Among Sinners (Table of Contents)
Among Sinners is set in a California valley rebuilding after worldwide collapse.
As the Vyrell family’s vineyard becomes the heart of renewal, old sins return: Alaric hides his guilt in a glowing screen, Micah flees with his inheritance, Sera turns to forbidden power, and Lydia faces the cost of survival.
A series of interwoven short parables about ruin, mercy, and the long road home.
Table of Contents
Short Story 1: The Prodigal Son
Free for November: a timeless parable reimagined in a post-Scarcity world. On the Vyrell family vineyard, two brothers clash over inheritance, duty, and their father’s love—setting into motion a story of resentment, rebellion, and ruin in the valley that survived the Collapse.
Short Story 2: A Forbidden Fruit
Free for December: Longing for love and recognition, Sera searches for God in all the wrong places. When she turns to a forbidden power, the fruit she gathers promises power and control—while quietly poisoning her heart.
Short Story 3: The Workers in the Vineyard
Free for January: Set near the beginning of the Scarcity, Maribel’s long-awaited trip goes off course when the grid begins to fail across California, leaving her alone and far from home in a valley bracing for the worst.
Chapter 10 — The Strain
Chapter 11 — Cities Fall
Chapter 12 — Slow Collapse
Chapter 13 — The Work of Living
Short Story 4: The Woman at the Well
Free for February-March: Lydia Mercer is thirsting for something—maybe love, maybe escape—but she keeps looking for it in all the wrong places. So when Micah Vyrell, the vineyard heir everyone recognizes, takes notice of her one ordinary night at The Watering Hole, she can’t help but feel the ground shift. Their meeting is small, almost accidental, but it stirs something in Lydia she’s spent years trying to quiet.
Chapter 14 — The Watering Hole
Chapter 15 — Escapade
Chapter 16 — The Husband
Chapter 17 — The Pregnancy
Chapter 18 — Running Away
Chapter 19 — “Get Out”
Short Story 5: The Pearl of Great Price
April: After returning home to his father’s place, Micah still is left feeling unwelcome by his older brother, Alaric, and still finds temptations linger outside his door. Chapters to be named yet
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Future Stories
May: The Right Eye
June: The Good Samaritan
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