Ma/Fa Stories

Welcome to the stripclub known as "The Pearl" with our central protagonist being a young woman named Lara. We follow Lara as she deals with learning to navigate the pitfalls her new job as a lap dancer such as keeping the lecherous club owner at bay and avoiding the corrupt police captain who has taken a shine to her. Get in, clear her debts and get out. That's her plan. But try as she might, she can't help but get drawn into a criminal enterprise hidden at the heart of the club.

A Good Medicine Story
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
The story of Michael Peter Loucks, A faithful, Russian Orthodox teenager, who has lived his entire life in small-town Ohio. It takes place in the same universe as my series 'A Well-Lived Life'. The story develops slowly. Testimonials: - One of the most accurate depictions of early-1980s rural southern Ohio I have encountered in historical fiction. - Overall, the novel is highly authentic historical fiction, with exceptional period detail that feels lived-in rather than researched. / (Reviews)

A tale of remembrance and learning to keep what is good about the past while embracing the future and learning to accept new challenges. Also a lesson in that healing is not a destination, but a never-ending journey.

To study four years at an ancient seminary with the promise of a secure career in a turbulent kingdom was an unbelievable boon to Zuri, a kid from the docks. All of it was a lie, a terrible soul-crushing lie. The only choice was to run, to live to fight another day. Kids from the docks know how to fight. (Whatever you think the categories typically mean, they are not typical in this tale.)