First Stories

Completed 9/4/24 "Deadhead" Thea has lived "under the stars" for 30 years, hooking for food money. Her son, 15, and daughters, almost 14, are withering from the homeless poverty that is all they've ever known. A wealthy couple hires Thea and then Rubin for sex, then takes the family into their lives and home for the kids' sake. Schooled during the day, Rubin begins a profitable night life using his large gift as a gigolo for wealthy older women, who enjoy teaching him the ins and outs.

A Belt Buckle Mind Control Story (1)
When a young man buys a belt with SUCK written on the buckle, he learns that his mom and sisters and every other female are going to take it literally.

A Zane's World - The High School Years Story (6)
When Alyssa and Zane attend a birthday party for a friend, another girl makes a drunken move on Zane, right in front of Alyssa. Mayhem, chaos, and surprises follow

A rebellious teen is sent to a new military academy, one of many in a long series of academies. He decides to help a new girl that arrived with him on a SERE course. When he overhears the instructors talking about killing her he has to act.

A Kat Magic Story (2)
Kat helps a young man, then helps him to help someone else.

Needful Things (inspired by Stephen King's story) is in fact three short stories unrelated except they all involve customers of an old antique shop. In the first story, middle-aged Amelia Pennington purchases an ancient love charm. The second features fourteen year old Danny who just wants the funds to take a pretty girl to the cinema but gets a lot more than he expected. In the third story young teacher, Anne Dawkins simply wants to restore order in the classroom.

Another of Mervin's Mistaken Identities Tales
Two boys, two girls, and a clever way to have sex *during* the school play - but did they think about what can happen when you can't see your partner? Happy mix-ups ensue when the play's the thing.

A Clar war Story (15)
A member of a special operation team is sent into Nees. My mission was to find and kill a large group of civilian mages. Only what I found was mages being held prisoner and forced to work like slaves. When I saw that my mission changed and I made contact. They wanted to escape so I would have to remove the guards, find transportation and lead them home through hostile forests and enemy soldiers.