The Longing

A mystical story of personal rediscovery, love and loss.

Journey to hope

Muharem's story begins in 1916 in the once Ottoman ruled island of Crete. We follow one man's endearing life journey to Ellis Island and beyond.

Scribbled Reflections

A collection of poems and the odd thought

The Immigrants' Reality

More than one hundred years ago, two young lovers stowed away on a ship and journeyed to America, dreaming of a new and prosperous life together in America. Then they awakened.

Victor Hart: Volume 1 (winner of 1st prize Litarium Steampunk Competition)

In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair...

When Women Were Warriors Book I: The Warrior's Path

In Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman. To make matters worse, the Lady Merin assigns her the position of companion, little mor...

A Penny's Worth of Affection

SAMPLE COPY! The complete book is now available on Amazon (links on my profile). This version on Wattpad is a sample copy only and is incomplete. Penelope Inglewood discovers her brother is in love with the betrothed of the most ruthless man in England, The Duke Of Newbridge. She must find a way to save her family fr...

Not our time

"I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself." After dreadful accident in her family, Willow decided to help by doing the only thing she knows. Run. In order to facilitate to her parents, she used all her savings and bought one way ticket to Britain, but what she came across upon arrival was not even part...

Sage Teon and the Fake Diamond Heist

A companion short story to the Razia series featuring everyone's favorite pirate, Sage Teon! Sage has a problem. He's just been hired to steal a bunch of fake diamonds, but the fake rocks are protected by an impenetrable security system. Together with his crew, they'll defy gravity and cryptographic algorithms to fin...

All is Bright

Thirty-year-old Elise Andrews couldn’t bring herself to marry Griffin, her childhood friend-turned-sweetheart, so she let him walk away. Eight months after their break-up, she arrives in her hometown of Chicago on Christmas Eve and hears a voice from the past calling her name in the grocery store. It’s Griffin’s mothe...

An Apology for the Life of Benjamin Bridgewater (1663-1700) #Wattys2014

"His genius was very rich, and ran much upon poetry, in which he excelled. But alas! In the issue. Wine and Love were the ruin of this ingenious Gentleman." John Dunton (1659 - 1733) English bookseller and author, writing of Benjamin Bridgewater. INTRODUCTION This completed story will form one full episode of a large...

The Whispers

A novella featuring reluctant psychic Eloise Montgomery. This deep exploration of Eloise is a perfect place for newcomers to be introduced to The Hollows, to experience a sense of place that "rivals Stephen King's Castle Rock for continuity and creepiness." (The News & Observer - Raleigh) THE WHISPERING HOLLOWS is als...

Truly Elemental: And Other Retro Faerie Tales

Now A Wattpad Featured Story... A collection of short stories where faeries good, bad, and just plain scary roam a world of Rock-n-Roll and Marilyn Monroe. ♛ CONTENTS ♛ 1. Truly Elemental // 1957 2. Barren // 1941 3. Red Cap // 1962 4. Dress Up // 1950s 5. Over Your Grave // 1956 6. The Bleeding Boy and the Bruja...

The Power of Rest

#Wattys2014 Award Winner: This candid, heartfelt collection of essays addresses many of life's thorniest challenges. Whether you struggle with a perennially messy house, run away worrying, depression, an unhappy relationship, mega-stress or even the devastating loss of a loved one, give yourself the gift of The Power...

Memoirs of a Worker

I have had a very eventful life. The stories that I post are from real events that I have witnessed. Some of them are quite humorous, some may be totally outrageous and shocking, but all of them are true (Most of the time, real events are lots better than fiction anyway). I hope that when you read these clips from my...

Second Thoughts

Personal essays about life : identity, women, widowhood, families, relationships, love, money and much more

The Devil in Us

In "The Devil In Us", celebrated writer Monica Bhide weaves spellbinding stories of fate, fortune, and love into lessons for life. A startling train wreck inspires new passion in a disenchanted bride. A prophetic poet's love is hopelessly doomed by addiction. An enchanting woman literally steals a stranger’s soul. The...

Immigrants

GLIMPSES of how Canada worked: a writer's memoir.

During the first 30 years of my journalistic career in the second half of the 20th century, good jobs of all kinds were available all over Canada. Those of us born in the 1930s and early '40s were in great demand because our generation was very small when the post-World War II boom began. I earned generous fees workin...