The Shot of Forever (Novella)
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Adrian Harper is forty-something, camera-facing, and one bad lighting setup away from career extinction. When biotech darling Vitalisis offers him a "next-gen immune optimization shot" that promises more energy, clearer skin, and a tighter jawline, he signs the consent forms and doesn't look too hard at the fine print. Overnight, the aches fade, his reflection sharpens, and the likes roll in.
Then his rescue mutt Daisy starts preferring his water glass to her bowl. Her paw twitches. Spreads. Learns. And Adrian realizes the miracle in his veins didn't stop at him.
As videos of "mutant" animals explode across social media, Vitalisis scrambles to spin the story—and to get their enhanced poster boy back under control. Caught between a ruthless corporation, a government that wants weaponized solutions, and a vet-researcher he's falling for, Adrian is forced into an impossible choice: keep the forever-youth they sold him, or become the test case for shutting the whole thing down… even if it costs him the body he thought he needed to survive.
The Shot of Forever is a biotech thriller about vanity, consent, and what still counts as human when the line between man, animal, and asset starts to blur.
Milo the House and the Big, Big Feel (English/Spanish Combo)
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Feb 2026 Release
Milo the Mouse and the Big, Big Feel is a gentle, heart–smart story that helps kids understand what to do when feelings feel "too big" to talk about.
When Lily doesn't want to talk, Milo doesn't try to fix her or cheer her up with jokes. He simply sits beside her, listens, and stays. As their friends quietly join in, children see—on the page—what empathy looks like: calm presence, kind attention, and love that doesn't rush big feelings away.
This book is perfect for:
Bedtime or snuggle-time read-alouds
Kids who "shut down" when they're upset
Opening conversations about sadness, worry, and friendship
In simple rhymes and warm illustrations, Milo the Mouse and the Big, Big Feel gives parents language and pictures to show their child: "You don't have to talk yet. I'll just sit with you. Your feelings are safe with me."
Every Delay Means a Life (March Release)
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This book has all 4 endings in it. $5.00 from the sale of the book will go to homeless organizations.
EVERY DELAY MEANS A LIFE is a literary political thriller rooted in the quiet, administrative violence of American cities.
Tom Grady—veteran, mechanic, and man trying to stay human—lives in his car on the forgotten edges of Austin. When he organizes a simple, safe place for people to sleep in their vehicles without harassment, it becomes a lifeline the city refuses to acknowledge. Then a man dies—not from addiction, not from crime, but from exhaustion after being forced to "move along."
The city calls it unfortunate.
The news calls it an incident.
Tom calls it avoidable.
As City Hall buries responsibility behind procedure, as police maneuver to avoid liability, and as the public scrolls past tragedy framed as policy debate, Tom faces the line every soldier fears:
How do you stay human when the world decides some lives don't count?
This is not a story about homelessness.
This is a story about dignity, exhaustion, and the cost of being seen.
A quiet revolution begins in a parking lot.
And the city will have to decide whether it's willing to watch.
Readers will not walk away unchanged.
Short Stories by Texas Authors Vol 10
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Short Stories by Texas Authors – Volume 10 (2025) showcases the range and punch of contemporary Texas storytelling—gritty realism, luminous literary work, and bold imagination—curated by Texas Authors Press, a division of the Texas Authors Museum & Institute of History. Drawn from the annual short story contest and arranged by score, this limited 2025 edition moves from a motel-room survival in Cheryl King’s “A Wonderful Horrible Life” to myth-forged courage in Sheryl Williams’s “Guardian of the High Reaches: The Story of Jul and Ari,” then roots itself in place with B. Alan Bourgeois’s “Bluebonnet Dreams” and “The Legacy of Words.” Along the way you’ll weather a charged night in Donna Joppie’s “Secrets of the Storm,” face ethical fault lines in Robert DeLuca’s “Rush to Judgement,” and feel the ache of memory in Patricia Taylor Wells’s “The Last Glimpse” and “Little Bird.” Victoria Quinn’s “A Faith Diagnosis,” Ernie Lee’s “Behind the 8 Ball,” Brian Kryszewski’s “The Echoes of Austin,” and William N. Fox’s “Having A Touch of Luck” and “Spirit of an Unconquered People” round out a collection that’s as diverse as the state itself. With a special addition—“The Stillness Movement”—this volume is built for book clubs, classroom samplers, festival tables, and readers who want short fiction that actually sticks: high-concept when it counts, heartfelt when it matters, and always crafted to be discussed. If you’re looking for proof that Texas voices still surprise, provoke, and endure—start here.