Stories

This is a collection of scenes, very shorts, and doodles in the Sci-Fi space.

Skylar is a witch that swore off magic. She keeps it hidden, and just goes to college like normal. But now a girl from another dimension needs her help with a vampire epidemic and she won't make it easy for Skylar to decline. Young adult modern fantasy story, action, romance. Reviews returned.

Tavo is running. Abused and mistreated, he can't take it anymore. He makes one last desperate attempt at escape. Benji didn't plan on getting caught up in Tavo's troubled life, but when he's the only one who can help, Ben won't abandon Tavo. When that man turns out to be lovely inside and out, Benji is glad he was able to catch Tavo. [M/M, abuse, hurt/comfort, abuse, violence]

*A snippet of a larger concept that I've tinkered around with and may return to down the road.*

Matt Donovan realizes that his relationship with Charlie isn't the secret he thought it was. Others within in his small fishing community are opening their eyes to his reality, including his one true crush, the outspoken, gruff-around-the-edges Jake Kowalczyk, who himself begins to discover that his feelings for Matt go beyond a platonic friendship after Matt almost dies.

Ian was recently made a vampire, but cannot bring himself to kill a human and drink from them.

A couple arrive at a crossroads in their relationship, with one of them poised to end her postdoctoral education and "start life". She's not so sure about the baby her wife wants though, working with kids and their parents facing huge health issues as an MD, but she starts having a series of mysterious dreams involving a wise little girl.

**This story touches upon issues of difficult pregnancies and miscarriage. Please proceed with caution if you find these topics upsetting.**

Sean is a troubled young man. Some of the things he does might be considered to be not all that well thought out. At times all his family and friends, particularly his older friend, Johnny (the narrator of these fragments of Sean's life), can do is to be there for him, and help him to pick up the pieces when things go wrong. Even when, sometimes, Sean himself doesn't even seem to want to pick up the pieces.

Veteran and loner saves a man from the snow. He finds he's not the only one damaged.

Four skyscraper poems in tribute to a great friend.

Only 884 words, but all of them are from the bible itself.