Bobert99

I just paste the stories into TextAloud using the voice Neospeech Kate. That converts them into mp3 files, then I just use a freeware program called audiobook converter to turn the hours long mp3s into iPod audiobooks. You can PM me if you want more details or free links.

Get There by John Doe? lol I just looked it up (I can never remember which stories are which) and unless I'm somehow forgetting I'm not sure I've ever read it or even started reading it. That probably sounds like I'm lying to save face and no insult your story (I wasn't trying to insult any stories or authors with that list) but I swear that one must have just fallen through the cracks. What I do is find the stories that interest me then convert them into audiobooks and put them on my ipod. And I've got 3 ipod folders, one for the stories I put there originally, one for the newer stories I've converted, and one for stories I finished which I move things too from the first two folders. It's pretty easy to over look a story and skip it (I didn't read With Trust by DomLuka until last month even though I'd had it downloaded for like 6 months). That list of stories I didn't finish is just everything from the first and second folder that I thought I'd started. That probably sounds like some elaborate fib but it is how it is lol. I'll give your story a shot though, thanks for bringing it up

Thanks for the recs! I think I already read Everybody's Wounded (I'll check to make sure) and I'll look into the other two. Also just to clarify I realize my post up above was way too long and way too restrictive. I've read lots of stories that aren't 100,000+ words or where the characters are already out, so really any non-smut romance stories I'm very interested in reading.

I just realized I never came back here and thanked everyone for their wonderful recommendations. So THANK YOU. I've read through a bunch more stories and am about to finish up With Trust by DomLuka (an absolutely fantastic story that I somehow looked over before because the 5-word synopses had me thinking it was an inter-generational story which I have zero interest in). Here are some of the stories I've read through and enjoyed recently: Zac and Kayden stories Black Star Cross Are You A Christian by Krista It Started With Brian Life's A Grind by Jack Sage From Behind Those Eyes Matthew Figures It Out New to this State Prom by Cole Parker Someday Out of the Blue Tristan's Redemption It's very difficult to keep track of the stories I've read or what I'm planning on reading since so many of them have literally no synopsis or hit of story besides an author and title. A few of the stories I've started but stopped for whatever reason: A Class by Himself by Comicality, Good Guys Finish Last by Krista, From Where I Stand by Kansekji, Love in a Chair, New Kid in School, One Moonlit Night, Perry & Jesse, A Place in my Heart by Bill W., Wes & Toren, Chris and Nigel, Everybody's Wounded, For the Love by C James, Get There by John Doe, Josh Evolving, Just Hit Send by Grasshopper, Max and Josh, Moving On by Jack Frost, Rich Boy by dkstories, Roll Call by Ricky, Roommates by Krista, A Special Place, Turbulence, What We Are – Richie's Story, Here's Looking At You Kid/Triptychs by Douglas I can't say why I stopped reading these, they're just in my folder for stories I started but haven't gone back to. I usually stop reading a story if: It's less than 100,000 words long It's set in a historical era or has extreme science fiction or fantasy elements (Do Over was great cause the only scifi stuff was the time travel) There is sex in the first chapter (I don't mind some sex scenes but I don't want to read 50% smut) The character is out to everyone at the start of the story The side characters (friends and family) aren't well drawn three dimensional characters. In so many stories, it feels like “mom” isn't even given a name. I think this is why DomLuka's stories are so great, I'd probably read a spin off centering on the straight side characters if he wrote it. The romance in the story doesn't feel genuine, like the boys are declaring their undying love for each other on the night they meet. I guess I just love living with the characters for a long period of time and reading through their entire process of coming out, becoming comfortable with themselves, and eventually falling in love. Any other suggestions for authors and stories people can suggest would be very welcome. iomfats.org seems to say its story specialty is non sex-heavy coming of age stories, which sounds fantastic, though there are so many authors and no synopsizes so it's hard to know where to start. Wow I wrote this way too long. Thanks again to everyone!

I'm relatively new to this whole gay stories thing but I love reading them and have been looking for more and more stories to read through. Problem is, it's extremely difficult to find stories I'm interested in since it seems many stories across the web either don't have synopsises or aren't labeled at all beyond titles. I've gone through the Gay Authors search engine and read the stories that interest me but now I'm not sure where to look next. Sites like AwesomeDude or Best of Nifty might help but it appears they don't have any sort of searchable story database beyond listing all the hosted authors. Anyways, I'm interested in novel length coming out/coming of age/discovering their sexuality stories involving high school or college-age characters. The longer the stories the better, and while I don't mind the occasional sex scene, I don't really enjoy pure smut or stories without realistic characterization (like boys declaring their everlasting love to each other immediately after coming out). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The stories I've read and enjoyed so far: The Do Over Series An English Teen by Riley Jericho Beloved by Dan Hanratty Sparkling Combustion by skylight Sky's the Limit by captainrick In Due Time by J Ross Something Unexpected by Krista everything by the amazing Dom Luka