Top 50 Long Stories This Year

Horny Monsters (7)
Part of the Horny Monsters universe
The mysterious Order comes to the Radley house to ask Mike for help with an incident in Hawaii. Story contains monstergirls, hand-holding, and mermaid boobs.

I post a story every July to honor folks who've served, and I try to focus on obscure people in each. I'm from a generation where guys returning from honorable service weren't given the credit they deserved. That was also the case with the Women Air Service Pilots—the WASPs. So, I wanted to tell the story of those brave women. The plot is a coming-of-age tale… sort of a latter-day Pilgrim's Progress—and most of the characters are real. Please enjoy…

Intemperance
The seventh book in the ongoing Intemperance series picks up immediately after the shocking event that ended Book VI. Discussions have been made about putting the infamous band back together. Is this even possible now? Celia Valdez has gone down her own path. Will it lead her to happiness and fulfillment? Can the music go on after all that has happened?

The end of the journey. These last 18 chapters cover the summer after graduation as the three of them prepare for starting their new jobs. / (Reviews)

The start of the HEA. / (Reviews)

A Good Medicine Story (9)
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
Having graduated from medical school and now being a full-fledged Doctor, DOCTOR Michael Peter Loucks' life is about to change again. Post-graduate life is often messy, and the life of a newly minted Doctor can be especially messy. While he's earned the trust of most of his colleagues thanks to his outstanding performance as a student, now the stakes are higher, and the rules have changed. Follow along as Doctor Mike navigates challenges in patient care, the hospital, and his personal life.

A Beach House Story (4)
After "Beach House - A Week with the Musketeers" Michael spends a month dating each girl. This chronicles the 3rd month with one of the Musketeers. An understanding of the characters in those three stories is essential. Additional notes in my blog will help you appreciate the story and individuals. The sequence is: 1. Beach House 2. Aug with Fallon 3. Sept with LuAnn 4. Oct with Tina They should definitely be read in order. This completes the story.

A Photo Finish Story (6)
Nate and his three girlfriends have graduated from college at last and prospects are good—except for the draft board insisting Nate still has to complete alternative service. But Nate's alternative service will be unlike any that has gone before. It leads him all over the world as he and Ronda visit embassies to install new passport cameras. And there are those in the world who don't care about diplomatic immunity as Nate is hijacked, kidnapped, and sent to the heart of the war zone.

A Jack Pierce Chronicles Story (5)
This story follows immediately after "Something Fishy Going On" and begins with the Spring semester at Porter-Gaud. Olivia Newton John's "Physical" had been on the charts for 18 weeks straight and Hank Aaron was being inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Swimming season was over and baseball season was about to begin.

We are entering the final year of the story. It is the end of the summer and Andrew's final year at university is only days away.

Years ago, Reluctant_Sir posted a very interesting story about a young man who became a Mage, and then a Wizard. But the story didn't stop just there. So, WITH HIS PERMISSION, I have taken this story a little farther down the line. Hopefully I can attempt to copy the quality that he began this story with. Thank you all, and YES, I do have his permission.

The summer of 1986 between Andrew's third and fourth years at Cambridge. How will he cope with the counter-culture of West Berlin?

Trying not to fuck everything up in the penultimate term at university. And for once the big old slut Andrew McLeod turns down sex! / (Reviews)

A Jack Pierce Chronicles Story (4)
Something Fishy chronicles the fall semester of Jack Pierce’s junior year. It follows Feasting and Summertime and the Living is easy. If you haven’t read those stories, you’ll have a tough time with this as many of the same people are included and some of their relationships are complex.

The start of Andrew's penultimate year at University.

This book covers the 2nd and 3rd terms of Andrew's penultimate year at Cambridge.

A Story in the Anthony Carter Universe
Will Potter, an orphan and merchant’s apprentice in a small Devon port, runs afoul of the law when he beats up a landowner's son. Given a choice between prison and volunteering for the Royal Navy, he joins the company of a small Navy sloop bound for New South Wales. Read how young Will finds his calling and a sweet wife, and even wins glory at Trafalgar. A new story in the Anthony Carter Universe of seafaring novels.

When an unremarkable man does something remarkable the reward is not what he expects. After dying saving a girl he wakes up in a new world, with a new life, and a new purpose. / (Reviews)

A Beach House Story (2)
After "Beach House - A Week with the Musketeers" Michael spends August with Fallon. After discovering that Michael liked, and perhaps even loved, his sister's three good friends, they each decided to continue their exploration into dating and each other. This chronicles the first full month with one of the Musketeers. This follows "Beach House..." and an understanding of those characters is essential. Additional notes in my blog, Aug with Fallon will help you enjoy the story.

A Climbing the Ladder Story (4)
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
The world of finance is, in its simplest form, just like a game of Chutes and Ladders. There are only two things that matter to the bottom line: profits and losses. The goal is to climb to the finish and thrive, not fall back down the chute. Having been named the manager of the newly created Research Department at Spurgeon, Jonathan's career is soaring. However, as tends to happen, profit is balanced by loss. The next rung of the ladder will be much harder to reach, but he continues to climb.

A Seneca Story (3)
Love gained, love lost. Battles fought, friends die. Is duty too much to demand? Judah Becker steps into new and unanticipated roles.

The period through to Christmas in Andrew's last year at university.

The summer of 1985. Andrew being a slut on Cyprus. / (Reviews)

Andrew is off to Paris to figure out if he has a modelling career. Oh, and he has to finish 2nd year at university.

A Across Eternity Story (5)
Prince Lupin calls Noah and Valia to help fight an ancient evil.

Imperium (5)
War has come to the continent and Lieutenant Commander Ky, a test pilot from the far future and Consul of the Britannic Empire, leads armies scattered across Germania and Hispania to liberate them from Carthaginian rule. The Carthaginians , however, refuse to surrender without a fight. Led by a seasoned commander, new armies with weapons from the far east are sent to counter the Britannians, with the entirety of Europe as the ultimate prize.

The Library of Ibados is the greatest wonder in the world. All the nations of the world, their leaders, wizards, and religious orders seek out the repository where even the gods come to dwell at times. In charge of this mythical edifice are the Librarians, a secretive cadre with unending responsibilities and mysteries that haunt them. One young Librarian does not quite fit the mold.

A Deja Vu Story (3)
New challenges face Peter as he continues to forge ahead towards his destiny. With new burdens, terrible enemies, and the stigma of his color and disability, he must navigate a treacherous path to achieve his destiny while protecting those he loves from a sinister evil that threatens their very existence. There are some things money can't buy.

A Story in the Anthony Carter Universe
As Richard's wife, Ellen is now styled Lady Lambert and travels America, India, Egypt, Bavaria and France at his side, meeting many people and having adventures on the way. She becomes a patron of the arts, a confidante of the young Princess Victoria, and a matchmaker for her family, friends and protégés, always striving to share the good fortunes she enjoys herself. Rewritten with added content.

Young and newly widowed, Jim Mellon rebuilds an old motorcycle and starts on a journey of grief across the country. Along his route through the lower forty-eight states, he meets many beautiful women who change his life in many ways: his sexuality, love, career, and his deepest feelings about life. Jim proves to be a hero time and again, plus deals with threats to his life and loved ones. He evolves further, becoming a popular country music singer thanks to diva Crystal Lee. / (Reviews)

A Seneca Story (2)
The regiment is posted to Texas. A horrific interlude in Colorado. And more.

A Story in the Anthony Carter Universe
On a rainy spring day, Ellen Trilby appears on Anthony Carter's estate, asking for shelter. She is the daughter of Major George Trilby and his wife Siobhan, both dear friends of Harriet Carter, escaping an unwanted suitor. At odds with the Carters' son Richard at first, they grow together through tragedy and danger, but they must overcome their own insecurities before they can become a couple. A completely revised and rewritten version of the first half of "Ellen" with a more realistic plot.

A Variation On A Theme Story (5)
Almost four years into his second life, Steve and friends are off to college. Graduation has sent old friends off in various directions; a new school brings new faces and new challenges. In addition, there's the wider world of business, investments, politics, and much more. How will they adapt to this new environment - and how will the world adapt to them? Likely about 500-600,000 words. Posting schedule: 2 chapters/week (M/Th AM) for now. Note: Public comments are enabled; see the Foreword.

A Climbing the Ladder Story (3)
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
Unfortunately, life, being as random and chaötic as it is, rears its ugly head and inserts some very unexpected complications. Will this chapter of Jonathan's life end with a happily ever after, or will complications abound and leave him back at square one? This, and more, as he continues his climb up the ladder.

A Seneca Story (1)
The saga of Judah Becker begins, a journey from a Georgia battlefield in the Civil War to a fugitive murderer's trail in the rugged mountains of northern New Mexico. Come on along. You'll be safe. Promise.

A Story in the Anthony Carter Universe
At 11 years of age, Thomas Grey goes to sea as a volunteer in a small sloop of war, commanded by his father, to learn seamanship prior to joining the Royal Naval Academy. Thomas has to mature beyond his years, surviving sea battles and yellow fever, but he joins the Academy as an accomplished sailor and leader in the making, finding friends for life in the process. This is the prequel to the novel The Return of Thomas Grey

An Eighth Warden Story (5)
Warrior-mage Corec Tarwen and his allies have found a place where they can make their stand, a derelict fortress at the crossroads of two once-important trade routes. But their plan to defend an isolated area becomes more complicated by the day as the citizens of the free lands realize the formerly abandoned region is now safe... or so they think.

Josette is uncannily beautiful. She also does wet work for the Mossad as the Needle. Peter is exceptionally handsome and chivalrous. He is also so deadly that he is known as the Archangel in the shadowy world of espionage. Peter and Josette are far too perfect to experience conventional love until they rediscover each other during the Six-Day War. This completes the story of brave little Josette from "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" and noble Peter from "American Patrol." I hope you enjoy.

A Dusty Story
Part of the Keltria universe
This story is about a man who lived on Mars in 2097. Zeke was not ordinary; he was gifted with unusual powers. His aim in life was to improve the lives of his family, friends, fellow Martians, and even Earthlings. If he had a little excitement along the way, that was just a bonus.

A Better Man Story (3)
Are you ready for some football?! USC finally gets to play someone other than themselves, and David Dawson is the day-one starter. His rival, Matt Long, is in the wings, ready to take his spot if he falters. David soon learns that life isn’t fair, but he makes it his goal to be the last man standing.

Absence of Living Book #1 (2)
35-year-old ex-Con Carter Davis has friends. A secret hacker with a genius IQ and an axe to grind, an old hermit with a secret past, a giant mastiff with a nose for trouble, and a teenage ward to test his unique sense of right and wrong. With friends like that--who needs enemies? Oh, he has those too.

A Beach House Story (1)
This is a fictional, coming of age story. A good friend and mentor shared it with me and I wrote it with the goal of sharing some of the lessons he learned long ago. I tried to keep it as close to the true story as possible without compromising the identities of anyone in it. This story tells the first week of relationships that have grown stronger over the years. / (Reviews)

A Beach House Story (3)
After "Beach House - A Week with the Musketeers" Michael spends August with Fallon and now September with LuAnn. This chronicles the second full month with one of the Musketeers. An understanding of the characters in those two stories is essential. Additional notes in my blog, Sept with LuAnn will help you enjoy the story. The story is listed as complete, however A Month with Tina will follow.

Absence of Living Book #1 (1)
17 years into a life sentence for a double murder he did not commit, 35-year-old Carter Davis finds himself released with a full pardon and paid handsomely for his wrongful conviction. He buys some land and a truck and tries to get as far away from society as he can. His only friend, a 230-pound long-haired Mastiff named Travis.

After an accident Sam finds himself sent to a world both wonderful and horrifying. A world of monsters, magic, and slavery. As he moves through this world he has to figure out where he stands, and who will stand beside him, as he battles through dungeon after dungeon to find a solution to the problems around him. / (Reviews)

A Photo Finish Story (5)
Photo Finish Book 5. Nate’s last two years of college are filled with adventures, building his business, and strengthening his family. International travel for school interim experiences exposes Nate to different cultures and long-lasting friends. The production and release of the movie he is consulting on brings notoriety to Tenbrook—some of it unwanted. And his battle with Clyde Warren continues to immerse him in hot water.

A story in the Angels Universe
Under South Africa’s blue skies, air shows dazzle crowds with breathtaking aerial displays. But beneath the excitement, sinister plots unfold on the ground. Pilots face inexplicable mechanical failures, and crashes turn fiery, claiming lives. Amid the chaos, a young journalist and a pilot cross paths, their connection sparking in the heat of danger. As they unravel the dark secrets behind the scenes, they must race against time to survive—and maybe find love before the next disaster strike.

A Story in the Naked In School Universe
Hate the idea of students having to be Naked in School? Or kids being Stripped in Florida? Well, so does our heroine and, watch out, folks, she knows voodoo! Not the Hollywood version, she practices the real thing—the Vodou religion. Join her in this fantasy as she uses her abilities to confuse and confound the authorities (and other people too). Warning, there’s physics ahead. And math. Other sciences too. Don’t say you weren’t told.

Silver Wings includes some of my experiences in Vietnam during my first tour. I don't claim it to be biographical, but I figure I walked the walk so I can talk the talk a little.

Country Roads (4)
Charlie Nelson's life is on track. His music career is gaining momentum, he has amazing friends, a beautiful girlfriend, and he's finally gotten rid of his alcoholic father, allowing him to rebuild his relationship with his mother. Unfortunately, life can't be sunshine and roses forever. When a series of traumatic events and personal tragedy puts everything he's worked for in jeopardy, Charlie must struggle to keep it all from falling apart while staying true to himself.