Short Stories
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A Principal's Conundrum
A progressive principal is faced with the impossible question of how to handle the two-spirit gender identity in a public school.
topic: gender identity
An Honorable Man upon the Mountain
Tolan must rescue his sisters from the shades who slaughtered his family, but he cannot save them without first finding an honorable man upon the mountain.
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"
Converting the Two-Spirit
A progressive therapist struggles to convince a teenage white girl she is not allowed to identify as a two-spirit.
topics: gender identity | woke racism
Dandelion Seeds
The foolish assumptions of our society are portrayed through a short satire where a gardener takes advice from a garden gnome.
topic: sexual identity
Fitting In
You awake from a coma to find the world strangely altered yet everyone pretending that nothing has changed. Do you pretend with the rest and try to fit in, or do you stand for reality and face social ostracism?
topics: sexual identity | gender identity | dehumanization
Forced to Bake a Cake
When a magical baker recommends you go elsewhere for your same-sex wedding cake, it's best to take her advice.
topic: sexual identity
Gender Identity and the Invisible Pasta God
Kale, a wannabe pickup artist, attends a Pastafarian meetup to mock the religious and hopefully hook up with his sufficiently-hot co-worker Jezzie. But when a peg-legged Pastafarian Minister shows up in pirate garb and leads them all to the school board meeting next door where a debate about bathroom policies is underway, it becomes obvious that those who arrogantly claim to be non-religious actually have a religion after all.
topic: gender identity
I Would Sing
Sherwyn and his brother toil to earn the brideprice Sherwyn needs in order to marry the woman he loves. But the nobles have their hearts set on owning the village, and they have no intention of letting any man remain free.
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"
Invest in Oxygen Masks
When Abby visits her friend Sheryl, she is surprised to find the town devoid of oxygen and even more surprised to learn the reason.
topic: sexual identity
Killing the Golem
The golem was created to defeat the skinheads. But when it is summoned against an innocent preacher, Armando realizes it must be destroyed.
topics: sexual identity | dehumanization
Melvin the Protester
It's love at first sight when Melvin sees an attractive protester, a black-and-white keffiyeh wrapped around her neck; and the next moment he finds himself in the midst of the protest, speaking some sort of truth to some sort of power, all thought of gainful employment cast aside in favor of a life of unending agitation against the current moment's outrage. Except … Melvin might not be exactly cut out for this protest stuff.
Stare Decisis
A mutated kitten, magical dust, and a machete: What better way to explain how same-sex marriage has beaten common sense in the courtroom.
topic: sexual identity
Talents, Servants, and Government Busybodies
An old parable, full of wisdom, is corrupted by the foolishness of modern-day politics.
topic: forcing heaven on earth
The Coming Out
When Meghan comes out to her mother as a pansexual, it doesn't go how she expected.
topic: sexual identity
The Equality Remedy
Mother Nature is taken to court for being heterosexist. But will we be pleased with the imposed remedy?
topic: sexual identity
The Honor Code on Trial
Jeffrey, a BYU graduate student, is sent to deliver a blunt message from BYU to the Northeast Accreditation Commission, where he is introduced to the bizarre world of progressive academia with its fixation about privilege and its perpetual outrage over perceived offenses.
One thing is clear: Everyone has a religion, and those who claim they don't are often among the fiercest of zealots.
topic: sexual identity
The Mascot
His first day at a new school, Winston discovers there's something very wrong with his classmates when they attack him for refusing to pretend their mascot is something it is not.
topics: sexual identity | dehumanization
The Planner's Utopia
The planner zealously maintains absolute equality amongst the citizens under his control. But when a free woman invades his warehouse paradise, he must act decisively before she ruins everything.
"It’s better for all to have none than for some to have more."
topic: forcing heaven on earth
The Psychologist
The psychologist claims to have authority over reality, but reality disagrees, and an innocent tomboy will pay the price.
topic: gender identity
The Sky Is Blue
Johnny-boy is excited to have his mother finally teach him his colors until he learns he must choose between telling her the truth he sees or the untruth she wants to hear.
topics: sexual identity | gender identity
The Statue of Liberty Orders a Burger (and gets something completely different)
As the Statue of Liberty's order passes from judge to judge, it begins to resemble less and less what she originally intended.
topic: sexual identity
The Unneeded Panic Room
Like many Latter-day Saints in California, Michael and his wife, Kate, are asked to support Proposition 8. Michael has no problem with this request—same-sex marriage makes no sense to him. But after Proposition 8 prevails at the ballot box, same-sex marriage activists explode in anger. They target the list of Proposition 8 donors and ramp up their campaign to demonize all opposition, leaving Michael and Kate to suffer the consequences.
topics: sexual identity | dehumanization
Untolerated Rejection
Paul has slept with dozens of girls at his high school, but it’s the person he keeps rejecting that gets him in trouble.
topic: gender identity
Unwanted Proof
Gender identity, that unprovable belief, is actually made provable for a brief moment thanks to an unexpected invention. But then the invention is destroyed and the inventor's assistant murdered.
Who would do that? Who would kill to keep gender identity unprovable?
topic: gender identity
What Our Helmets Let Us See
If everyone who disagrees with your politics looks like a monster to you, perhaps it’s your politics that’s to blame.
topic: dehumanization
Writer's Dementia
A character inside a writer's mind, Natasha has been waiting patiently to be put into a story, but when she is infected by the writer's growing dementia, she can't wait any longer and has to take matters into her own hands. With the help of Alter-Simon, a discarded draft of one of the writer's characters, she must find her way into a story before the writer's dementia makes her vanish forever.
You Never Had a Brother
A man's memories must deal with his brother's rejection of reality.
topic: gender identity
Unreleased Stories:
It's Not My Money
Finished January 2014. Will be released when needed.
topic: forcing heaven on earth
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"
Something's Going On at the Strip Mall
Finished January 2014. Will be released when needed.
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"
The Last Dance of the Pansy King
Finished January 2014. Will be released when needed.
topic: dehumanization
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"
Two Letters from a Gentleman
Finished January 2014. Will be released when needed.
topic: sexual identity
Part of "The Ridge of Earth Collection"