Ma/Fa Stories

A Kat Magic Story
The Bird family at the Solstice and at Christmas. Of course it's not straightforward. It's Aibhilin's first birthday.

Aliens are no different than humans...well, there are a few differences, but the basics like the need to reproduce are the same no matter the species. Of course higher intelligence makes for a basic need as well...

A free-lance writer returns to the mountains of NE Tennessee where he grew up. He came back to write about a legendary creature that has been talked about for 70 years. He'd heard the story many times as a kid, but now there was real evidence it was back and just as hungry as ever. Donald Wayne 'Coop' Cooper is here to discover the truth about the creature and take pictures to prove or disprove its existence.

When a middle aged tech specialist moves to the burbs he envies the joys of a family he missed out in having. Then one day an ebony angel moves in next door and he discovers a chance to find what he had denied himself for too long.

A story in the Dark Wood Universe
A second posting after a complete rewrite, follows Powell on his journey to create a forge of his own. This is a new genre for me and one I'm unlikely to repeat. There will be no sequel.

Brad was sitting in the library when two girls started to read the personals in the local paper. Their giggles caught his attention, so he glanced over to see what they were reading. It was an ad for a man looking for a companion on a international trip. “It sounds like he just wants someone willing to put out for him while he’s on his trip,” one of the girls said. A few years later that memory came back to him because he was now in a position to take a trip and wanted to test his theory.

A Coldwater County Story
Rather than send the man to the state hospital, which is what I should have done, given his suicidal behavior, instead I chose a more self-indulgent course. As the police began to suspect my complicity, I cursed myself for my arrogance.

Anna had been called Goldie ever since she was a child because of her wavy golden hair. Growing up she developed a love for being outdoors and especially hiking. As an adult, she begins indulging in secret, risque pleasures alone out in the woods. Until she nearly got caught. Unwilling to give up her private moments surrounded by nature and with the forest breeze on her skin, Goldie ventures to new, remote hiking trails and finds far more than the relief she sought.

Young man is charged with indecent exposure. It turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to him.