Poems and Prose

 

A medieval style book, open to blank pages, with a quill resting on one corner.

I sometimes like to write short stories or poems. This is where I will share them. I hope you enjoy reading them!

Short Stories

    When Marcus returned from a trip to Germany, he brought along his new wife whom he had met there. Then things started to get strange...
    A poor fisherman meets his one true love, but she turns out to be very different from what he was expecting.
    A young man is obsessed with a woman in his class. He has a strange plan for getting her attention...
    A tongue-in-cheek look at the afterlife.
    The lives of a young boy and his grandmother intersect in unusual ways resulting from the pistol she keeps in her bedroom.
    All the competent people managed to escape the space station before the damage got too bad. The suckers who were left behind were not so fortunate...
    A pious young man receives a gift from his wayward father.
    A troubled woman in a loveless marriage has her life turned upside down when she meets Wilma.
    A prequel to the story of Bluebeard.
    The strange construction project at the university ends up causing chaos and death.
    It starts with the story of the local superhero fighting one of his enemies, but things soon get personal...
    A short look at time and the phenomenon of cause and effect.
In addition to the above, I have another story which, based on word count, is technically a short story, but it's on the longer side. Instead of putting it up on this site, I have linked to a Google Docs version of the story. You may read it there directly, or download it as pdf, MS Word doc, or as an ebook.

'r Addoed chan Arthwr (The Death of Arthur)
    A reimagining of the legend of King Arthur based in Celtic mythology.

Novella

As with the longer Short Story above, this one is a Google Doc. Read it at your leisure!

    A young man, plagued by dreams of a magical people in a faraway land, goes in search of the cause for his troubles.

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