Stories

Sometimes being a friend to someone in need tests you to your limits. How can you ever be enough for someone who has lost his footing in life and can’t move forward? Stuart tries his best to be there for Cyril, but his colleague turned roommate isn’t making things easy for either of them.

Sharing no common interest or having utterly disparate lifestyles did not stop them from falling in love. However the grand challenge for Sam and Shawn was never about discovering their love for each other but on learning how to remain together. Can a tinge of chemistry more than make up for the complete lack of compatibility? [Part of 'Tales of Love, Tales of Woe' short story collection]

Young adult Angel Sebastian visits the fresh grave of his father by request from his older sister Sussana.

How far is too far when trying to help a person in an abusive relationship? Is it any of your business who people choose as partner? Stuart can't get Cyril's situation out of his mind, but for most of us his plan would fall into the "too far" category. Question is - will it work?

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy.

Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.

I am sure many of you, like me, learned this children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen predicts whether you will have good or bad luck. Something I came across subsequently, was the existence of many variations on this rhyme, some more sinister than the children’s version.

One of those is incorporated into this short story about boyhood abuse.

This is a special piece of Halloween flash fiction.

The world of physical abuse is a dark place, filled with pain, depression, confusion and emotion. Often we don't understand why people seem to remain in these abusive, destructive relationships for so long.

This story seeks to see things through their eyes.

Gabriel was a golden angel but he's fallen a long, long way. Jake used to be there to catch him but he slipped through his fingers. Now he's back in his arms but is Jake brave enough to keep him there

Time has passed since Daniel's mother has died from cancer, he has come to rely on his best friend's Luke and Shelly as his anchor. While he weathered an abusive relationship with an alcoholic father.

Ivan offers shelter to a man stranded in a blizzard. He learns that he has something in common with his guest--something that would surely drive the other man away if he ever learned Ivan's terrible secret.