First Stories

A story set in and around Hanging Out
Dana is the troubled middle kid of a triplet. Can someone who’s as out-there queer as Jamie be what they need to survive? A teen romance that is neither hetero-, homo-, nor bisexual. [Tagged “Caution” for an uncodable central pairing.]

Anna the young slag with the house to herself pokes around in her parents bedroom. And finds things of interest

An explosion and fire leaves Cosette, 10, and her mom Syl in crisis, they stay with their divorced neighbor Julie. But where's Sette's dad (Theo)? At Julie's, her ex-husband and his gorgeous admin (now his 2nd wife) visit often, staying, uh, overnight. Together in her bed. Really? How does that even work? Theo is back; he's studly in bed but unemployed, they're at risk for homelessness. Fond of Sette, Julie worries. What to do? (No under 18 sex.)

A story in the Lettie series (4)
Repressed, judgmental big sister Vicki just HAS to stick her nose in where it's not wanted! Lettie can't risk Vicki telling, obviously. To make sure, Lettie takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level.

A simple mission to gather intelligence and leave it for a foreign monarch ends successfully. Only on the way out I meet a girl that changes my life. When I return home the courier and a kill team try to take us out. It was only an annoyance but meant someone knew who I was and where I lived.

Betrayal and treachery bring the death of a mage and his journeyman seeks revenge and answers. The answers bring the true nature of the treachery from the king. Now he would take his revenge and seek justice from the king.

A story in the Post Gettysburg Universe
The people of Alabama were clear on what they were not - slaves. Now, if they could only get clear on what sort of society they would have in the 1870s and beyond.