Stories

A quick story about a boy who becomes the focus of another boy's attention and the destructive way he deals with it.

At the time it seemed a good idea, but how it played out nearly cost Charlie his life. He had the big ranch, but his wife had died and all the kids didn't want anything to do with ranching. So he decided to sell and move into the city. Everything was good great until he decided to take that walk in the park.

Potluck Theme: Through a Glass Darkly

Sometimes simply encouraging is not enough.

James has finally had enough. He has decided, at long last, to take action, but, yet again, circumstances interfere.

It's the perfect day for Ashton St James. His distant father and domineering mother are gone and that first taste of freedom is an unbelievable rush. So what's wrong?

Once upon a time a young man named Gregor was sent on a long journey across the mountains to be apprenticed to be a butcher. He came to the proverbial fork in the road neither of which were good choices. Gregor chooses the short, easy route, a choice he may live to regret.

Michael’s partner of nine years cheated on him a couple months ago and, although he forgave Jerry, Michael is desperate to love Jerry again, even though there is a big hole in his heart.

John has just turned eighteen, he’s about to graduate from high school, and he’s made an important decision; he’s going to enlist in the army, but how will his ultra-liberal parents and siblings react? This is a short parody piece.

2008 Spring Anthology

Nicolas Lapointe awakens to a normal day going to school, listening to his mother, amuses himself with his friend, and marvel at the wild lands beyond the city's walls. Then later in the day, his life changes suddenly after becoming closer to a boy named Julien Boucher.