war - Stories

Rumors of a traveling doctor spread like wildfire throughout Bosefestung, and Arden Grey finds it harder to maintain a humble presence. He gains the attention of the Templar and Mages Hall, half the nobles in the city, the city-state's Guard-Captain, and the city's Underground. Since when had serving the sick and wounded become so complex?

The French Revolutionary War is finally coming to a conclusion, and after eight years of conflict, George Granger is going to have to adapt to a world at peace. While the conflict with France may be at an end, George has his own challenges to face. He has returned home to find himself richer, but estranged from his wife. His best friend and lover, Francis Calvert, has been wounded in the Caribbean and has not yet returned to England. Join George as he navigates this fraught era, which may be even more dangerous than when England at France were at war.

“We are not free. And the sky can still fall on our heads” – Antonin Artaud

Originally written for The Mentor Program – Fall Writing Project.

Love is a battlefield worse than the trenches of France, worse than the jungles of Vietnam, and worse than the barren deserts of Iraq. Many men will go into the field, but only a few will be lucky enough to find glory or fame. The rest will live with scars both visible and unseen. These scars will re-open without warning at any time, creating misery in its wake.

The future needs yesterday's fallen.

A Hammerhead Universe Story

One was Killian, the heir to the Almerian Throne. The other was Surya, the younger prince of Drona. Their hearts dared to defy the barriers raised by their forefathers. But what had started as an innocent folly between two princes could end in a blood-soaked war between two kingdoms.

A kindness, an example, a bond, an aspiration, a lesson, a thought. No more, no less.

"Tragic Genius" is the fourth and penultimate book in "The Trial", a series beginning with "Shadow Honor". In this book, we follow the early days of the Demon War, and focus on the stories of Neredos and Veil predominantly, but with many other familiar faces as well. What does it take to make a leader, and how do the horrors of war twist a person's mind? How do we fight for good, life, and peace in a world full of evil, death, and pain? This is the heart of what The Trial means.

Sole Scion is a multi-part Science Fiction Series spin-off of the Centurion Cycle that takes place 10,000 years after the end of the First Cycle. After 400 generations since Planet Fall the history and gods of Ares has long been forgotten. Its people however continue to survive on the Blue Star. Know as Earth by some and Terra by others the Scions of Ares are about to face enemies more foul than the ones they left on dying homeworld. This time the enemy is themselves.