First Stories

A palace. A betrothal. A promise made in shadows that changes everything. When eight-year-old Sena meets ten-year-old Seon in a palace alcove, neither understands they've just sealed a fate more powerful than any arranged marriage. Six years later, when Sena is repositioned from one prince to another, she and Seon finally claim what was always meant to be theirs. But love in the Joseon palace is never simple. In building their life together, Sena discovers that true power comes not from control,

Meet Cletus Putnam: landlord, entrepreneur, opportunist, sometime Dom. It's hotter than Hell and he has the only swimming pool and central air conditioning in his little lower middle-class neighborhood -- and he's not above taking advantage of that fact. / (Reviews)

How sex education should be taught, real world application

Their home was destroyed by a tornado, which also took the wife and mother. The kids had to be sent to the winds, while dad helped with the cleanup. But, a year later, when the insurance money came in, it was still too early to rebuild. So they took a road trip in a motor home, to see the world and get to know each other again. They had no idea they'd get to know each other as well as they did.

A Mandy - The Complete Story Story
Bob sits in his Ford F-150 crushed by the fierce verbal attack from his ex-wife. All he wants is to drink his sorrows away. There's a tap on his window. It's a young woman just wanting him to buy her a bottle. Follow them through their initial meeting and beyond. Note: One of my earliest stories, this was originally posted in several parts. Here they are rewritten and combined.

Young widowed school marm Livvy gets snowed into her one room school house with a young man and set of siblings. They're going to have to huddle to keep warm - and the boys refuse to huddle with each other. As everybody knows, friction makes heat and things heat up nicely!

An Uncle Bob Story
Bob's niece is rebuilding a classic Shelby in his garage, but the body he's looking at isn't made of metal. When he tries to back her down, she'd rather rev it up, and once she hits the Nitrous, he can't compete. / (Reviews)

A train and a beautiful girl is a wonderful combination