Fiction Stories

Think of a 3-year-old baby girl who survives the freezing cold when her white parents do not. Think of a boy whose parents were killed, who runs away, thinking the killers will soon be hunting him. They meet when the girl is ten, and he is 15, him thinking she is Indian like the squaw who raised her. It's a time of tepees, ranches, outlaws, farmers and railroads, Indian wars and reservations. Also, think of a time of bank robbers, cheap land, new machines, small towns, and too few women.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire… Or in the case of 23-year-old Vincent Hargrove — out of a tragic past, into an unfaithful marriage. When it gets to be too much he runs away. Isolated in the woods hoping against hope that time will heal all wounds. Isolation in the deep woods of central Oregon he finds peace in solitude. As he develops a small parcel of land left to him by his grandparents he gets along with minimal human contact, until a desperate foreign woman crosses his path. / (Reviews)

Harper has crossed the line in more ways than one, but the reprisal she expects never comes. Her boss, Damion McAlister, runs a multi-million dollar company and he doesn't take anything lightly. He is a man that likes to dot the I's and cross the T's.

Julie knew she was falling in love with a co-worker, an older guy named Sam. Sam had lost his wife years earlier and Julie suspected he was still grieving. Just as she began to feel there was a chance for the two of them, she heard Sam's late wife had been a supermodel. Looking at herself, Julie saw someone tall & skinny, average looks, very small boobs and hardly any butt. Is there a chance Sam could stop loving memories of perfection and be interested in her?

Two souls in 1870s America. One is a tailor, living on the Great Plains and trying to escape his ghosts and his pain. The other is a teacher, dismissed from her Pennsylvania classroom after daring to advocate for women's suffrage. Both are bloodied by life, but refuse to break. This is their journey to finding themselves and each other. Caution: the "rape" code, while necessary to the story, is *not* treated erotically. Inspired by the songs "Mr. Tanner" and "Mail Order Annie" by Harry Chapin

A story in the Tales From The Shack Universe
Doing what has to be done.

David experiences love and the heartache of loss in his life, and on his journey of recovery finds it difficult to accept help at all, but especially from an unexpected source. He has to learn that some things shouldn't ever 'go without saying', and finds that not all his friends know when to speak and when to shut up. That needs wisdom, which really does go without saying.

An Oscar Story
Steve's wife cheated, and was unrepentant. His boss is unsympathetic, and he quits his job, buys a motorhome and motorcycle, and goes on the road as a freelance computer engineer. But then he picks up a hitchhiker who calls herself 'Pandora'. Nine chapters and the sex comes much later. / (Reviews)

I threw it all away.

An Australian soldier is killed in Afghanistan. Years later a young girl is abducted near her school in a rural Australian town. A strange man in worn Army camos discovers her. She has a rare blood group and is bleeding to death. It's a race against time. The local community helps by donating blood; neighbours and strangers are determined to help her. A nearby Army base also helps the daughter of a respected officer who died in Afghanistan. While she's in hospital there are strange incidents. / (Reviews)