Ma/Fa Stories

Just stick to the terms, dear.

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but sometimes all it takes is a young bitch.

A mother comforts her immature son

A story in the world of curious devices and their unusual affects.
It's not easy when you're fifteen, your sister is seventeen, and you come home from town to find her in the garden, in her bikini, sunbathing. "What did you buy?" she asks. "This," he says, showing her a curious mechanical Thing he'd found in a charity shop. And from there all kinds of revelations follow... A coming-of-age story with a few twists along the way. NB: some codes only apply late on, so don't let the codes fool you into thinking everying starts to happen right from the get-go.

Young woman travels west to an inherited cattle ranch.

In 1870, Bob Harris buys a mule. He is a bounty hunter, and the mule replaces his horse. This is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek story, so don't take it too seriously. The story was suggested by a great friend of mine until she died, Ada, a mule. The story is short, but I had fun with it. Five chapters.

An Air Transport Auxiliary Story
Eileen and David don't understand why they are drawn together, until they begin to dream vivid dreams. They discover much about their respective grandparents.

Millionaire Will Wainwright was in his element sailing his yacht. Little did he know that someone was plotting to end it all.

Shockwave is a Sci-Fi tale concerning a meteoroid which enters the Milky Way Galaxy through an obscure Worm Hole. Whether by Divine Alien Navigation or by chance - the destination on Earth - happens to be a two-hundred acre lake located in central Oklahoma on a peaceful, isolated property - Lightfoot Ranch.

A Conversations Story
A simple high-school teacher is cheated on by his wife. A simple story that happens every day somewhere in the world. But what do you tell those around you about what happened and why? And how do you turn the experience into something of value to others?