Stories

It’s never easy being the new kid at school, but there are secrets at Shepherd’s Crook and nothing is as it seems.

Kodi is trying to relax during his summer vacation, but his best friend Omar wants to drag him to the gym. But the reason he doesn't want to go is because he has a crush on the new lifeguard Mason. What will happen when Kodi encounters the hunky lifeguard once again?

The loss of a father is never easy, especially when it's sudden. A family grieves, comes together to put their father to rest. In the process, James, comes to realize a truth about his father.

Short Story submitted to Imagine Magazine's Football Contest. Andy loses a big soccer match but it leads to something else.

A short story, a try-out if you must.

Ulysses is just another kid trying to make sense of the world and where he fits in it. His family has bounced around the country due to his father's job and Ulysses finds himself at yet another new school for his freshman year. It'll be a year of ups and downs as Ulysses deals with his past and his sexuality. But he isn't going to do it alone because he's about to make some new friends.

Poor Man's Son is the eleventh story in the CAP Saga. The story takes place in 2000, with Gathan Hayes and Will Schluter as our narrators. Many of the characters in this story were introduced in “Chronicles of an Academic Predator,” “1968,” “The Land Whore,” “Be Rad,” “Man in Motion,” “A Summer Love,” “If It Fits,” “Bloodlines,” “The Box,” and "Millennium."

“Life is full of Hard Knocks, kid, it’s how you deal with them that makes the difference.” Kevin always imagined that his father would have told him that, but he’d never met the man. Working hard, he’d pulled himself out of the swamps of his birth and into Stanford, pitching his way into a full-ride scholarship. Now he’s got another hard knock to deal with, this time from the hand of his ex-girlfriend and the public disgrace that followed.

Orange Grove is a resting place or a quick stop: nothing of significance ever happens in Orange Grove.

It's Sword-toting masked man of mystery vs. Ninja in this story. Who is going to win in this epic war?