Fiction Stories

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
A freighter pilot is plunged into a fight for his life when Borealan pirates board his vessel, but their sadistic captain may have more on her mind than just his cargo.

David meets Helen. There is instant rapport. What could go wrong? Sod's law says if it can go wrong it will go wrong, probably catastrophically. Can they ever beat Sod at his evil game? This is a long, slow meandering story, you have been warned.

Cousins fall in love over the Christmas Holiday

A Time Storm Story
Our overworked home business owner hires a live-in housekeeper. He is pleasant but insists that it is his house, his rules. Her 'daughter' becomes quite the tease. 'Mom' gets competitive and ups the ante. However, the Boss hates a tease who can't deliver, so enforces a dress code. The Girls pay the embarrassing price, willingly, to their surprise. As do their friends when the new, very strict dress codes are enforced. The Boss is not unhappy when the teasing becomes a game. He can play, too.

Another story from Kate's Journal
Kate Miller never expected to fall for her cousin John Alderman over Christmas break. When their secret is discovered, it destroys life-long relationships and tears Kate's life apart. But there's another secret she must face or she will lose even more. This story is a novelization (85K words) of two previous Kate's Journal short stories; Cousins at Christmas and A Cousin Alone.

Jacqueline Kirby thought she knew all there was to know about her friend and protege, Joanna Simon. Only to discover that the younger woman had as many secrets as the characters she created.

A free-lance writer returns to the mountains of NE Tennessee where he grew up. He came back to write about a legendary creature that has been talked about for 70 years. He'd heard the story many times as a kid, but now there was real evidence it was back and just as hungry as ever. Donald Wayne 'Coop' Cooper is here to discover the truth about the creature and take pictures to prove or disprove its existence.

A The Chronicles of Dan Hayward Story
On this day, Dan and Karen bring Lisa and John McKinnon's fantasies to reality.

A husband and step-father makes a wish on Halloween that he have a baby with the woman he loves - the wish goes amiss because he loves, and has loved, more than one woman. Changes occur throughout many lives as the wish calls his loved ones to him and his growing family.