The point of this page is a bit of a disclaimer, and a warning to anyone who may find such material offensive. I tried to list all possibly offensive content and a brief summary of the stories here.
"Fated"
Synopsis ~ Three complete strangers’ lives are thrown together over the course of seven days. Promises to be a love story, but mostly a story about making decisions and living with the ones you have already made.
Content ~ mild violence, death, romantic situations
Series ~ 1 1/2 sections complete
Back-story ~ While in Sydney, I actually saw a woman dart across traffic and force a car to quickly change lanes, narrowly missing a biker. Didn’t take much before I started wondering what would have happened, if he had actually hit the biker.
"To Never Be"
Synopsis ~ A story about a young woman’s mixed heritage, a young man’s troubled past, another woman’s secrete gift, and the forces that would try to stop them all.
Content ~ strong violence, death, blood, mythology, demons, and religious concepts
Series ~ 15 sections complete
Back-story ~ A series of events in my life over the course of many years, along with a struggling religious belief inspired this tale.
"Sepulcher"
Synopsis ~ The sequel of "To Never Be". This continues the story of Tobias after the events in Tucson, and introduces another important character, Thalia.
Content ~ strong violence, death, bombings, blood, mythology, demons, guns, sex and religious concepts
Series ~ 1/2 a section complete
Back-story ~ I had so much fun writting the first story, and I decided it needed more before it ended.
"Six Days"
Synopsis ~ A simple love story giving the world yet another reason to not judge a book by its cover, and to hold on to what you have for as long as you have it.
Content ~ drinking, homosexuality, and romantic situations
Series ~ 2 sections complete
Back-story ~ My inspiration for this is much more metaphorical than literal. Simply put, I was just thinking about the things I've missed out on because I couldn't let go of my own pety mind games.
"Burn"
Synopsis ~ One sister struggles to prove her little sister’s innocence, in a small town’s modern age witchcraft trial. Soon she discovers a conspiracy, an impossible small town legacy, and her own gift in the craft.
Content ~ mild violence, death, suicide, witchcraft
Series ~ 2 sections complete
Back-story ~ Inspired by the recent excess of ridiculous trials, I pondered what would happen if Southern Baptist were forced to confront modern witches.
"Renai-shousetsu"
Synopsis ~ A short fairy tale that takes place in fuedal Japan.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Short and sweet, no metaphors, to the point fairy tale about love.
"Time Spent"
Synopsis ~ A short story about two people who live hundreds of mile apart, and the one special day they had to spend with each other.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ It is a story about someone I used to know and someone I want to get to know. It's a story to warn about falling in love with an idea.
"The List"
Synopsis ~ A story about the lives of two men; one man who achieved a successful life of wealth, and the other who will help him complete the one thing he never managed to do.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ While writing a list of life goals, I wondered what other, harder working people would have written on their lists.
"Siren's Song"
Synopsis ~ A young man’s search for a singer he saw only for a moment.
Content ~ nothing graphic
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ While walking through the streets of Sydney, I found a very talented female singer. The bar tender forced me to leave, and when I returned later, the singer was already gone, but for some reason, I could not get her out of my head.
"Memory"
Synopsis ~ A man who doesn’t remember his past, wakes up under an unfamiliar ceiling, covered in blood.
Content ~ suicide, death, immortality, breaking up
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Inspired largely by Prototype Chan’s idea, I went through the day in the life of a man who has no memory of killing himself.
"Graces"
Synopsis ~ A boy traveling through a foreign city, meets a collection of odd people.
Content ~ abuse, mild violence
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Alone in Sydney, this is a true story of events unfolding one night between ‘The Rocks’ and ‘Circular Quay’.
"A Stranger"
Synopsis ~ Two people meet in an electronics store, and share a moment.
Content ~ death
Short ~ complete short story
Back-story ~ Killing time in a Best Buy one afternoon, I saw one of the most magnetic women I had ever seen, which still haunts me to this day.