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Cia, I loved it and I think you nailed down some good thoughts. I've known a lot of wheel chair bound kids and it is not easy to live in world based around limitations. One of the first things that people with disabilities try to confront is their limitations. For me, I might not have sight in my left eye, and it does effect how things work with me.

Glad to here you love the story, even if it is a bit dark.

People write in terms of perspective in GA. Memory Fragment writing though with philosophical underpinnings is rarer. It's just a case of style really, because I know a lot of writers love using perspectives. It's scary enough to be grounded in reality, but it makes your heart grow colder as you read. Thanks for the review

If I remember correctly, this was the same guy depicted in Braveheart Really beautiful sonnet and wonderfully written

C'est tres bien! I needed a firm dose of comedy and that hits the sweet spot. Lugh, the story was original, the characters funny, and the plot exciting. Chord and Gaston are the funniest gay couple I have read about and cared about.

Awesome Bill, I love how you melded and worked out an outbreak with such fine detail. Also, it is such a great irony that gays and lesbians were immune, but Phelps and his Westboro group still said no to treatment. Lol! I love the happy ending

hmm...an amoral British smuggler and a lot of unanswered questions. Good plot point As Doyle would say "the games afoot", keep on writing!

Great Dark fairy tale, reminded me of the sixth sense meets "The Others". It is dark, but death is merely the beginning of another journey, I hope

Great story, I feel for Mickey a lot, because I can understand what he feels and fears. Sometimes, when you are hurt or afraid after a bad relationship, you just can't move on for a long time. Glad that they got a happy ending and Andrea should grow up to be a gay couple's counselor

Well, Call me the Dark Gay Knight I am getting maybe my new style is giving everyone goosebumps, but I hope it opens your minds, which I think is the main thing about the story. It's a tale of darkness, filled with humanity, and left to contemplation. It is that kind of despair that leaves a lasting image for the future as something to avoid. I hope people after reading this story think more about their lives and their death.

This story is very natural and stylistically beautiful. The subject is something very modern, alienation, but it is told with such depth and ornate designs that it impresses a feeling of life even in the darkness. I wonder if Billy Bayou and Davy hold more than merely a friendship, I wonder how complicated the story truly is beyond what is said and written, and I wonder where things will go after Linda's death. I agree with Nephy, your poet side is show very well in this story. It feels like your channeling Hawthorne or someone from the early 19th century.

It is really interesting to read, Fantasy stories have a rich array of characters. I love your story, because I can see this in how each character represents their side or perspective. Harlin is noble, but naive. Stephen is loving, but inexperienced. Fenzu is caring, but insensitive. Seriously, keeping developing this universe and try to get the characters toward a deeper connection. I want to know more about these twins, who are they? Is Stephen the chosen heir to the throne or is he destined to be a warrior prince? Are there other kingdoms? Is Fenzu part of a Fantasy based Secret service or is what he does more like the ninjas of Japan, protection at price for anyone without fealty? Please keep it coming

Bill, you're the master of emotions. I am merely a puppy at the moment Your praise is great and I really appreciate it.

Bill, you're the master of emotions. I am merely a puppy at the moment Your praise is great and I really appreciate it.

Nephy, You got my point nailed down This story is a social commentary and scary one at that. I think a lot of gay partners and even straight couples don't take enough time to think about end of life choices. It might be science fiction, but in general, the issue is not so far out of the realm of reality.

Thanks, Q I thought it would be interesting and refreshing read for everyone.

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/adreamerwithoutadream/1 Well, it is now up for your reading pleasure. Consider this my return to active writing again and science fiction. I have been holding back my ideas for a very long time and now I think I can explore them. It is a social commentary brand of science fiction, so I hope it does not detract from readers. For all those who have waited, almost 2 years, for a new chapter in W.L's science fiction universe or meta-verse, this will be a welcoming gift. A major story will be coming soon (This time a completed story with 36 chapters spread across 3 parts), if my editors do not kill me and I can make the July deadline to coincide with GA's Anniversary Novella. In the past, I have written stories based on cerebral takes on life, but I have never gone full out and done something like this story. It holds for me a new commitment towards writing my own voice and exploring humanity for its best and worse qualities. When you read this story, notice the imperfections in my characters; their fears and doubts, their hopes and beliefs. Human beings are not two dimensional, where gay = good and straight = bad. People don't just hate out of nowhere, nor do they love without exception due to nothing. I want to create a story based on a world of hopes and dreams, but filled with misguided beliefs and hidden truths. I have also begun a journey in this story on the concept of "Life", not just based on the biological processes of living, but the actual influence of living. In the tradition of Science Fiction, I am taking up a challenge against mankind's perceptions and prejudices, but not against merely a race, religion, or identifiable group of people alone, I am challenging the very notion of "life" itself through the perspective of the GLBTQ community. Even on the Soapbox, I rarely see this issue talked about, nor even addressed by liberal adherents or conservatives adherents, which adds to the poignancy of the issues. Hope readers enjoy it for all its pleasures and disturbing realities.

A Dreamer Without A Dream By W.L If Life is a dream, how can the dreamer live without a dream? How many hours? How many days? How many years? At first, I tried to keep track of time with the number of daily visits by Brian, then he stopped coming. I tried to figure it out with the maintenance guys, who come by every week, then they stopped coming. I can’t remember much, probably because the human brain was never meant to remember things over a hundred years without losing o

Memories define our lives, but can life define memories?

One, two, Bieber's coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again. When Justin Bieber can get into your dreams, he can become a real boy Sorry can't help making a nightmare on elm street reference.

Nothin says lovin like shirtless guys shaking their stuff

I probably am one of the strongest adherent to conservatism and have fought many on principle. Yet, I feel like maybe we should take a breath to relax. I know how hard our lives can be, how difficult circumstances have made us colder and more alien, but in the end, we're not here to write and focus our ideals into something greater than ourselves. We are here to write out our creations, whether they are based on our thoughts, motives, political ideologies, symbolic histories, or whatever your heart contents. Maybe my little question to GA's members will amount to nothing, but at least I tried. GA is in need of a a period of peace, we've fought and continue to fight endless battles over everything, maybe it's time to give everyone a period of rest. I know several moderators have had their fill of issues recently from everyone and posters have been entrenched in their positions for a very long while. While it is natural that people will fight against one another, compete over ideas, and seek to be dominant, as human beings we are capable of being better than animals as we can take a step back from the cycle of conflict and give a pause. I guess the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 has affected me deeply, I see a similar pattern of entrenchment here right now over ideology. We need to be reminded why we are here at GA, not for our ideology, but rather the stories we tell and the humanity that many authors have imbued in them. I am by far not a prolific writer, probably most people have not even touched any of my stories. Yet there are many others here who are many times better writers than me. These writers have stories that can touch your minds and hearts in ways that goes beyond mere fantasy, but into a place where reality and dreams or nightmares may border.

Happy Bday Tim, <give the big cat a few slobbery puppy kisses>

No one really cared either at my college, though part of it was that no one honestly believed it. I don't come off as gay; at times girls mistake my kindness for flirting, I am just that kind of guy though. I knew gay guys and their partners, but we were not close. Part of it was just that I didn't find anything in common with them; I liked bands Plain White T's and Three Days Grace more than Evanescence or Katie Perry, I didn't think pink was the new black (don't get me started on flannel), and we just never clicked. I also did not have a long term partner in college, nor actually after college more than four months (my relationships fall apart very easily). My experience has been that of the gay guy finding my own place in the world without some one else. For me, I think it depends on the person at any college. Unless you're studying at Oral Roberts University, being gay is a personal journey in college.

I'm not a lawyer per se, I am a tax professional with legal privilege If you are interested in numbers rather than body counts or bickering husbands and wives, it's actually fun to hybridize your field. I have thought about pursuing a legal degree eventually, but I am fine at the moment.