Coming of Age Stories

Raised together in a wealthy but emotionally distant household, Dan and his cousin Annie share a bond neither expects to change. As adolescence brings new feelings and difficult choices, secrecy, family expectations, and personal tragedy threaten everything they know. Can honesty and forgiveness help them find a way forward?

A dysfunctional family is transformed by Olivia, who becomes stepmother to teen Philip. She teaches him her philosophy of the "firecracker" (lust) and the "burn" (love), using her pornstar sister Rachel to give him a hands-on sexual education. Philip navigates this new world while also falling for Emily, who represents the burn. The family learns to embrace an unconventional, open definition of love, healing their past and redefining their future.

A young man has a life-altering experience.

Callie is keen to belong in popular player Ryan's gang. But when his parents pick on her, she's not taking any freaking crap - in fact, they can kiss her ass!

Marcie Is Initiated
Fifteen-year-old Marcie returns to the gynecologist's office where she was molested a year earlier. She hopes this visit will be more routine. It isn't. As you might expect, you'd do well to read "Marcie's First Visit To The Gynecologist," well, first. But this story will re-introduce the characters as it goes along. Enjoy. We'll see whether Marcie does.

The location is true, an amazing inland waterway of slow tidal rivers and shallow interconnected lakes. The places mentioned are mostly true, the bridge definitely is. I've renamed some things and moved one or two around. Three teenage girls and one boy go sailing. At first it genuinely is for the sailing; clearly three girls will be safe with only one boy, unless of course they are the hunters and he is the prey.

At the start of the story, Larissa is a young woman failing to cope with Covid. The story trace's Larissa's growth through the challenges of Covid and marriage with Julian, and the lives of people around her, ending with Larissa and her friends changing the nature of Australia

A story in the Axeman Universe
The fourth in a continuing series about how the Missile came to be the man we all know.

A story in the Axeman Universe
The second in a continuing series about how the Missile came to be the man we all know. (Repost with corrections)

Two lifelong teens discover a hidden cove, transforming their friendship into a passionate, secret affair during a final summer at the lake, unaware their intimacy has created a new life.