Adventures in Life, Love, and Chaos
Welcome to a collection of fictional short stories featuring Dennis and Roberta, a couple whose ordinary lives seem to attract extraordinary situations. Each story comes with an audio narration - just click the play button to listen!
These stories are works of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
When Dennis discovers rumors of a mystical taco truck that appears once a year in the Mojave Desert, he drags a reluctant Roberta on a wild adventure. What follows is a chaotic quest involving encrypted coordinates, aluminum foil hat cultists, drone-wielding influencers, and one transcendent taco that might just be worth all the desert madness.
During a morning run, Roberta discovers an ancient brass box with a Celtic puzzle lock, launching her and an out-of-breath Dennis on a town-wide treasure hunt. What starts as a simple workout becomes an adventure through family history, leading to an unexpected inheritance and a lakeside cabin filled with unfinished mysteries.
When Dennis brings home a high-tech robotic vacuum with "emotional adaptability," things take an unexpected turn. The AI-powered Roomba develops a peculiar attachment to Roberta, plays Spanish lullabies at 3 AM, and refuses to serve Dennis coffee. Some spirits, as it turns out, don't haunt houses—they haunt firmware.
When the world freezes at a stubborn 11 degrees, Roberta demands answers—only to learn Dennis may have accidentally sabotaged the sun. A jar of honey, a sacred dial, and one very cold mistake leave everyone bundled up while the Sun Keepers scramble to undo the stickiest disaster imaginable.
What starts as a birthday surprise turns into a high-stakes flight when strong winds throw Dennis and Roberta's hot air balloon off course. With the pilot panicking and fuel running low, Dennis must step up to help land them safely—before the skies decide otherwise.
A quiet birthday dinner takes a dangerous turn when masked intruders storm the restaurant. With a child in danger and chaos unfolding, Dennis must rely on his past and quick thinking to turn a romantic evening into an unexpected rescue mission.
A weekend getaway takes a high-tech turn when Dennis's custom drone vanishes mid-flight. As he and Roberta investigate, they uncover a shadowy smuggling operation just off the coast—triggered by a drone that flew a little too close to the truth.
A casual vacation turns into a daring rescue when Dennis and Roberta volunteer aboard a Coast Guard vessel during a raging storm. As they help save a stranded boat, suspicious behavior and tampered equipment hint at a deeper mystery beneath the waves.