casual - Stories

When Travis Buck becomes famous for playing golden boy Jackson Pryce in the TV hit Palisades, the role begins to consume him. Off screen, he hides trauma, addiction, and a secret relationship with his best friend, Will Schluter — while his co-star Ken “Kendo” Dolan lures him deeper into self-destruction. As Travis’s real life mirrors Jackson’s unraveling, fame, love, and control collide. Forced into isolation to survive, he must decide whether to keep performing the perfect life everyone expects — or risk everything to be real.

Travisty is a story about identity, survival, and the cost of being seen.

In a kingdom cracking under rebellion, one knight and two young squires ride with a single purpose: they fight for the crown. Kaylen leads them through frost‑bitten marches and treacherous courts, while Tomas and Ronan learn the cost of courage long before earning their spurs. As traitors rise and loyalties splinter, the three must stand firm together or watch the realm fall.

Rick likes order, rules and the fact that he is always right.

Liam is an endless chaos with making the world look more complicated with mathematical formulas and magical scientific crap.

Putting these two together in the same room can cause nothing more than misery, at least for those who try to like them both.

Malicious Glee is a collection of short stories following Rick and Liam—partners who love each other fiercely, argue publicly, flirt dangerously, and take an almost academic pleasure in pushing each other's boundaries.

PS: You just need to read the prologue to know them.

Studying psychology while getting firsthand experience from his ‘college boyfriend’ isn’t the college experience Ace wanted. Luckily, a frat leader Carter hates offers to help break the abuse cycle Ace’s been gaslit into. Leo's only rules?

"Tell me if anything changes, or if I go too far."

"Don’t go back to Carter. If you need toxic, call me.”

Messy hook-ups are to be expected in a frat. When a chaotic freshman drags Leo into his on/off relationship, Leo uses a little consensual tough love to help Ace leave Carter. Ace's only rules?

"No sex.”

"No kissing."

Will the unspoken rule be broken first?

Don't fall in love.

For Andy, 4 AM runs are a sanctuary—except for the irritating zoo security guard constantly patrolling his route.

But when a freak accident leaves Andy battered on the asphalt, his "nemesis" is the only one there to catch him.

A first-aid session in the back of a cramped SUV quickly turns into a different kind of encounter, proving that the friction between them was just a spark waiting to ignite.

This “book” contains a few short stories with a common thread. I did indeed work in a grocery store, and had the occasional sexual fantasy about a co-worker. Most of these are almost completely fiction other than the idea be hind each one.

They are pretty much as they were first published on nifty. There may be some minor enhancements as I tweak them for posting here. We’ll see. Filling in ideas has gotten a little tough for me lately, but I wanted to continue to share, so I give you ‘Grocery Store Fantasies.’

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? Or, could the stakes be even higher than that?

Summer, 1968. An ex-soldier with regrets pairs with an ex-boxer who never lost his punch. Their mission: finish a sci-fi comic in five days. But as the city melts, the story of hidden aliens mirrors the chemistry unfolding between them. Sometimes, unmasking is the only way to survive.

Donovan Stevens has spent his life mastering distance- between himself and the dead, between himself and the living, but an overlooked detail throws him into a shadowed world of anonymous digital holes entangling him in a connection that blurs the line between professional detachment and personal desire.

Bottles don't choose their shores is a crime novel with a bit of humor that explores anonymity, desire and the consequences of reaching for someone you were never meant to find.