Stories

Bryan Walters is a recent college graduate and fortunate to find a job in New Mexico. On his first day there, he meets a co-worker, Ethan Hawkes, and a romance blossoms, but they have to keep it a secret. The thing is, it’s not the only secret in this relationship and one of the secrets practically blows up in their faces.

This was written for the 2012 Special Anniversary Anthology, 'Secrets Can Kill.'

Scientists have discovered a genetic link to human sexual orientation. Will this prove to be a boon or a bane for the LGBT community?

A student committed suicide and his parents are claiming the school didn’t do enough to stop the harassment and bullying he endured. A school psychologist looks into the situation.

Peter is a college freshman who feels out of place and finds some of his classes confusing, until he meets Aiden. Aiden is about to teach him more than he could ever learn from class or textbooks. Will this be enough to help Peter be successful?

Josh is getting older and has stopped taking in more boys. Danny and Brandon decide to move back to keep the dream alive. Do they really understand what they’re getting into or will they be in over their heads?

Sheriff Taylor is notified that an object has been seen streaking across the sky. In seeking answers, he discovers it was a meteorite, but then people start getting ill. Are these two events related and what are they going to do to stop the spread of the illness?

Kerry is very unhappy and hates school because he is being picked on by his peers. Things come to a head on Halloween when an incident leads Kerry to decide he’s finally had enough. What is he about to do?

Colby is a college senior who’s looking forward to dressing up in his costume and spending Halloween having a good time at a gay bar. However, his evening of fun quickly turns into an enduring nightmare, but will it ever end?

Young Mikey, Michelangelo as his Dad calls him, comes upon a big surprise on a Halloween night cutting through a graveyard.

Tony always admired his older brother, Vince, but it turned into more as they grew older. Other than a brief experimentation when they were younger, nothing happened between them, until Vince came home from college. Then the sparks began to fly.