Fiction Stories

This is the the daytime happenings of the After hours story. 3,000 people left Earth to start a new settlement on a deserted planet. They were placed in cryogenics pods for the trip. Someone wanted to be the ruler and killed some of the controllers, while they slept. There were to be 15 settlements, with 200 people in each. The Alpha settlement ended with only ten people. The story tells of their eveyday life.

Prequal to all the stories, set before Gareth even comes to The Kingdom of the Winds, before he meets PteriDae. This one answers a few questions, like: How did Gareth become a warrior? and Why does PteriDae capitalize that 'D'?

A young man spots a woman from his past in a bar with a couple of girlfriends. She humiliated him in college. He witnesses a strange man slipping her some drugs and must decide if this is his chance to get his revenge.

An Arts Ardane Story
Part of the Danica's World universe
Drought and crop blight have dampened the spirits and the hopes of Danica's community. It's going to be a long, hard winter, and it seems the Harvest Festival won't happen this year. Her teacher in the mystic arts reveals that there's far more to the festival than most know, and then she experiences the truth first hand. All the while, she has to struggle with her inability to tell her beloved that she's barren.

A young man on an extended hike on the Appalachian Trail hooks up with a local kid on the run. They learn a lot about each other while crossing several states.

Told in the first person, a woman finds love (and lust!) again after her husband passed away.

A Naomi's Journal Story
Naomi decides Nils needs a haircut with all the trimmings. Illustrated.

The Kelly MacGuire Series Story
This is the second in the Kelly MacGuire Series. Dan runs into Kelly at a charity event and, after she sends her tired husband home, the two find themselves back at Dan's condo, where Kelly begins to divulge some of her past indiscretions. PLEASE SEE THE END-NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS STORY.

Dylan Clark's life is going nowhere fast. With his marriage a failure and his prospects for the future grim, he realizes that he needs to make some drastic and serious changes. He takes a mysterious job hoping to get his life back on track and moving forward again. Instead of the hoped-for positive changes, he finds himself caught in a deadly web of mystery and intrigue. What the hell has he gotten himself into and is there any way for him to escape?

A Cold War and before Story
Col's diary entries are from a few weeks before Col and Will meet at the start of "Through my Eyes. Again."