Short Stories
Below are some of my short stories. They are meant to be read in one sitting and average under 10k words. Most of the stuff I write as short stories often gets absorbed into larger stories. The first short story I published, The Anger Subsides was later incorporated into my novel Turnabout Teardown: Steadfast Spring. Refer to each stories section on if it got absorbed.
The Truth With Compromise (2023)
Jimmy passed the bar! And he would like a job at HHM. What if Chuck actually told Jimmy the truth off the bat instead of going against him? Or, how Chuck being just 10% kinder could've thrown off the entire timeline.
I had meant to release this during the National Day of Writing 2023, ended up publishing a day later. This is vaguely related to They Created A Monster, below. I still have no intention of doing a BSS/BB story.
Waterdog (2022)
A one-off about rescuing Brian Griffin during the floods in S18E19 [Holly Bibble] of Family Guy. Contains tons of references to the show and was written because YouTube would not stop recommending me Family Guy clips. As of 2024-11 this story has been incorporated into The Ludgren Files The version here is the 2022 version. It contains minor differences.
They Created A Monster (2022)
What if by some strange chance Howard Hamlin had met Lalo Salamanca prior to their fateful meeting. What if, by then, did Howard confess to Lalo what they had done to him? What if then did Lalo decide to recruit Howard to the cartel? Here's a one-off exploring that concept.
The Anger Subsides (2022)
Sleeping with a close friend after taking him out for shopping and generally treating well. Considering he used to be a terrorist it's wild how much he's calmed down. This is the end of a busy shopping and hanging out day. He had decided to stay the night at your house. It beat sleeping in parks and abandoned places. Safer and above all, cleaner. Note: This is redundant to read since it has been expanded and incorporated into Turnabout Teardown, Steadfast Spring. This still works as a standalone story though there's little reason to read it now. Just read TTSS1 instead.
