Cole Matthews - Stories

Button is a little boy who was dropped on his father's doorstep. Watch as he and his two dads grow with each passing year.

Delbert Peterson was really excited to go to the 1936 Minnesota State Fair for the whole time, the first week without his parents. It would be his last time showing as a 4-H member staying in the dorms and this would give him a chance to explore. He was especially interested by the carnies who operated the rides. They intrigued him so.

Heat is an tool for setting off chain reactions in chemistry. Given the right amount of radiation and other set parameters, it causes radical changes in the subject material. We also are affected by heat, though of a different type. Watch as Marc experiences the kinds of changes he needs to move on with his life.

Chad was outed, his life in shambles. His son, Justin, was his only lifeline to happiness.
Roy had enough. His attempts to find love and happiness had failed. He decided to simply live without trying to find a companion in life.
Together, they begin to learn what it really means to be gay.

Sometimes a scrapbook can tell us everything we need to know.

What is the Barbed Wire Heart? Someone is responsible for the death of an innocent. They need to be brought to justice, but how? Join the hunt as those touched by the tragedy struggle to deal with life while the truth is obscured.

A little slice of my life so far.

Ben Miller is a paralegal with the Hennepin County District Attorney's office and he has an unpleasant task, returning a runaway boy home to a tiny town in northern Minnesota. The teen, Clay Taukkala's, behavior is a little strange and so Ben asks his boyfriend, Rush Romer, to ride with on this road trip. They begin delving into the boy's emotional reactions and discover the real story about what happened to him. Not everything is as it seems.

"Morton's Fork" is a false dilemma. Sometimes we must take an alternative path but that doesn't mean there isn't a price to pay.

Eat up, America!