Stories

This is the third and final part of the Confounded Trilogy, portraying a May - December story with familiar characters.

You would be wise to (re)read the previous parts of this trilogy, to get reacquainted with the characters; some you will know, some are new. Some references will hark back to previous writings, and will make more sense. This story is told from perspectives, so called Points of View (POV).

Pig in Palm Springs is a story about Christian, a handsome 30-something man who takes a solo trip to Palm Springs to explore his hidden desires. His self-discovery goes beyond the sexual exploration of his oppressed kinks and fetishes. The trip becomes more than he can imagine as he becomes the man he was afraid to be, learning about himself through new friendships, chance encounters, experimentation, and even a potential relationship.

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Randy is a gay teen who is just trying to navigate the world of supposed normalcy while still trying to create a healthy identity for himself. But when a brand new boy from a neighboring town comes to his school...everything goes crazy, And Randy finds himself having to choose between his heart and his 'secret'.

A collection of prose pieces by others exploring the love that has always dared to speak its name.

A family's Christmas gathering gets enhanced by some shared fun and love.

Inside a special academy for scientific minds, a first-year techno-geek and senior science jock uncover a conspiracy targeting people like them.

593 Riverside Drive is a kind of drawing room comedy about the difficulty a woman living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 1925 has in getting a divorce and the narrow-mindedness of one of the male lawyers in the subsequent trial. Still, there's a lot of humor in the rudeness, especially when Uncle Herbert's around. The book will serialize on Fridays, probably through November -- WELL, THAT HIT A MAJOR SETBACK WHEN I HAD A TRULY UNEXPECTED STROKE ON OCTOBER 2ND. NOW, I'M HOPING TO FINISH EDITING AND POSTING BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 2024.

The titular book from the novel 'Book of Venoms', this is a guide to the strange and magical world of Escaria and its venomous creatures. It also includes sections on the mythology and history of Escaria, as well as recipes for elixirs and antidotes.

A spinoff of the "Gone From Daylight" vampire series (Reading the original is not necessary), this tale takes place in the old West. Deacon Porter is baffled by the recent murders in his small town. With his father being the Sherriff, it's up to him to solve the mystery of what's happening. However, when Deacon meets a teen boy like himself in the darkness, he experiences feelings that he never knew that he had before. But is this beautiful stranger the boy of Deacon's dreams? Or is it possible that he may be the monster that his father is hunting in the shadows of night?

Ariel has been painfully shy his whole life. Being around cute boys turns him into a clumsy, nervous, wreck. And now that he knows the biggest crush of his life, Randy, has a boyfriend all his own...will he shy away from ever falling in love again? Or will one of Randy's closest friends, Tyler, end up being the angel he was looking for all along?