First Stories

An Eternal Serpent's Tale
Joe meets his third mate, youngest of all the angels, and finds her intoxicatingly adorable. And her constant companionship shows she finds him equally attractive. Time in Paris reaches its end, with performances by angels and friends. Simon continues his attacks but ends up losing ground against Nick. Please read the other Tales first to understand characters, plot and conventions.

They say nudists get used to being around other nude people, and don't react like a non-nudist would. When five siblings who lived like nudists at home went on vacation to a nude beach, it didn't quite turn out like they thought it would. Especially when a stranger offered them money - a lot of money - to let him take some pictures of them romping naked on the beach. They found out the meaning of "slippery slope" in the process. Then they learned about the carrot and the stick.

Jan and Bobby get parts in the school play that involve a love scene. How do you prepare for that? What do you do to ... practice the part? Now far should you go to suggest ... realism? Practice makes perfect, they say, so come along for the ride of ... their ... lifetime. This story is the companion piece to "Getting Into The Scene" / (Reviews)

Ashley and her three best friends are high school outcasts. Four virgin nerds who have never dated or even kissed a boy. At Ashley's sixteenth birthday party, the four girls strike up an unlikely friendship with a new acquaintance of Ashley's parents. A handsome older man with a dark past who agrees to become their sexual mentor. But Ashley's mom has plans of her own for the mysterious new stranger in their midst.

This is a story of first love - a love that grows into an everlasting love between two teens - and their faith in God and each other. Read it, I think you'll like it, I did.

After a twenty-three year-search, and twelve years at their current location, Clan Teopaqa finally feels that they have found a home. Young Koyle has spent the last eight of those years going through his clan's rigorous warrior training. Days before turning 16, Koyle is chosen to represent the clan when the King calls for troops to help a neighboring ally. This story is about Koyle's adventures as he helps their country's ally and then helps his own country. / (Reviews)

On the distant, ecologically wrecked world of Stumble, Venn is an orphan who dreams of adventure. But her day to day life is shattered with the arrival of the Hegemony - an empire that seeks to reunite humanity's scattered worlds. Led by the mysterious Lord Drak, the Hegemony seeks an ancient and powerful relic. When Venn gets between them and their quarry, Drak's attention focuses on her! Now, hounded across space, the only hope for Venn lies in rediscovoering humanity's forgotten past.

Young people say it all the time: "That's not fair!" Who said life was going to be fair?

Ireland, 983 AD. Princess Saoirse doesn't know she's royalty—the monks who raised her kept that secret. When Vikings raid her monastery, she's sold as a slave in Dublin and brought to the Danish royal court. Prince Sweyn Forkbeard claims her at a winter feast. She refuses him, choosing to freeze on his balcony rather than submit. Intrigued by her defiance, he offers her something no slave should have: choices. Over months of patient courtship, she becomes his translator, his advisor, his partner