First Stories

A tentacle rape demon is captured and brought to a government lab, but studying him leads Dr. Claire Thompson through challenges she never could have imagined.

I needed help with math to stay on the football team. That's how it started.

Revisiting Abigail Ferguson of 'The Smile' at greater length and detail. Teenage angst, judo and motorbikes!

Jaime was considered autistic because he never talked, though he was smart and sociable. A dark trauma haunted him: He could hear other people's thoughts. He thought he was doomed to a life of isolation until Keira spoke in his mind and told him to stop broadcasting his thoughts! When the two get together, Jaime's story changes and he discovers the frightening possibilities of his talent. This is not a mind-control story. If anything, it is anti-mind-control. / (Reviews)

George, a troubled young man barely existing in the shadow of a tragic mistake, wants only to survive high school. However, his life is upended when a gift from his long-dead father turns out to be the vessel of a powerful Genie, and the woman of his dreams. This is a reimagining of an old story of mine from 2007 called A Beautiful Wish, which is still on this site. It includes a retooled setting with new supporting characters, villains, and love interests. I hope I can do my old work justice.

An Uncle Bob Story
Bob farms for a living and one of the things he produces is pumpkins. Now an unseasonable freeze has made his pumpkins very valuable right in the area where his half sister and two nieces live. So he drops in for a visit, bringing presents that will change all their lives. It'll be one hell of a Halloween party they throw, and a lot more treats than tricks. / (Reviews)

Everybody has a secret. How long can you keep yours?