Workplace Stories

I'd been investigating Patrick Oswald for years, trying to find out what was at the core of his success. After other agents disappeared, they decided to send me in undercover to use my special knowledge of his case to find out what was happening. Now I was going to become a woman and seduce him to get access to his personal records. I wasn't prepared for what came next.

A story in the Ex Machina Universe
Sex has always driven the industry, and to compete with other companies as well as out do them, one company has gone the extra step. Virtual reality is the next step, but is it necessarily the correct way to market it? First of two part series.

A Rivers Region Story
They say the Chinese have a curse - May you live in interesting times. A 15 year old boy has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. We follow along while he adjusts to the changes. However, he lives in interesting times and he must deal with them as well as rising to the challengers presented to him. Through all this his true nature shows and he changes the lives of many others in the city of Rivers, and elsewhere. Set in Australia. / (Reviews)

John Jacob "Jake" Nicholls and Gillian "Gill" Louisa Moorhouse have both been damaged in the past. Each has worked together and admired each other for years, although they seem miles apart in their careers. Now a broken marriage and broken family have brought them into alignment. Together they climb a steep hill, but will they fall and will they be hurt? A gentle romance set against a backdrop of high hills, high finance and a low character, a story full of humour, drama and love.

Due to family matters a teen boy moves to the USA, where he learns to play, and like playing, baseball. He works hard and enjoys his baseball. To him it's a fun sport, but he can't resist when they offering him good money to play professional baseball. However, there's one problem, few paid ball players are true professionals. He must choose between playing in a situation he doesn't like, or walking away from good money, and playing where he likes to play for the fun. 76,000 words / (Reviews)

A Rivers Region Story
A young man has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. He becomes a writer, and then something else again. First we read two of his stories about himself, then we follow him as he makes another change to his life and changes the lives of many others in the Rivers Region. In the process he unexpectedly meets his own destiny as well. Set in Australia.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
The largest Coalition fleet ever assembled descends on the lost colony of Kerguela to liberate it from its insectoid occupiers. On one side of the moon, a Marine takes part in a series of daring landings, while on the other, one of the few survivors of the original invasion hunts down the source of a mysterious signal. The flames of war and passion rage around the moon, while conflict between both friend and foe strains the alliance to its limits.

A Climbing the Ladder Story (1)
Part of the A Well-Lived Life universe
'Climbing the Ladder' is the story of Jonathan Kane, a young man from rural Ohio, who begins a new life in Chicago in the mailroom of Spurgeon Capital. This is a story in the 'A Well-Lived Life' universe, and provides history and backstory for Spurgeon Capital, the Spurgeon family, the Glass family, the Lundgren family, Anala Subramani, Tom Quinn, and others from the 'A Well-Lived Life' series. The story stands on its own, and does not require reading any other stories in the universe.

A Life and Loves of Tommy Matthews Story (1)
Meet Tommy Matthews, as he navigates the end of his last year of junior high school, in small-town Western Pennsylvania. A recent growth spurt will enhance, but also complicate his life. The choices he makes (and will make) will influence the lives of many people in his orbit and will go a long way towards determining the direction his life will take. It all begins in the year 1981, which will prove to be the most impactful year of this young man's life.