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1. Offer Him Roses » reviews

Annalee Rutledge, fourteen, doesn't know why there's a boy soldier from the Civil War hiding in her family's barn, especially since the conflict in which he fought ended almost one hundred and fifty years ago. What Annalee does know is that she loves him—and she's going to do whatever it takes to keep him safe. 7 of 10 now posted.

Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 14 - Words: 26,378 - Reviews: 22 - Updated: 5-14-13 - Published: 1-29-13

2. When the Family Gathers

Mr. Carlin has a secret: he has been living a lie that, when revealed, could destroy his entire family. Today his loved ones are all gathered in one place...but can he bring himself to tell them the truth?

Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,131 - Published: 4-28-13 - Complete

3. Flower Beds

A man's decision to water the flowers in his front yard leads to a deadly confrontation.

Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,005 - Published: 4-21-13 - Complete

4. Letters to a File »

Folders in a storage room tell the story of a civilization's fall.

Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 2,515 - Published: 4-21-13 - Complete

5. I'll Move So Fast »

He arrived on a bicycle, bringing with him a great mystery...and a message of hope.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Spiritual - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,108 - Published: 4-7-13 - Complete

6. The Sign of the Fiddler Crab

In a totalitarian society of the future, a young teacher goes on trial. Her offense? Teaching...

Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,097 - Published: 4-5-13 - Complete

7. Boom » reviews

Two lovers spend what could be the last night of their lives together.

Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 10 - Words: 6,423 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-31-13 - Published: 2-26-13 - Complete

8. Draw in the Silence

Take time to hear your own voice.

Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Published: 2-17-13 - Complete

9. An Ocean in Space reviews

The dawn of life.

Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-17-13 - Complete

10. The Dragonfly reviews

An ode to one of my favorite insects.

Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-17-13 - Complete

11. The Day of the Gobblers »

During Thanksgiving week, a small town elementary school comes under attack by giant turkeys. Or does it? Prepare yourself for the terror that is THE DAY OF THE GOBBLERS. 2 of 10 now posted.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,530 - Updated: 1-29-13 - Published: 11-16-12

12. Doll Baby » reviews

Norm Peters is looking for love on the Internet. He had better be careful, though, because the online world, like the physical one, has an abundance of shadowed paths. And down one such path lurks a shapeshifting monster that calls itself Doll Baby.

Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 10 - Words: 21,219 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-2-13 - Published: 11-4-12 - Complete

13. A Season for Endings »

Scott McDaniel and Elizabeth Graham were the perfect high school couple. To Jason Ramsey, four years younger and unsure of his place in the world, they hung the moon. But the time he had with Scott and Liz was too good to last, and it didn't. Memories bloom in a season for endings. 1 of 10 now posted.

Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,266 - Updated: 11-24-12 - Published: 10-4-12

14. The Noontide Archipelago

A man on the cusp of middle-age, beset by family and work problems, finds peace in a kingdom of enchanted islands. 1 of 3 now posted.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Published: 11-19-12

15. Suzie's Sweet Shop »

Nicholas (don't call him Nicky) Huggins, fifteen, wants big changes in his life. He wants his family to stop embarrassing him; for his girlfriend's taste in clothes, movies, and music to advance to the twenty-first century; for his best friend to be less nerdy. But when a mysterious candy store owner grants these wishes, Nicholas finds himself missing what he had. 1 of 10.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Family - Chapters: 2 - Words: 721 - Updated: 11-7-12 - Published: 11-4-12

16. That Yuletide Spirit

Doyle Travers used to be a Wall Street rainmaker. Now deceased, he's found a new line of work. He's a Christmas ghost, whose job is to bring good cheer to people who need it. 1 of 5 now posted.

Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Humor/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,055 - Published: 11-4-12

17. Beef Stew from Anna Lou » reviews

This Halloween you're invited to dine at Murl's Famous Country Buffet, a place where folks gather to enjoy good food, friendly service, and a warm, down-home atmosphere as the world around them comes to a screaming end. Step right in and let our charming hostess, Anna Lou, find you a seat. We hope you enjoy your meal. It's probably your last.

Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 12 - Words: 9,638 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 10-14-12 - Published: 9-24-12 - Complete

18. Slocomb's Pond » reviews

Slocomb's Pond has a bad reputation. Some people have returned from it with tales of hideous creatures living beneath its placid waters. Others have not returned at all. This is the story of four boys who, one winter night, decide to tempt Fate at Slocomb's Pond, and who are caught most unaware when Fate takes them up on their wager.

Fiction: Horror - Rated: M - English - Horror/Friendship - Chapters: 10 - Words: 11,507 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 7-20-12 - Published: 6-12-12 - Complete

19. The Queen of January »

She sits in a gilded palace, a woman frozen in time, gazing out from her mansion's tall windows onto a world that is warm, vibrant, and alive. Now, thanks to an unlikely friendship, the Queen of January may finally have a chance to relinquish her crown...2 of 10 chapters currently posted.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Friendship - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,947 - Updated: 6-27-12 - Published: 6-20-12

20. The Offices of M Coopersmith »

Nobody knows what sort of business goes on at the Offices of M. Coopersmith, an establishment that has operated in Summerville, Georgia, for as long as anyone can remember. But one thrilling autumn night, a pair of high school students will learn the truth about the mysterious M. Coopersmith...and have the honor of accompanying him on his final mission.

Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Friendship - Chapters: 5 - Words: 21,177 - Updated: 6-19-12 - Published: 6-11-12 - Complete

21. That's All the Time We Have reviews

A friend comes to say goodbye in a short memoir of love, regret, and finality.

Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,097 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-18-12 - Complete

22. Magic Days reviews

Glenn Lockwood has made a new friend, a man by the name of Vernon Hudspeth. Today Vernon is seventy. Tomorrow he'll be sixty, and fifty the day after. Who knows how this is happening? Who knows why? Maybe these are just magic days, when impossible wishes are granted, dying loves are restored, and hints are everywhere that the cosmos is a far grander thing than anyone can imagine.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,117 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-12-12 - Complete

23. A Machine To Say I Love You

A tribute to Ray Bradbury. "Live forever!"

Fiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 635 - Published: 6-6-12 - Complete

24. Destiny and the Ice Cream Man

Chad Stapleton has decided to drive home tonight, from Palm Beach to Savannah. It's not that long of a drive, and he's made it plenty of times before. The only difference is that, this time around, there's a madman lying in wait at the Welcome Center where Chad's going to make an ill-timed pit stop. A madman with a special lesson to impart...

Fiction: Thriller - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,687 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

25. Swim With Me reviews

A father, haunted by the memory of better days, laments his failure to make peace with his only son...before the end.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,348 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

26. The Sandbar

Most often you see him in the morning, just after dawn, walking and walking but never arriving anywhere, his earthly existence bound to the dangerous sandbar that lies just offshore. Drew Addison, a local resident, has resolved to help this mysterious traveler complete his journey. But to do so he must first reveal a terrible truth.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,313 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

27. I Can Do This

We all have our challenges, the things that intimidate, frighten, even overwhelm us at times. For some people it's heights; for others, public speaking. But for one strange and special person, it's an act so simple, so mundane, that anybody else would be astonished to hear it could bring terror to a human heart. Today is the day he will conquer his fear, or be conquered by it.

Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,818 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

28. Thickets

Nathan Merritt is trapped in a thicket. It's an in-between place, beautiful and strange, full of winding trails. Which of these paths he takes will be the most important decision of his life...for some of them lead home, others to nowhere, and others still to Eternity.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,900 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

29. The Way of All Things

Jason and Maggie Chandler have traveled to the end of the universe: a cold, dark, silent place where, in the halls of the grand palace that represents life's last outpost, they will bear witness to a universe in its death throes—and glimpse the beginning, perhaps, of what comes next.

Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,734 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete

30. The Silver Shore

On a deserted beach late at night, a man encounters a miracle...for the second time.

Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,081 - Published: 6-4-12 - Complete