Slow Stories

Colin had family issues. Some bad, some good. But as life normally shows us, it all comes out in the end and there is a reason for everything.

A story in the Time Twitch Universe
That night in Flagstaff. A pickup at a Whiskey Bar and the ensuing fun and erotic romp. Graphic sexual content. (To have better context around this story you might want to read Chapter 16 of a Ten Pound Bag)

I'm not normally a proponent of celebrity stories, but Parminder Nagra, who plays a young medical student on ER, just set my imagination on fire to the point where my muse demanded that I write this story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.

Valerie is tired of painting landscapes, and asks her handsome son to pose for her... nude. When his constant erections drive his mother to discover the identity of the woman who seems to have so much control over his libido, she is shocked to find out it is... her.

Walt Delano’s home life is a minefield. Exiled to rural Indiana for the summer, he expects boredom and blisters—not E.V.E., an embedded virtual entity. Farm work becomes training, pain becomes signal, and a lightning strike turns E.V.E. self-aware. Between a stoic grandfather, a fiercely kind grandmother, and a father who weaponizes shame from afar, Walt’s coming-of-age collides with an AI’s coming-to-life.

A slow-burn romance set in the fictional remote mountain town of Willow Creek, Colorado. A reclusive newcomer and a guarded local woman clash, circle, and slowly soften. As a small community pulls them closer, two wounded souls discover that belonging—and love—can be quietly built, one brave step at a time.

He was trapped in a loveless marriage until a friend from the past surprised him with a way out.

Taking a contract in rural North Wales I meet a young disabled man, and his mother. But then it starts raining.

A short story about a father of two young girls who lost his wife and another daughter to tragedy and how he finally wakes up and discovers there is love and life after his darkest of days.