benashton - Stories

Ben and Joshua met in their youth, working at a summer camp. More than fifteen years after their bitter sendoff, they meet again and spend a weekend together in a secluded house in Vermont, by Lake Champlain.
Switching back and forth between past and present, coasting on issues of class, gender, and identity, the three-part story explores the anguish and beauty of growing up and of getting older.

Here are some very short stories, responding to prompts posted in the forum.

This is the story about the friendship between a gay hipster and a straight male hooker. This is a story about bonding and intimacy, about opening up and shutting down, about everything that sneaks in somewhere amongst love and lust.