Life couldn't get more awful for home-schooled teen James Moody. Between his social isolation and a string of family tragedies, he manages to mostly stay cheerful. But in his darkest hours he finds his soul...
This a side story with the same setting as the original story: Salvaging From Chaos. It gives the situation in which Alexis, our poor high school girl, is caught in a rather tricky situation, hiding, in a rather...
Ethan and Simon are students in high school. Yes, they go about being young and naive, but there are special things about each of them; Ethan is a super genius and Simon is a modern day Super Hero. As best friends...
A detailed and referenced Islamic perspective of the Soul, Death, Hereafter and the Day of judgement. Sayyid Saeed Akhter Rizvi's expertise on Islamic subjects such as these and simplistic use of English language...
Nothing succeeds like excess. Outrageous Hollywood super producer Don Simpson wants to do something good with his life. But all the hookers and drug dealers and movie stars just keep getting in the way. Simpson...
Distracted by a murder charge lodged against his daughter Jacki, semi-retired P.I. Winston Simon never expected to again find himself face-to-face with the terrorist Atesh. Now his country’s new ambassador...
… over one hundred twenty years in the future things on Terra have regressed to the point of basic tribal existence... no one knows why the space invaders never returned but it doesn’t really matter, all...
…Prequel to The Voice of God. An unknown plague has struck their world and an undermanned space crew must meet the unknown as they seek a cure for the deadly disease… or face the likelihood of total planetary...
Pick up a seashell. Hold it to your ear. What will you hear? Will it be a beginning or an ending or something in between? 'Seashells' is a new short story by Tom North, author of 'Puttypaw'.
Vivian is a short story by Tom North, author of 'Puttypaw' Henry has a promise to keep, both to his wife, Diana, and to their first car, Vivian. Vivian has been sitting, broken, in the garage for most of their...
'The Life and Times of a Graveyard Bear' is a short story by Tom North, author of 'Puttypaw'. A child's teddy bear sits against a stone in a graveyard.This is the story of his life: of the rain, the sun and...
Deus ex machina ( /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɪnə/ Latin: ”god out of the machine”; plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is abruptly...
This is the story of my son Cameron, who committed suicide nearly five years ago. He suffered from bi-polar disorder. It is about his life, his dreams, his good times and his not so good times. It is also a...
A suicidal teen who suffers from cutting feels as though her life is being controlled by those who are not relevant to her life anymore. She goes through a love triangle, deaths, and saving a life to finally...
A man finds himself in a hallway of doors. Each one has a small peephole. No one else here. The man has nothing, except the phone in his pocket with one number on it...