Mature - Stories

This is a story about a young man from Sweden who loves chess and looks for like-minded friends. The story is set in several countries at a very interesting time in chess history, the early 1970s. It is not a story about the game of chess as such but it contains references to actual players and famous games.

When private investigator Killian Kendall takes on two new cases, he expects challenges — but not the kind that cut so close to home. A murder tied to his boyfriend’s past threatens their future, while a friend’s secret life drags Killian into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As lies unravel and loyalties are tested, Killian learns that in a world built on secrets, the truth of yesterday becomes a lie tomorrow.

Silver Springs is dying, greed and corruption are bleeding it dry.

A lost lawman, Sawyer, finds himself trapped in the death throes of a town in decline.
Theodore Harding, local savant and guide has to keep him alive long enough to make a difference.
Horses, gunsmoke, and silver.

The two lawmen must make a last stand, and help the townsfolk break free of the grip of Cobb's Red Sash Gang, and the closing fist of the Pinkerton Detective Agency set to betray them all.

Folk up and risk everything on a long journey North, to safety and a chance to build a real lasting life for themselves.

Dumped before Christmas, Brandon must endure a full Dickensian haunting... only gayer, drunker, and significantly more sarcastic.

A ribald, irreverent twist on a classic tale, this is a holiday story about heartbreak, hauntings, and learning that the only thing scarier than ghosts… is self-reflection.

Here I will put one shots, scenes from different POVs, moments in between moments and the like for the series.

When the gods are bored, the world becomes their playground. For Mason Hill, deific whims turn his world upside down. What is a disabled homeless man to do when the world is ending around him?

XX Book 3 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The King of the North

You want the throne, you'll pay in pain,
In the North, it's he who reigns.
The price is blood, the law is steel,
A truth this frozen land makes real.
So bring your claim, a fool's crusade,
You'll learn the choice your pride has made.

Shawn slips, falls, and dies, but his mind is transferred to himself in an alternative universe. The humans in this universe are far in advance of what he knew. Merged with an AI system, Shawn must explore this seemingly utopian world as he goes off to college only to discover a dystopian reality and military dictatorship. He was given a system that allows him certain skills or abilities and lets him improve those the more he uses the system, similar to a video game; some involve sex. Will he be able to level up fast enough to save himself, his new friends, and potentially the human race?

Will you see the truth once you stop looking at the past through rose-colored glasses?

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Crowe's life is forever changed when an angel delivers him an impossible task. During his travels through the Kenoma, Crowe encounters a lycan, an eight-foot-tall wolfman. Separated by language and culture, Crowe cannot deny he shares a powerful connection with the barbarian. Bound by mystical forces, their journey leads them to the small village of Timberford, a town that is gripped by a dark evil. Thus, Crowe must complete his first task. If he is to survive his first task and free the town from its dark curse, Crowe must face his own dark past and trust his new furry companion. But how can you trust someone you can't understand?