belonging - Stories

Before the jump drive, settlers fled Earth aboard generational colony vessels, spending centuries between the stars. Their scattered descendants built hundreds of isolated worlds, each with its own distinct culture, never expecting to hear from their fellow humans again.

Then, eighty-seven years ago, Earth invented the jump drive: crossing between stars in seconds. Humanity has been trying to reconnect ever since.

Finn Svensson is a talented starfighter pilot in his mid-twenties. Discharged in disgrace, he still clings to his dream of the stars. To earn his place in the galaxy, he must navigate love, loyalty, and the ghosts of his past.

The Montana sky is wide, coffee strong, and wounded souls are never turned away from Two Spirits Horse Ranch. When Jake finds a young stranger left for dead at the north gate, his promise to protect him draws the whole ranch into a fight against fear, memory, and the men who might return to finish what they started. Warm, funny, tender, and suspenseful, In the Barb is a Western romance about found family, survival, and the kind of love that begins as rescue but grows into home.

Kurtis West’s parents discover he's gay. Who he thinks is his father, really isn't. He's kicked out by his supposed father and after a search aided by the few clues given him by his mother, finds out his real father is in the army. Is a newly promoted Major going to welcome Kurtis?

What if the ordinary tools in a man's workshop had extraordinary personalities? From a ladder with big ambitions to a hammer with plenty to say, follow the humorous adventures of a collection of tools whose everyday lives are anything but ordinary. You have read the authors introduction in an earlier story. Honey Magnolia and Michael Prescott are the pretend authors of these stories who are 2 writing partners that want to bring comedy to everyone, especially the humor in the most unexpected places.

Naren is a prospective asteroid miner arriving on Ceres. He and his AI, Aster, navigate life, mining, and more, millions of miles from Earth.

Jake and Kody never expected to find each other. Jake arrives at college determined to leave his troubled past behind and keep the secrets that nearly destroyed him buried. Kody is looking for a chance to be himself and finally belong. Instead, they find each other. But falling in love means lowering the masks they’ve spent years perfecting. As Jake fights to stay sober and Kody confronts his fears of rejection and abandonment, they’ll have to learn that love isn’t about being perfect. It’s trusting someone enough to let them see you as you truly are. A funny, tender story about first love, second chances, and the courage to be yourself.

The poem explores the truth that not everyone who walks beside you is meant to stay. Each couplet reflects on how people enter our lives, share moments, and sometimes drift away. The refrain “beside you” reinforces the theme of closeness that isn’t always permanent.

Given follows Mara, a young woman who discovers that her village’s good fortune is maintained through a hidden tradition of sacrifice and silence. When she learns the truth, she challenges generations of secrecy, forcing her community to choose between fear and honesty.

Ex-Military recluse Hank runs his isolated farm with measured violence and tactical clarity. When Jesse, a 22-year-old, stumbles into Hank’s world, the "math" of the farm changes forever. Jesse is more than a stray; and his dark past is about to catch up with him.

Hank doesn't offer pity; he offers an absolute, grounding ownership. But while trying to protect the boy, he realizes he can’t hold the line alone and calls in favors.

The debt is about to be paid in lead and spent fury.

Honey Magnolia and Michael Prescott are two writers who work together at a publishing company and have developed a wonderful friendship. When Honey comes up with an unusual idea for writing comedy, she invites Michael to become her writing partner. Together, they begin exploring the possibilities of turning ordinary things into extraordinary stories filled with humor, imagination, and unexpected surprises.