When I say serial story, I mean a story published serially, one chapter or section at a time, just like many famous authors of the past did. The difference between me and Alexandre Dumas is that he first published The Count of Monte Cristo in a newspaper, and I publish my serial stories on Substack. I aim for mine to be novella-length, but since they are ongoing, we’ll see how lengthy they become. They’re off the cuff, so while enjoyable and following a rough structure, they are also diamonds in the rough. If you don’t mind a few typos and plot inconsistencies, they’re great fun to read!
Crumbling Castles
A.D. 1444, Kent County, England
He was a child when he saw his home crumble in the flames. Now he’s come to reclaim it.
Twenty years ago, a bitter rivalry left Walter Forrester homeless and fatherless, driving him and his mother to seek refuge elsewhere. Driven out again by a temper he can’t control, Walter turns his steps homeward with only the clothes on his back and a hunger for revenge.
One thing he knows: no one can be trusted.
Join Walter and his unlooked-for friends Ralph, Gilbert, and Agnes as they fight to recover a heritage near extinction and learn what it means to forgive.
This serial story joins two medieval Christian fiction series I am writing, currently known as the L.F.T.D. Series and the G.O.T. Series.
If I Could Save Just One
Present Day, c. A.D. 2020; North Carolina, USA
What if you were just another statistic?
Jackal Bangs entered the list of statistics as a child when he became one of many foster kids who disappeared without a trace from the foster care system.
Or was it without a trace?
Jack soon found himself living at a hidden compound, spending his days in a secret lab being poked and prodded as one of many subjected to illegal biomedical experimentation. He was an ideal victim: unwanted, unnoticed, voiceless. Not everyone was there under the same circumstances; some had lives outside the lab, and their stories were like a match to tinder—he decided to fight, to never accept his lot . . . to be more than a statistic.
Now, at twenty-one, Jack’s finally made it out with the help of millionaire Taegan Silver and the widowed Eliza Samson. Taking a job as a bodyguard for Taegan’s antisocial son seems like the perfect way to lay low, but with his former captors seeking to silence his witness before it can get out, and surrounded by people who are passionate about standing up for those who can’t stand up for themselves, Jack has to face his fears and find his faith . . . before it’s too late.
This serial story is tied to two intersecting contemporary Christian fiction series I am writing, currently known as the G.R. Series and the B.D. Series.
