A Slippery Situation - Chapter 1
**A Slippery Situation: Chapter 1** "Oh yeah, I saved up enough to get me some wheels. Nothin' fancy, mind you..." A sense of overwhelming incredulity had hit Tom upon hearing his boyfriend's news. Surely, he pondered, the savings he'd scraped up...
A Fish out of Water - Chapter 3
**Chapter 3: A Stick in the Mud** "_Welcome to Tidemarsh; Gateway to the Ocean_". I'll be honest; I kinda' expected a sign that was gifted such a picturesque location to advertise would be in better condition than the one at the foot of a path...
Jari Perikkila Character Introduction - Prologue
**Prologue: 6 months earlier** To this day, it astounded Jari just how vulnerable one felt on a bicycle. The cosy, secure confines of a car made the chaotic peak of rush hour all but a simple observation, but that was certainly not the case for Jari;...
The Natural Selection - Prologue
**Three years ago** Henry Pronghorn was never one to boast about the qualities people claimed he had, yet even he, though modestly, admitted his uncanny ability to maintain his cool, collected persona even when faced down by a hall of expectant eyes....
A Stolen Heart - Short Story
“Stolen car…suspect in his teens…black, spiked hair…” Police Constable Raymond Gordon had heard it all before; indeed, he could only assume all the planets had aligned when a day passed _without_ a knocked-down elderly lady or a window purposefully...