Boy Mercury X - Stories

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.

When journalist David Levy shadows an MMA fighter, he expects to meet a brute. Instead, he’s paired with Connor Ryan—a ginger-haired knockout with a sharp wit and a past as bruised as his knuckles. As David follows Connor through the high-stakes world of cage fighting, the lines between observer and participant begin to blur.

With Connor training for the fight of his life and David’s career on the ropes, both men must choose between ambition and desire. But when a dark secret surfaces and a single mistake threatens everything, winning might mean losing each other for good.

Co-written by Sween McDervish.

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

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.

When gay uncle Paul helps his sister on a London trip, he never expects sparks with Rob—the rugged army dad with a commanding presence. From airport flirtations to mile-high hookups and museum trysts, their encounters blaze a trail amid family chaos. But can a layover fling become something more?

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.)

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?

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.

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.

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.)