Romance Stories

What goes on behind closed (high security) doors, in the very best of houses, you just wouldn't believe!

The setting is a county town close to the Welsh border during the reign of the Norman King Henry I, youngest son of the Conqueror. William, the archer, has no family to sow his Welsh fields so travels late to the market towns of England to sell the Welsh longbows and fletched arrows he's fashioned throughout the long winter. He is forced to tread old ground where he hasn't plied his trade in for years, bringing back memories he has tried to forget. At a tourney he recognises an old longbow..

The youngest labourer in the construction crew, Wayne, has organised a craic for his mates, Gaffer, Donkey and Bodge, a trip from rural West Ireland to the last day of the Cheltenham Festival. They are all doing a "Super Heinz", a way of betting on every combination of 7 races at a meeting, including trebles and accumulators. A great craic is on the cards, but does Wayne have something else in mind? A gentle, humorous road trip with added romance, nothing serious, just the craic.

A short story about the arrival of a new vampire to town, the fun and outgoing David, as seen through the eyes of his long-time pen pal, the gloomy (and thirsty) recluse Ashley. David is eager to meet her, but it turns out that she may have exaggerated a few details about herself, and sprinkled a few teeny tiny lies in there too. Surely this will not result in a horrible misunderstanding. Surely.

Valentines Day 2023 Entry
My college roommates fixed me up with a blind date. Who knew I would end up covered in blood on Valentine's Day as a result?

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.

A Loving Homage to the king of humor, Sir Terry Pratchett. Imagine yourself on a disc shaped world that rests on the back of four elephants. Now imagine the four elephants are standing on an enormous sea turtle as it swims through space. Now imagine, except for your father, that you are the world's most powerful librarian. And your father is an orangutan. And this is just the start of the story.