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A musically based story where a young guitar player takes over for a deceased member of a popular group and is guided by his ghost.

Today, with modern treatment and prevention, we often forget about AIDS and the toll it took upon the gay community. At the end of a long trip, Robert's final stopover is Minneapolis. There, he encounters a friend of a friend who had fallen to AIDS twenty-five years earlier. This is a sad story, and was difficult to write, and I've kept it on the back burner for over a year. Dedicated to a close friend who passed thirty-two years ago on his favorite holiday, Halloween.

This story completes a trilogy, following "A Class Reunion" and "Love, In the Ashes of Time."

They say that those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. With that in mind, what would lead Martin Niemoller to write a version for today?

The Time To Escape Might Be Before It Begins

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When the words become destructive...

My free-verse entry for the 2026 poetry anthology. Lately it seems that what seems like being a choice, really isn’t. Are we really free to decide any aspects of our own lives?

Reflections of the past, realities of the present, and hopes for the future. These aren't prompts, and anything could wind up here, from poetry to monologues. It's all about words, and the forms they lead us to.

Journey Home follows Adam as he returns to Vancouver after fifteen years with his new partner, Alex. Haunted by Jamie, his deceased boyfriend, Adam confronts his unresolved grief, especially during an emotional visit with Jamie’s parents, who still cherish him as family. Through flashbacks, reunions with old friends, and Alex’s steady presence, Adam learns that loving again doesn’t erase the past, it honors it. To move forward, he must gently release Jamie, not from his heart, but from the frozen space he’s guarded for so long. Grief doesn’t vanish; it transforms. And love, even new love, needs room to breathe beside loss.

Marcus Bennett's life shattered when he was outed in high school. Finally, he finds healing and builds a chosen family with his roommate and their friends.

Years later, Marcus has rebuilt his life. As he builds a future with Andrew, his friendship with James deepens into something unspoken, leaving Marcus torn between the life he's created and feelings he's afraid to acknowledge.

Then a piece of mail reveals a devastating truth. Marcus must confront demons he thought he'd escaped and decide: run away again—or fight back.

A story about trauma, healing, and learning that those who hurt us most can be the ones we never see coming.

The follow-up to the first part of this story: The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor.

Jules Ross is a detective who loves a mystery, whether it’s on his own time or the police’s. He is very good at his job and always gets his … man?