Rori O Keeffe: 22 books

Nine Tails of the Sphinx is a story told in four flash-fiction parts that outlines how a single event in a woman's life leads to her unraveling. Raped in high school and having gotten an abortion, she sets out in the world to find love, but can't accept any man - all men remind her of the rapist....

Two women, one ready to take the plunge into commitment, the other holding out. Passionate descriptions of my ultimate love and all hinges on the answer she might give. Adult-only.

Sandra visits her ailing mother one last time, and carries away with her a memory she will always cherish. Driven from her home by cruel older siblings, Sandra and her mother's bond is as strong as ever, if not stronger. Sandra receives a message from her mother on the night she died - was it a dream, or did her mother truly visit her? ~1,000 words.

The poem turns from feeling to thought to sweet remorse. A story of an aged warrior passing the torch onto another with failing hands, this poem is testimony to the spark of passionate living that lies within each of us, if only the winds of change turn that spark into an illuminating flame. Are you ready to live more passionately? No adult-only content. Approximately 700 words.

A poem with dual meanings is one of the more satisfying and enjoyable pieces of literature to read. Taking things that are unrelated, or nearly opposite in what they evoke, and then writing simultaneously about both, can shed new light on those things. Perhaps because all is connected, and language...

This short memoir (~2350 words) revolves around my memories of youthful sexuality. I can never forget my first lover, Woody, who treated me like gold. Although I also liked girls in the closet, and had a lesbian best friend, my first time could not have been with a better guy at a better time. I'll...

Love may fill a heart with fire at one moment, and at the next strike it cold and unapproachable. A cautionary love tale about love lost at sea. When we first encounter love, the experience can transform us for life. Falling into the arms of a stranger may be the most perilous of first loves, and nothing will be the same again. 540 words. 18+ for mature language and themes.

Classical in form, and cool to the core, these fairy tales will set young readers' minds reflecting on the possibilities in life for a long, long time. All the stories are short, yet convey a surprising amount of information for the young mind with a compact writing style. ~ 14,500 words total. Included...