William King - Stories

Can you imagine the future when you are thirteen years old? When you’ve lost everything? From the ruins of war in a bombed out town in Syria; the desperation of refugee camps; and slum cities in Turkey, the paramount goal is safety and the impossible: Europe. This story is of our time and does not shy away from harsh reality. There is abuse, exploitation, huge risk, suffering and pain, but there is also romance and a few good souls.

Encounter, surprise, remeniscents, promise.

An old man, a youth, and a bench.

A short story.

An Anthology of Flash Fiction.

A short story set in Tangiers, circa 1978, a young European encounters a Moroccan of a similar age.

A short story about a short, one night, encounter. Seventies London, two boys make a rendezvous.

In a future where it never ceases to rain, Joel finds himself alone on the streets after curfew. How he got there is not clear, his memory is fragmented. Is it being rescued to find yourself in a sex club? Past, present, and future are interwoven, somehow there must be an answer? Perhaps, he is the answer? And what about the other boys? What about the planet? Is there a future?

The intense heat and desolation hit you immediately the journey begins at the sordid truck stop, where sex is sold as easily as a beer. Jabez, the boy they call John, is a candy seller working for the hotel barman, a magician who can read people. But there is another reality, the Palace of Dreams where Jabez is the guide to strange events and pleasures. A bond is formed in the search to find El Cuervo de Plata (The Silver Crow).

A moment in the lives of two young people, Alexander (Alex) Weston and Mathew (Matty) Tetherton, and of those around them, and others whose paths they cross.

“As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same”

The lyrics of the song by David Bowie just about sum it up.

These books were part of my first venture into writing and even if I revised and edited them, they are probably still a little amateur, something you will have to forgive and concentrate on the story.

A short story based upon LOTR: The 4th Age - The Age of Man.

The Age of Men or The Dominion of Men, marked the transition of Middle-earth from an age of myth and legend into a time dominated by mortal men. It began after the downfall of Sauron and the destruction of the One Ring in T.A. 3019, as chronicled in The Red Book of Westmarch.

This was an entry to a competition, the story no longer exists on the original site where it was posted. It is complete in five chapters, at least as far as the tale goes, but it does not tell the whole story.

Second book in the series Absolute Beginners.

Alex is a gay teenager who had hidden his real self, until he discovered his best friend was gay. An encounter with Jake, older and more experienced, started Alex on a voyage of self discovery which he shared with his best friend Matty.

Being young, relationships and events can overwhelm you. No one is perfect, everyone has secrets. Alex lives within a group of people with whom he must interact, and that is not always easy.

The characters are established in the first book and the events within that story play an important role in what happens next.