[2020 Watty Award Winner] Alice Rhodes, an aspiring actress who gets a heart transplant, has to live her heart donor's life like it's a movie role, in order to find her identity and the life that awaits her in Hollywood. ***** A heart transplant causes Alice Rhodes to remember her heart donor's life. Intrigued by the strange people from her new memories, she goes looking for them, only to find herself in the middle of an investigation of the absurd disappearance of an important woman. With her personality changing into her heart donor's, Alice navigates a mysterious world where nothing seems to make sense and yet everything is strangely connected. It's not long before she realizes she may actually be looking for herself in the missing woman, and as she yields to her new heart, she's longing for the one she lost. Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of depression, sexual assault, and violence. © Robert Peterson 2020

This is a collection of short stories and prose regarding the evanescence of childhood and the common confusion of the teenage years. I have many parts to add to this, childhood, though fleeting, had its share of tales and lessons.

A fairytale yes. With an ending, yes. Happy ever after? Perhaps.

Six months ago, Frank McQuire’s life changed forever when he attended a business seminar called “Sales is a Jungle.” The presentation taught Frank to rule over the sales force of his company. Since the presentation, Frank has been able to conquer his competitors one by one. Now he will face his greatest enemy, the lazy but somehow successful, Paul. Frank believes that his boss has sprung a trap for Paul that will allow Frank to easily take him down. As Frank moves in for the kill, he realizes that he is the one actually being set up and is no longer fighting to rule the jungle but to survive.

Former psychoanalyst Fiona Butters is sent to a notorious girls’ reformatory in the middle of the Nevada desert by "Mr. Las Vegas"--her powerful and persuasive boss--to check on his daughter's welfare after the inexplicable disappearance of a counselor. The reluctant Butters is suddenly thrust into the unintended role of private investigator in a search for answers to questions she doesn't yet know to ask. A junk food junkie with a knack for rubbing people the wrong way, Butters encounters evasion by the reformatory Head Mistress, roadblocks by the authorities, and a "handler" compliments of Mr. Las Vegas--a surly alcoholic who would rather spend his time in the local bars. It isn't until Butters forms an unlikely alliance with a button-down professor and an eccentric WWII veteran with a penchant for alliteration and sexual innuendo that she begins to learn the secrets of the desert.

'I know enough of the world, enough of men, To know that what’s beyond’s beyond our ken.' - Faust Goethe. Gee is a short story that I sincerely hope you enjoy. Highly appreciate feedback! :)

A day in the life of a septuagenarian psychopath. If you like your serial killers a little long in the tooth, this could be right up your street.

[A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY] Okay, so Dr. Octavius is a kooky but lovable mad scientist. You'd really like him if you ever met him. But one day he disappears through a secret door into another world. His niece Sarah and his lab assistant Zeke set out to find him and end up in Quartzwater City, a bizarre land filled with talking animals, mythical creatures, bloodsucking plants, and the strongest alcoholic beverages ever concocted. They enlist the aid of local private eye Maximillian J. Toad, who might be incompetent at his job and also might possibly have a serious drinking problem. Oh yeah, some freaky dude with razor-sharp teeth who hates outsiders is after them as well. This outrageous fantasy comedy adventure features chills, thrills, and, of course, forbidden monkey love.

A young woman is waiting in an underground station. A young man sits down next to her, and proceeds to tell her everything about her life - the tragic, the heartwarming, the amazing, the catastrophic. What on earth is he? Angel, ghost, or something else?