Stories

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Beyond Salvation

Not all friendships last forever, but does that mean they are truly beyond salvation? When two former childhood friends are thrown together in dramatic circumstances what might happen? Can they overcome their differences? Will they be driven further apart? Or will their lives be forever changed by something altogether different?Complete...

Short Stories

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The Baxter Boys

When Mike receives a panicked phone call in the middle of the night from his nephew Danny, neither one of them knew where it would take them... Completed

About Me

A little about Mark Peters…

I always dread it when people say, 'So, tell me about yourself.'

Ummm . . . okay . . . what exactly is it that they would want to know? And why do they want to know it?

I guess the answer to that will depend on a lot of things . . . like the setting or the company being kept at the time.

And then, how much exactly does one share? Should we start at the very beginning and give every little detail, right down to shoe size? Or do we just throw out a few facts and figures, just enough to let folks get a general idea and form an image in their mind; then perhaps leak a few more tidbits if and when the interest level proves great enough?

I have to say, being the reserved kind of person that I am, I think I much prefer the latter of those two options. So now, for better or for worse, here is my story . . . or as much as you're going to find out in one sitting . . . as one of my newer characters says.

First things first . . . I'm Australian. I'm a country boy. I still live on a small farm near to the town where I did most of my growing up (pop. 25,000) and most of my stories are set in rural places just like this town. I raise and show horses and poultry and run my own small business, which keeps me busier than I would like.

For as long as I can remember I've always loved reading and even as a kid I liked writing . . . one time I even tried to get one of my school exercise books into my mothers typewriter so I could write a book! Go figure!

During high school I did quite a bit of writing, though always under the pen-name of 'Anonymous'. I remember being quite chuffed when something I had written was accepted for the School Year Book (a couple of poems I think). This was all before the days of computers and my girlfriend of the time would type them up for me (practice for when she would become a secretary she said -- she later became a nurse! lol).

Of course I knew I was gay back then, but hey, there are images to uphold, you know! I'm sure a lot of you have been there!

After high school the need to earn a living became apparent and so I moved away for about three years to work in a department store. The only writing I seemed to do during that time was to my girlfriend, but like most long distance relationships that didn't last for long, so that writing quickly dried up as well.

In 1996 I changed jobs, into one where computers were an integral part, discovered the internet and thought, 'Wow!'

In 1999 I stumbled across the Nifty site, being both excited and at the same time occasionally appalled at what I read there, and so I decided to give writing another go. With some encouragement from some friends I had met online, my first story, 'After We Danced', started being posted not long after that!

As most of my readers would know, my stories tend to be more about the story than the sex. As a rule they don't contain too much graphic sex and are more about country guys finding love, and hope, and understanding, and acceptance.

Like most writers I have ambitions of one day being published, one way or another, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen. In the mean time, my main desire is to provide readers with an enjoyable story that takes them on a ride to some place they haven't been before!

If you read my stories I can only hope that you enjoy them!

Oh, and by the way . . . my shoe size is 10 ½! ;)

Email: mp_ponyboy@hotmail.com

Website: www.ponyboysplace.com