Ma/Fa Stories

A Story in the Laresa World Universe
A lonely, bitter Musher finds a ring, and a genie named Laresa. My next story in the chain tale of Laresa. This story stands alone, and you do not need to read the other parts to understand what is going on. Immediately follows "Double the Trouble" by RedHairedandFriendly. / (Reviews)

A My Brother's Keeper Story
A "My Brother's Keeper" story. Jimmy has to overcome disappointment and failure as part of the growing up process. Along the way, he learns to readjust his values and reassess the path he's chosen for himself.

Good people can be weak and bitter people can learn to forgive. Bob learned hatred is corrosion on the soul and forgiveness brings renewed love.

Arizona Territory, 1884. When feral Gwendolyn Harper is auctioned off in Dry Gulch, rancher Ethan Matthews bids $100—not for a servant, but for the fierce woman who threatened deputies while in chains. On his ranch, Gwen discovers something more dangerous than wilderness: a man who sees her worth and asks only for her choice. Now she must decide whether to run or claim the life she never knew she could have.

A Gone to the West... Story
Leaving her home and family in San Francisco, Sarah and her new husband arrive, in early Spring at the Circle X Ranch located in the wilds of West Texas. Sarah falls in love with the endless prairies, the beautiful bluebonnet flowers that grow everywhere. Though she has never known the land of cattle, Sarah learns to care. Warmly welcomed by her husband's family, will she at last realize her girlhood dream of becoming a Cowboy's Sweetheart? Last Story of Series.

Bob was given a gold mine, he made good friends but would that he enough to survive the pandemic and the ensuing chaos? / (Reviews)

Dark tale of a man when his wife decides that she can have wholesale affairs and he won't divorce her because of the children, and his fight to maintain his dignity / (Reviews)

Can age or social standing deter true love? Read these three short stories and tell me what you think. “Smoking with Miss Franks”: a teacher-student romance. “The Woman Next Door.” She’s divorced, older, and Bill is hopelessly in love. “The Gardener” He’s blue collar, she’s upper crust. (Additional codes are below the story title.)