Stories

In the dark but in the end light streams throe....

In 2006 my family went to California for a vacation. We had a lot of fun, and I got to see a lot of family, many of whom I hadn't seen since 1999. During the course of this visit, I made a lot of observations and relived a lot of memories, good and bad.

A Myth in Eight Parts

A vampire with a secret to keepA Dhampir with a job to do. It was love at first sight but would they fight each other for their own good or will they risk it all...?

Set in the Sanitaria Springs universe and featuring the perspective of Marshall as he comes to term with nearly a full year of dating his surprise boyfriend, the quirky Isaac. Knowing how his boyfriend's mind works - kind of - Marshall sets out to learn from the lessons of their Valentine's Day now that Halloween has rolled around. One thing has become clear to Marshall over the last year - this thing with Zac is real - but is it scary?

Jake is a rebellious teenager, perhaps as a response to his father - the captain of the local police force - who has very strict ideas about how Jake should live his life. A mysterious smile is exactly what Jake needed to show his dad that his life is his own.

Calen, the prodigious bardic-mage of Corariel, walks a dangerous road. Possessed of unruly storm magic, he has only ever known the will of those who would spin his powers for personal gain. Galdrian, a would-be knight, never wanted to be a mage. Surprised by the signs of divination magic within him, he suddenly finds himself at odds with even his own family's traditional beliefs. When the two young men find themselves thrust into each other’s company, they are left with little choice but to face their fears together. For the shadows that grip the region threaten more than just their own precarious paths, but the lives of everyone around them.

Rodel was kicked out of his home when he was sixteen. He endured everything to survive, including joining the army. But surviving is not living, and Rodel must confront the animal spirits waging the eternal battle of hunter and prey, of life and death, of victim and hero, all to save himself and those he loves.

The thread running through a family of four, the one keeping them stitched as a unit, may be thinning in places they don't realize, for reasons beyond the obvious.

Aiden is young, rich, and beautiful. Banking on his fellow gays' love for sex and drugs, he's become a self-made millionaire before most guys his age have finished college. But the glamor of the cars, boys, and clubs isn't there anymore, and he no longer feels the thrills he used to. When Luca steps in to his life and reminds him what passion feels like, he considers giving it all up to feel that fire again...even if he has to take on the city's biggest crime family to do it.