his family, and friends return for the last two years at School Without Walls High School.

The adventures in sex and friendship, online and off, of Alan Damshroeder, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, high school teacher.

Says Alan, "Sometimes I think it takes a triumvirate of saints to keep me out of trouble."

Note: These stories are written as exchanged e-mails and reading this way is an acquired taste.

Prompt responses for 2017.

All these shorts are unedited, and if they refer to current characters of mine I will include a link to the relevant story.

Kyp had enough smothering to last him a lifetime. He overcame so much to graduate high school. Now that he's finally at college, he's finding that the start is harder than he thought.

He has a roommate for the first time in his life, and people who would like to be his friends if he'll let them in. Kyp wants to be independent, but circumstances beyond his control will teach him that sometimes the second half of the race is the hardest part.

Kevin was seventeen, and unhappy. He was in love with his best friend, but unable to share those emotions with him. And, he lived on pins and needles with his dad, who seemed not to care about anything that went on in his son's life.

Kevin had found some relief in writing - tales of other worlds and other life. But now his best friend was going to prod him into something new; something that would change Kevin's existence altogether.