A true story of someone caring for me in a small way. #46 in church on 8/8/18 677 words

A co-authored piece by myself and Luke Darling. "Experimenting on coworkers is normally frowned upon, but this was no normal establishment. . . . [W]hen they say 'unlimited' . . . Most people don't realize how literally it's meant." 1151 words

(**Highest rank: #63 in #flashfiction as of 5/11/18**) Written for the #ASnapshotInTime contest hosted by the @HistoricalFiction community. Won 1st Place in Short Story in the Victory Awards (2018) and in the Rosie Awards (2019). Providence is a colonial horse who was taken by the Redcoats from his owner Joey and from his home in Lexington during the Thanksgiving of 1774. When he returns to his hometown during the Spring of 1775, he becomes a witness to the beginning of the War for Independence, during this first skirmish -- from where it would escalate into war. Copyright ©2018 by CalebRyanWriter

In Germany, Wolfgang Braun is forced to join the Nazis. He isn't sure he believes anything Hitler is doing is good, but he doesn't have a choice. When the most powerful man in the country enlists your help, you don't turn him down. So what happens when he finds a young Jewish girl hiding in the rubble? Does he take her to a concentration camp or kill her? Or does he help her escape to freedom? Naomi Adler is an eighteen year old Jewish girl in the middle of an age of terror, the Holocaust. Her family has already been taken away, but by some sort of fortune, she was saved. Can she make it safely to America, as her family had planned, or will she be found out before then? Her world turns upside down when she meets David Lee who in 1918, WWI, was drafted into the United States Army, just like his father and brother. He was a driver, transporting men, food, and supplies when needed, risking his life to support them on the battlegrounds

This book is a fictional story of a siege of a small group of settlements in Northern France and the man who defended it...

The Bullet Factory is a story about a teenager, their brother, and their cousin in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian setting. Approximately 1 750 words.

Follow Eunice as she makes a decision. And with whatever decision she takes, her soul is on the line to be saved or destroyed.

Sci-Fi is a lucrative genre, but it feels like every science fiction film or novel follows the same path. Good guy saves the world from bad guy. This changes things up a bit. Hunt: A Different Sci-Fi Story is a new take on sci-fi. In the year 2074, Boston is the world's largest and only city. Aliens have been sending robots that look, think, and feel identically to humans called hunters. They use subliminal messages sent to the hunters brains to slowly overthrow local governments by infiltrating businesses, schools, politics, and more. These hunters have destroyed ever city except Boston because the security in the city is air tight. Everyday, every citizen must be analyzed to make sure they are not hunters. The process is effective, most of the time... A group of five people have been trapped in there work place. To make matters worse, the police are trying to barge in as one of the five is a hunter. The group must work together to escape, but one of there allies is a hunter. The real question is will they found out?

A symbolism heavy short story exploring salvation through the eyes of a troubled young boy. 433 words

*COMPLETED* Highest ranking #3 - unrequited "You would think that by high school, girls and guys would be less awkward around each other. Maybe that's just not true for the introvert." A girl talks about her love for a classmate without knowing if it it's mutual.