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Aaron and Brian are two high school students who fall madly in love. Their love grows and they slowly experience everything until one fateful night when an accident leaves one of them unscathed and the other with a disability. Forced to deal with feelings of guilt and inadequacy, and even thoughts of suicide, they persevere as they face new sexual frustrations and struggle with life's challenges.
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 8 - Reunion With no place to go and nothing better to do, I returned to Atlanta in preparation for leaving Earth. I decided there was no longer a reason to stay. Everyone I cared about was gone and I was an alien in a hostile world. I’d given humans all of my knowledge and now the humans had the assistance of the Cerenean heroes as wel
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 7 - Engagement “One thing I’m curious about,” Steve asked one evening as we prepared our tent. “Why send manned spacecraft to meet the Cereneans? Why not send a fleet of drones instead? I mean, those fifty thousand pilots prolly aren’t coming back, are they?” “No,” I admitted, “it’s likely a suicide mission. The decision to ask
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 6 - Isolation Over the course of the next few weeks, I went into the lab every day, helping to develop and design defensive weapons that could be manufactured using existing assmbly plants, and helping a team of virologists to design a Cerenean virus. I spent every night with Steve, making out with him, as he put it and trying just abo
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 5 - Blossoming In the evenings, at the Johnston home, I spent all my time with Steve. Steve was ‘cool’, as kids on Earth put it. Steve had an extensive collection of Earth music that he listened to on a device called an iPod. Some of it didn’t sound at all like music to me - it was more like shouting angry words - but most of it was ac
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 4 - Earthbound When I arrived in Earth orbit, I was indeed greeted by a space shuttle with medical scientists on board who wasted no time in examining me. I think they were more curious than anything, but they did collect a large number of specimens - of my blood, my urine, my feces, my skin and even my tears. About the only thing they
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 3 - Discovery It was during one of my ‘topside’ journeys one day that I happened upon a very strange contraption indeed. Up until then I’d been very careful to plot the positions of the Earth satellites to make sure I wouldn’t be detected, but I’d obviously somehow managed to miss noticing the landing of a new space probe on the surfac
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The Binary Planet A Science Fiction Adventure by Altimexis The binary planetary system of Earth and its moon as seen from Mars Part 2 - The Anomaly We were still too far away to get a detailed visual of the planet but we were now close enough to get a more extensive analysis of its makeup. It was as I was conducting an electromagnetic survey that I noticed an unusual pattern of radio waves - an anomaly. Until then, it had been difficult to differentiate radio emiss
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Triple Header Part Three of Generations, by Altimexis “You want to get married?” I asked in disbelief. “But you’re so young!” I complained. “Dad,” my son, Steve Jr, replied, “Greg and I have been a couple for over two years now. How much longer do we have to know each other to know that we want to spend the rest of our lives together?” he countered. “Still,” I pointed out, “you’re only seventeen years old! You’re not even an adult yet.” “Steve’ll be eighteen in ju
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How different might Stephen's life have been had he admitted his love for Pete 20 years before. Perhaps it wasn’t too late. (December, 2010)
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The Third Generation Part Two of Generations, by Altimexis I was only five years old at the time, but the fight was something that would haunt me all my life. I’d been in bed maybe an hour or two at the most when the shouting woke me up. “HOW DARE YOU?” was the first thing I remembered hearing and it was shouted by my mom, or Mommy as I called her back then. I think Dad said something but it was too soft for me to hear it and then Mom shouted, “YOU DECEIVED ME! All t
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Jack's grandson Steve Jr. fears his mother will reject him, just as she did his father when she learned he was gay. (November, 2010)
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Epilogue - Wings of an Angel - Cliff
Altimexis posted new chapter in Naptown 28 - ’Til Death Do Us Part
’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Epilogue - Wings of an Angel - Cliff I felt strange. The last thing I remembered I was in class, sitting next to my best friend, Brad, and nearly comatose from listening to our AP Geometry teacher. Now I was someplace else, but I wasn’t sure where. I was lying down on a very hard mattress, and there was something stuck in my throat. Try as I might, I couldn’t open my eyes. I couldn’t seem to move at all. It felt like my arms -
’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis A Brother’s Love - Jeremy The Freshman Psychology class David and I were in was boring as a church sermon. It was taught mostly by the TAs, and none of them seemed to be interested in teaching. It was taking a supreme effort to stay awake. Harvard, so far, was turning out to be a mixed bag. There was definitely something to be said for going to school with some of the best students in the world. On the other hand, a lot of t
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’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Beginnings and Endings - Brad I was in my room, lying on my bed and listening to A Hundred Million Suns on my iPhone, when the music faded away, to be replaced by a familiar ringtone. I recognized my brother’s ringtone instantly. Clicking on the control button on my ear buds, I answered the call by saying, “Hey David! Are you excited about starting classes at Harvard?” “Excited, but nervous at the same time. I’ll say one thi
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’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Italian Sausage - Paul Me and Cindy Cable were makin’ out. Cindy was a girl in my school that I’d had my eyes on, practically since we started middle school in sixth grade, but I never thought she’d go for me. After all, why would one of the most beautiful, most popular girls in the whole school want to go out with a Down’s kid? Yet here she was, layin’ on my bed with me and we were makin’ out like there was no tomorrow. I w
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’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis We’ll Always Have Paris - Sam Note to reader: Although not necessary to follow the story, English translations can be viewed in most browsers by simply hovering the mouse over French text. Oh man, this was sooo sick. This was so fucking cool! We were on a huge motherfucking jumbo jet, headed to Paris. My best friend in the world, Paul, was sitting next to me in the window seat, and my other best friends, Brad and Cliff, were
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We’re Goin’ to the Chapel and . . . - Kurt
Altimexis posted new chapter in Naptown 28 - ’Til Death Do Us Part
’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis We’re Goin’ to the Chapel and . . . - Kurt “OK, final question,” Mr. Warren began, and I think we all breathed a sigh of relief. Not that we didn’t enjoy the interview - on the contrary - Harold had a way of putting people at ease and getting us to tell him things we wouldn’t even tell our parents - but the interview had gone -
’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Boston Cream Pie - David “God, that’s the fifth cockroach I’ve seen in this place,” Kurt said as the realtor tried to talk us into buying the house she was showing us. We’d been looking at houses for the past five days and getting nowhere. I came to Boston thinking house shopping would be fun, but even knowing how expensive real estate was here, I wasn’t prepared for just how expensive it really was and how little we could get
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’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Endings and Beginnings - Trevor “Next order of business,” I said as I looked out at the students assembled before me, “is the election of officers. As you all know, I’ve served as president for two back-to-back terms, but I’m graduating in a couple of weeks, and it’s time to give someone else a chance to lead the GSA. Unfortunately, our secretary is graduating as well, and our treasurer is moving out of the district. We therefo
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Following graduation and a double wedding, joined by their younger brothers, the newlyweds honeymoon in Europe. Upon their return, the younger teens start high school, but then tragedy strikes, bringing all Naptown Tales characters home for a final farewell. (June - August, 2010) This is the 28th and final story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background info.
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Prologue - Enough is Enough - Cliff
Altimexis posted new chapter in Naptown 28 - ’Til Death Do Us Part
’Til Death Do Us Part A Naptown Tales Novel by Altimexis Prologue - Enough is Enough - Cliff My foster parents were hovering over me with obvious looks of worry on their faces. How long I’d been in the hospital this time, I wasn’t sure. It might have been days, or even weeks - I’d just been so out of it for a while. My throat still hurt from having been intubated and on a ventilator. Apparently, it had been touch and go for a while and, even still, it was hard to catch a full breath. -
Debbie and Cathy juggle married life, raising an infant and classes as they start life anew. A fortuitous find in housing must be balanced when they confront demons from the past. (January, 2010) This is the 26th story in a the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.
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A New Beginning A Naptown Tale by Altimexis “How many more places do we have to look at, Cathy?” I asked my wife as we hopped back into our car, a ’98 Honda Accord that, while pretty old, still ran well and got us where we needed to go. “Just three more, Debbie,” she answered. “I sure hope at least one of ’em pans out,” she added. I did, too. We’d been at it for three days, searching listing after listing looking for something we could afford. It was the week between Christmas and
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Winter Holiday A Naptown Tale by Altimexis As I looked down on New York City from two thousand feet, I almost felt like I was living inside a dream. Never in my wildest imagination could I have ever conceived of the life I was living today. Growing up, I’d spent most of my life in and out of foster care, in group homes, or on the streets. My mother was a crack-head, and she supported her habit the only way she knew how - by selling her body. Little Sammy Franklin was left to
