serious - Stories

Extremely short stories (micro-flash fiction) related to colors. Each is intended to be a complete story in less than 300 words.

The year is 1987, and an aging Tokyo crime boss with a shady past has called on an old friend for help with what he believes to be a dire situation. There is only one hope for the future, in his mind. But is he preventing an apocalyptic clash between the humans who walk in daylight and the vampires who live in darkness? Or is he only delaying the inevitable? Can his vampire contact save what he values most? Read and find out!

A real prince marries a man and makes him part of his family.

Chase has had a tough couple of years, and just when he thought the clouds were lifting, he faces another ending, one that threatens to send him back to a dark place. Hank was his rock, his perfect partner and best friend, but in one short evening, Chase managed to screw everything up. How will he survive the loss… and the guilt?

Grant is a man new to his work and to the East Coast of the United States. He has been given every opportunity and chance, and has capitalized on that as he starts his new life. Troy has lost almost everything, and his life over the last sixteen months has been nothing but a struggle.

A burned journal sends them on a collision course.

This is their story.

Author's Note: The story will update twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays

People are dying and they all have a connection to Patrick's dead ex Gavin Martin.

Adam has to stop this mad man before he and Patrick are next.

Barnegat Bay is a romance set mainly on the Jersey shore in the summer of 1932. It focuses on its narrator, Doc, and his friends Mike, Larry, Al, and Spence, summer lifeguards soon headed into their senior year at CCNY -- the City College of New York. This is in the uncertain times and job market of the still early years of the Great Depression. Joining the guys are Mary and Claire, local to the area but no less ambitious for their lives.

It may initially seem an odd book for this site, but, believe me, it isn't.

Well known as a bully and antagonist by his peers, his arrogance is a thing of legend and scorn at the annual Congress of Alphas. Overconfidence in his own greatness led the beat down of his life. Self reflection takes him on a journey of how the unlikely wolf eventually became the alpha.

The adventures of a 9 year old who runs away form home. Will he learn to trust or will he be used up and thrown to the curb?

Ghosts of the past haunt the present in a way that makes it difficult to move foward.

A former threart rises, posing a danger to not only Alex, but the majesty of the world bequeathed to him.

Bonds will be rekindled. Lives will be lost.

But, will it all be worth it when the truth is revealed?

Poetry. Hopefully some good!

A new collection of prompts and shorts.

What happens when the life of an ordinary college kid is suddenly uprooted by the appearance of a strange man, claiming to be the God of Death?

Not to mention, as soon as the obnoxius playboy arrives, trouble ensues.

Poor Leo is thrust into a world he knows nothing about. Facing dangers he thought could only exist in fantasy and for what purpose?

Surely these creatures wouldn't attack for no reason.

The so called 'God of Death', seems to be putting off more than he is letting on.

Will Leo ever be able to uncover the truth?

Aidan Ross, artist extraordinaire meets Rick Mahoney when the man comes for an interview, except he is at the wrong one. Aidan wants him to be the inspiration for his next paintings so badly that he makes a tempting offer. But soon he realizes that he has a decision to make. Aidan can’t be certain whether it's only the artist in him who is allured by Rick’s charming looks or if there is more than that.

Art by Adonis is a journey of two men, imperfect in their own way yet so perfect for each other.

A century into the future, this "Gone From Daylight" spinoff tells the tale of the near apocalyptic war that is taking place between those who walk in daylight, and those who live in darkness! But when a boy from the resistance gets rescued by a team of cybernetically enhanced soldiers...where will things go from there? Maybe it takes someone who has walked in both worlds to create an understanding between them.