Stories

Short fiction.

Custer's Time Wrap Disaster
Just when you thought it was safe to read about history, along comes a bizarre time-traveling, reality-bending, you-gotta-believe-this fictional take on an event we learned about in grade school—just... well, maybe not this way. Native americans? Or aliens? The battle still ends tragically.
Gordon's Mushroom Adventure
Gordon, friend though he is, has a habit of testing our patience with escapades that would stop most people in their tracks. This time he nearly went too far in the woods and came back barely himself, talking about swirling colors and voices where there should have been none. We still don’t know what to make of what he experienced.

Sections of my upcoming novel The Wind Calls Me.

Coda
The main character's struggles with hardship are familiar. Her failures are familiar and her successes resonate. Her desire to know Christ and serve God is a testimony to faith at work. The only unusual thing about her is that she's a centaur. This closing excerpt from her memoirs was penned by her human sister.
Losing Edward
By the time I returned from sea, my mentor, Edward Merrill, had crossed his final horizon. Rather than see his beloved Lilac's Dreamer fall into the wrong hands or be changed into something he would never have recognized, I spent the savings from my years as a sea captain to purchase her outright, preserving the legacy he left behind.
Stillness at Sea
No one expects a centaur to climb the rigging of a sailing ship—until they see me on the foretop yard, resting there as easily as any sailor. It is where I go to shed the weight of long days and longer nights of guiding my ship and crew through everything the sea can throw at us without warning.