Boy Mercury X - Stories

When two hunters run afoul of a mythic figure, they have one chance to saved their hides. It's not the boys weekend either expected. (This takes place in the same universe as the story Sol, but both are stand alone tales, no other reading needed.)

A biologist sent by his ex to investigate a curiosity stumbles into a mysterious ruin. Caught between a heavenly archer and a handsome predator, danger and desire, he must trust his wits to survive a hunt that blurs science and myth.

Returning home, an artist and his fiancé are drawn into his father's dangerous orbit. Before it ends, the three will collide in ways that leave no one leaves unchanged. (This story predates "Jake's Story" and involves some of the same characters.)

Twenty years ago, Jake traded his body to survive, then fled to the Marines. Now a coach in a wheelchair, he thinks he's put his past behind him. But when Junior—the boy Jake betrayed—tracks him down, Jake must face the tangled knot of their shared history.

Rami is a home stager, selling the illusion of perfection. His ex brother-in-law Dan is everything he's not supposed to want: too big, too hairy, too straight, too... Dan. But working together with one sweaty week to get Dan's house on the market proves to Rami that the best things in life can't be curated.

Sam has cajoled and coaxed Max, and with the big day finally coming, he's footing the bill for a suit at a high-end menswear boutique. What neither counted on was the sleek salesman with the talented mouth offering one a very private fitting—while the other waits outside the dressing room door.

Avery is a consultant and master of traveling light. A breakup sends him home to lick his wounds—a temporary situation, but aren't they all? The variable he didn't plan on is Dino, the high school jock turned divorced mechanic. Does their weekend fling have a future? Or will it end in another exit strategy?

AJ's hunt for hot dads goes sideways when he's caught filming a DILF in aisle 4. Dragged into security, he expects the police but faces a beefy guard and a humiliating ultimatum instead. The city boy learns local justice is rough. The camera is rolling, and the only way out is on his knees.

An ambitious writer competing for a prestigious fellowship encounters a handsome himbo drifter determined to help him — whether he likes it or not.