Rags-to-Riches Stories

A young man in his tweens is working his way up to pilot of a Starship by flying a space copter taxi between ground and orbiting spacecraft. His terror of being helpless, makes him a control freak and determined independent from higher authority also makes him reluctant to accept responsibility for others and possible public censure. A misconstrued non-verbal solicitation of gifts, setting up a gift table, results in little gifts he can never forget.

A meteor lands on a friends property and Brian collects the parts without telling anyone at the start. He finds protection from the bullies who in fact suffer badly. He becomes an inventor and uses the black balls for good.

Two girls endure middle school and high school. Their peers give them grief over their looks: they are two red heads in an ocean of black hair. One has no mother, the other's mother is a punitive monster. Sometimes, your hopes for the future depend on that one friend who can understand you and be your rock in the face of cruelty, even violence. This is a short story, a quick read.

A story in the The Value Recognizer Universe
In the year 2019, the disease spread throughout the earth's atmosphere. threatening the mere existence of humans, it lasted for almost 4 years. The disease killed many people during these 4 years, and it also destabilized the economy Continue reading for more

Linda finally get rid of her wallflower status to becoming the rich woman her mother wanted to be.

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Eve chat brings up memories of Dan and Elise's strange and dirty honeymoon. Dan woke quite hung over and discovered many surprises. Later they give each other sexy surprise gifts. - - - Includes alcohol, smoking, teen sex, and mild pee/scat. There is a young hermaphrodite in chapters 2 and 3.

A college graduate couldn't find a job in his field so he had to take a dishwasher job at a local restaurant. It helped, but money was still tight until he took a job moonlighting as a pool cleaner. One day his moonlighting job paid BIG dividends!

His disease was emotional. Hers was in her pancreas. Algebra brought them together. The earth tried to eat her. Then he learned to eat her, and they lived in their sex palace. There's a fairy godmother, Bluetooth, and auto financing. Excess happy tears. And a medical breakthrough. Also, horses.

A game changer. Living in a post apocalypse survival mode, segments of population have personally EXPERIENCED the worst already. MEANWHILE, affluent society parties on oblivious, uncaring about THOSE fallen behind. World destruction or personal catastrophe; dead is dead, struggle is struggle . .