A collection of first-person stories written starting in 1989 while the author was in high school and college.

These works have been left as originally written with only minor tweaks.
Contents

Introduction
About "A Visit to the Licensing Department"
"A Visit to the Licensing Department"
A science fiction story about what life might be like if human lives were cheapened to the point where they could be taken legally as long as you have the correct permit.
716 words
About "The Busiest Workday"
"The Busiest Workday"
A speculative fiction story told by a mid-level angel that attempts to answer the question "will bureaucracy ever end?" by documenting the heavenly aftermath of the apocalypse.
965 words
About "Come Around Here Often?"
"Come Around Here Often?"
A science fiction story told by Captain Wilson Banski who, after an enemy attack destroys his ship, deals with misadventure and cultural misunderstandings after his escape pod lands on an alien planet.
1,752 words
About "Best Friend Bears"
"Best Friend Bears"
A fiction piece told by Sarah about growing up with her best friend Ann and their special pair of stuffed bears.

After exhausting planet Earth, humanity has moved out to live "on the stars."

With your closest neighbor lightyears away, the "on the stars" lifestyle guarantees a level of privacy unmatched in human history. But even ultimate privacy doesn't need to come at a cost when modern technology can instantly whisk you back to civilization.

But when that modern technology unexpectedly fails, three private vessels find themselves completely unprepared for the isolation that follows. The three crews have very different strategies to cope with a radical change to the status quo.

Will they have the supplies and wherewithal to survive the weeks and months that it will take to get back to civilization?


Severed was written while sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is both therapy for and a reaction to the author's experiences during the onset of the virus and explores how regular people react during a crisis.

Magic reigns in the world of Feracio, providing everything that science offers ours, and more:
Growing up in the village of Hinter, Aadima Rumetre never quite fit in.
Despite being born in a female body, he always knew he was a boy—not something the conservative village could accept and certainly not something that his parents would.
After the most tragic day in his young life, he finds himself bonded to an ancient magical weapon—a soul Hilt—yet another strike against him in his community’s eyes.
Certainly not suitable for a proper elf!
When he makes his way into the larger world, he discovers that it doesn’t approve of him either.
Elves don’t belong in proper human society!
Then, when he comes face-to-face with a demon—his world’s greatest threat—everything changes forever!