Slow Stories

A Story in the Arc Deco Universe
When they end up calling the very last private paranormal investigator in the phone book, you know the case is going to going to be trouble. The damsel in distress will be beautiful but not to be trusted, and most of the bad guys will laugh at silver bullets and want to drag you down to some nasty under-hell. Not a good way to spend the Christmas holidays, but it is a living. An "Arc Deco" Universe Story

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.

A Life in Paradise Story
16 year old Will Henry returns to Algonquin Provincial Park with his girlfriend Abby and two other teenaged couples on a primitive canoeing and camping trip. This travelogue chronicles their physical, emotional and sexual challenges on the two week trip.

James is puzzled by the arrival of a new nurse and a walk into the garden...

The Nolan family was a complete wreck. In a last ditch effort to save it, the matriarch takes the family to a psychiatrist for family counseling. The psychiatrist, though, has an agenda of her own. [NOTE: Partially A.I. generated by an original idea (if there are original ideas in prose anymore) I had]

When he caught his brother in bed with his wife the repressed urges all came back.

Sterling City, 1872. Caleb Walker has spent his whole life working hard and getting nowhere. He hauls oranges through the snow, dodges the marshal's inspectors, and comes home each night to a tiny rented room, a loyal wife who deserves better, and a daughter who has stopped asking for toys. Then one rainy night, golden script appears before his eyes. The Golden Ledger gives him one roll of the dice each day, and whatever he earns can come back doubled, or even ten times over...

Can Trent coach football, deliver his teachers baby and get Becky accepted into nursing school all while still remaining anonymous?

A Story in the Sam Universe
What If. Famous lost words. Lost because we seldom mean what we say. Sam and I often were at a loss for words, but inside we both always knew what the other meant.