A widower raising his teenaged daughter takes her on a special trip to the Pacific Northwest for her grade school graduation present. Their vacation is thwarted though when they are captured by two criminals fleeing from a bank holdup in Spokane, Washington. The criminals terrorize them and force her father to do the unthinkable!
Brenda likes helping folks, likes making them happy. It might even be a bit of an obsession. Unfortunately, she has a former boyfriend who did not take their breakup well. An amateur hypnotist, he's left her with a compulsion to make people happy in a different way when she hears a trigger phrase. But Brenda encounters a stage hypnotist one night who sees that there's something off with her reaction to hypnosis, and starts digging. Soon the truth is uncovered and payback is quick in coming.
Several short stories I wrote a long time ago. Some fans emailed me and asked for at least one more story before I take my sabbatical from Storiesonline. So here it is fans! These are very dark and there is violence. So don't read them if such stories upset you.
Douglass and Soo-Ah, husband and wife, find themselves unexpectedly volunteered as contestants for an incredible underground game show, run by the wealthy and depraved. Seeking that final prize, they must undergo trials that will push them to the limit. But what secrets is the charismatic host hiding? Are they truly allowed to leave at any time? How long will they survive the increasingly barbaric trials? Trigger warning: Raceplay
A Story in the Gate of Worlds Universe
A group of heroes are recruited to steal an artifact that could destroy an empire, but all is not as it appears, and doing the right thing may lead to their deaths.
When Michelle asks Ernie to help assemble a piece of flat-pack furniture she little realises that it will lead to a relationship with a man who cannot speak.