Bill W - Stories

It’s Thanksgiving and Tommy Weston is busy making out his Christmas list. It’s a rather lengthy list and there are several expensive items on it, but he knows his parents can afford to get him these things. He’s an only child, somewhat spoiled and maybe even a little greedy. He thinks the world revolves around him and expects to get nearly everything he wants. That’s until he meets Jason and learns about his life.

A gay man, Robert Campbell, gets severely beaten after performing in a Drag Show. Other crimes against members of the gay community soon follow, and all of these cases are assigned to a gay detective. Will he get the cooperation needed to solve these crimes or will he face numerous and unnecessary roadblocks?

A stranger rides into town on his motorcycle and pulls up in front of the local coffee shop. Once inside, he starts up a conversation with one of the locals.

It's 2053 and a gay couple is celebrating their anniversary and looking back at the 50 years they'd been together.

Thinking back upon a Christmas when he didn't receive any presents, a man is determined to make sure that no other child has to go through something similar.

Michael MacPherson and Devin McCaskill are neighbors, but they don’t meet until they start kindergarten. They immediately become fast friends and inseparable, but it’s becoming clear that something isn’t as it seems. After an incident happens, Devin’s family suddenly moves away. Michael is devastated when he loses contact with his best friend.

A few years later, after Michael graduates from high school and is preparing to enter college, Devin suddenly reappears. Is it too late or will the boys be able to rekindle their friendship – or possibly more?

A poem about a fictional boy's journey.

A gay man arrives home and wishes his husband Happy Anniversary, but is soon informed it's not their anniversary. That's when he states that he was referring to the anniversary of same-sex marriage being legalized. Once this is cleared up, they discuss the impact and possible future for same-sex marriage.

A man has reached his senior years and thinks back upon the seasons of his life.

Tristan Rader and Gavin Munson met as four-year-olds and almost immediately became best friends. However, their time together ended the summer before fifth grade when Gavin’s father got a new job and his family moved away. As the pair grew older, their paths would cross and bring them together in unexpected ways, only to have fate intercede and cause them to lose contact yet again. Will the journey of life win in the end or will fate triumph? Only time will tell.

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘A Winding Path’