abuse - Stories

The thread running through a family of four, the one keeping them stitched as a unit, may be thinning in places they don't realize, for reasons beyond the obvious.

There is No Forever is a story about three friends living on the infamous James Street, the gayborhood of the city. Playboys, abandonment, violence, each manage life’s unexpected obstacles that bring them together while simultaneously ripping them apart.

Zane is in the closet with only his best friend knowing about his secret until someone new shows up. The only problem is that this person brings his problems with him and has Zane help him. Will they come out unscathed in the end?

Rick Spivey had his own issues at Polk High, but when he met the mysterious Taine Maxwell, he developed an obsession which would change both of their lives forever. Something about Taine brings out both the best and worst in Rick, and in his quest to win the boy's heart, Rick undergoes a transformative journey of his own.

Daniel was a normal boy, but ever since he met a black unicorn his life has changed. Now with his father dead, he was forced to move back in with his mom, and start at a new school. Life is never easy for the new kid. Especially when dealing with psycho self-appointed gods and demons.

Between Heaven and Hell there is a secret world which only the Elected few take part in. It is a world in which the superhuman interact with the more mundane. Among these rare few are two factions. On one side are the cannibalistic Coven. Opposed to them are the just as ruthless members of the Order. Between lie the innocent who wish to play no part in the coming war. Among them is a kidnapped child who lost everything, fears everything, and has nothing to live for.WARNING HORROR!

Wanted criminal Hong Shen finally meets his end after being stabbed in the back by a comrade. As he makes his final resting place under a dead plum tree, he submits to death.

Instead, he receives two choices: die, or be given a second chance.

To take the second chance means he must complete a trial in the past in order to return to the present. But what he doesn't know is that the trial isn't only difficult for him, but even more difficult for the person he must be to fulfill it.

A Young hunter stalks his prey through the wilderness only to quickly come upon something unexpected that would change his life forever.

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.

Iain and Bryan have a relationship built from secrecy, pain, isolation and need. Despite this, there is still a secret that Iain hasn't shared.

2007 Anthology