Stories

Collected 2017 prompts. Published un-edited and as written

The road out of hell is long and paved in blood and betrayal

Thirteen-year-old Travis Turner thought he had a handle on his alien powers. Then demons captured him and took him to Pandemonium.

Lord Abraxas, a King of Hell, takes in Travis and teaches him to control his demonic abilities. But he must be on guard, for his enemies are legion, and loyalties can shift in a heartbeat.

If he’s to survive long enough to find a way back to his boyfriend, Travis must master The Game of Souls, the intricate rules governing demon interactions and warfare.

These are my responses to some of the story prompts found in the forum. Click on the "Link to prompt" at the end of each story for details of the prompt and to see what other authors have come up with. This is my 2012 collection.

Yonatan and Matan are back in Book 3 of the series. The first book was "Jimbo" followed by "Make Me As An Apple of Your Eye." The Emmanuelson twins are getting married and need Yonatan's assistance while he and Matan are trying to focus on their college education. Summer arrives and the fellows head to Paris for internships where they are also preparing for the birth of a child. When school resumes, events turn upside down, and the fellows realize that they are still being followed by forces who seek to destroy them and their family.

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This is a story about the precarious balance between life and death, and love and hate. Chester is perched on a knife edge, looking back instead of forward because he has secrets... shameful ones, and he has never felt so alone. Is peace ever going to be his?

They were best friends, planning on going to college together. Sayer left for his annual summer trip; everything was fine ... until Sayer didn't come back. Birch waited for him but eventually tried to forget him; he went away to college and got his degree. Now he's moving back home, back where he was with Sayer last. Will the other man have come back to town while he was gone? Will Birch ever know why Sayer didn't come back to him?

15-year old Jordan has had it rough at his old school in New York. He has been ridiculed for being gay and has been dubbed a freak. And with parents of high expectations, things aren't easy. What will the new school in Nebraska be like? Will it be the exact same, or will someone like Jordan change everything?

A refuge can be a place, or a person. Sometimes, it's both. Just like scars. We can carry them on the outside, or on the inside. Sometimes, it's both. Wiley Burch is a cowboy on the run. He never bargained for being someone's target, but it appears his luck has run out... or has it?

Aidan is a normal teenage boy whose life suddenly takes a turn when he meets the handsome, playboy Prince Luis coincidentally. Through a series of unforeseen circumstances, Aidan finds himself in the palace as Luis' husband. Just as the romance starts blooming, strange things that might tear their new found relationship begin occurring. Can Aidan fight for his love for Luis or will something even stronger than love tear them apart, forever?