Romance Stories

When a hapless museum archivist damages an ancient obsidian mirror, he releases the trapped spirit of an Aztec war Goddess. Given no choice but to attach herself to him, the deity takes up residence in his life, whether either of them likes it or not. If the pair can learn to stop bickering, they might be able to secure both a crucial promotion and the deity’s continued existence.

A Story in the Love in California Universe
After finding his steady date cheating on him, Jimmy Moore moves to San Francisco and finds love at a soccer match. What happens when he teaches a girl from Greece about jazz?

A Story in the Love in Texas Universe
Big Jim Morris gets dumped by his wife. Can he find happiness with a lonely woman in the back street bar under those city lights?

A Story in the Japan as a Third World Country Universe
Third and final for me, in this Universe. This one tells of my marriage to a Japanese Lady. Reading "Candy" and "Satchiko" will give good background, but it is not essential. Japan as A Third World Country

Another young man, blundering around and trying to understand the implications of the curve ball, that life has thrown at him.

A Gone to the West... Story
The wild hard-bitten life in the West Texas Territory of the 1800's provides the setting for the life and times of a vibrant young woman who grows up to marry the legendary gunfighter, Amos Lacey. It's also the story of the birth and coming of age of Emmett Lacey, their son'"one of the main character who appeared in my previous story, Prairie Schooner days...

In a kingdom of magic and myth, there were two twins - Adrin and Lyrian - who excelled in the arts of sword and sorcery respectively. Their younger sister, Miryan, grew into a beautiful woman and caught a covetous eye. Unfortunately, the eye rested in the skull of a terrible dragon, who captured Miryan from her home and flew to the far mountains. Now, with the kingdom in uproar, Adrin and Lyrian must quest to save their sister But one must remember the old adage about those who fight dragons...

Violent storms are common in the Midwest. The one described here actually happened outside a little town I was staying in almost 20 years ago. It sounded like a train, the tornado axiom, if you will, but the straight-line winds cleared a windrow to stumps and killed several cattle (and I'm sure a lot of other critters). Friday I was in the shower, during a storm, when my muse spoke to me, and yes, when I looked out back, she was sitting on our boat.