Heaven’s Jubilee

Followers of The Way were being rounded up, but I never expected to be one of them. I wanted to ask God, "Why Me" but would it do any good? Instead, I prayed for strength and endurance, little knowing how much I would need it.

Zane's Consequences

I'd always done things my way. Why would my flight test be any different?

Hope is All that is Left

Our parents had been arrested and Liz and I now hid from unknown enemies. We had nothing left until we remembered one thing: The hope that spring would come again.

Darren's Choice

I never should have signed the contract. Not without knowing what my invention would be used for. Now I had a hard choice to make. Violate my conscience or forfeit my life?

New Life

So much pain. So much suffering. We were sick without cure until the angel came.

Star Kitty: The Data Files

My name is Data and I am a cat. I never expected to go on a spaceship or become a hero. Somehow, though, God had plans for both to happen. This is my story.

What happens when minor characters ask for their own stories?

A collection of three novellas as the author gives in to their demands.

Cole Baxter was introduced in the novel, Amazing Grace, but insisted he get his own story. After his sister and her husband die and leave him with her four children, he needs a wife and fast. Will he choose the right woman?

Timothy and Abigail both have the daunting task of caring for their younger sister. Can they help each other raise their sisters or does God have more in mind for them?

Alexander Granger is tired of his father’s lectures and sermons. It’s time for payback. Can Alex get away with his plan?

After the Civil War, Caleb takes up correspondence with Maggie, a widow in search of a husband. But both of them face inner trials… Will their faith sustain them as they fight to change their circumstances?

Winning story in Perry Elisabeth Design’s short story contest.

I don’t like change. I know most people get used to it, but I have never been able to. When Dad announced their move and I couldn’t go with them, I didn’t handle it well. Would I ever find the faith to be victorious?

Content warning: A character does attempt suicide, so please read with caution.

Five desperate young women…

Katie, Joanna, Eve, Evangeline, and Adelaide meet on a stagecoach on their way to Cheyenne, Wyoming as mail order brides. As they talk to each other, Katie and Adelaide become suspicious. Are they correct to be suspicious or are they overreacting?

One man with an evil plan…

Ross has been planning this for months and the stagecoach is finally on its way. After this, he’ll have succeeded in his most devious plot yet and be on the top of his game. Maybe he’ll even be able to come out of the shadows, despite his brother being a detective.

A Master Designer.

Will the five mail order brides ever reach the young men who wrote to them? Or was it all just a ruse to get them into the stagecoach? Will Ross get away with his plan?

In this touching, inspirational western, Ruth prays for aid after rejecting an unwanted suitor — only to receive a heartrending challenge in return. Can she find the strength to weather the trials to come?

Children laughing. Animals clucking. Those were the first sounds I ever heard. Ehud finished making me hours earlier. People filled the room. A warm place sat far away from me full of fire, and two chickens wandered around. No other animals. What was I here for?

The birth of Christ as observed by the manger

Outlaws took the town. He answers to a Higher Law.

As US Marshal Aston Williams approaches a small town in New Mexico, he plans to stop overnight. He deposits the gold in the town marshal’s safe and heads to the saloon. The men are more rough looking than he’s used to for a small town and there are no girls. Then he recognizes one of them as a notorious outlaw. The next thing he knows, he wakes up in a large barn with the ten upstanding men who actually live in town.

Can Aston and the men in town find a way save their wives and children as well as their town from the outlaws? Will Aston learn that his worth comes from God?

A talented detective with a mission to find his kidnapped colleague must work undercover with a heinous outlaw who has more plans than first meet the eye.

No longer could I say I was lonely. But oh, how I wish I could! Who could have done such a thing to the Creator of the world? Who had so much hatred for Him?

Ellie Turner's grandfather can't be left alone. He raised her after her parents died and now it is her turn to take care of him. But the constant worry is wearing her down. When someone new to town buys the general store and befriends both of them, he helps take some of her load away.

Coming January 2027.