Stories

On a lazy Saturday morning, Jim wakes up, showers, coifs (detailed), before unsuccessfully attempting to dodge wife Chris to head out for a haircut. On a previous trip, he had connected with barber Ken (those blue eyes!)… He is able to reconnect with Ken the following week, for just a trim… May appeal to those with a touch a trichophilia (i.e., arousal by hair (on the head)).

What if you turned out to be not you but someone else entirely? What if you were created and not born? How would you feel? Would you consider yourself real or a replacement? And if you are a replacement, are you just as good as the original? Can you surpass him or will people damn you for it, will they accept you as your own person or will you still only be a replacement, a replica. Would you regret being created?

I looked at the envelope. I knew what it was by the Company Secret Santa sticker on it. So, why was I nervous to open it. It was probably just a gift card, no one knew me well enough to get me anything personal.

But, then why was it my favorite shade of purple????

Lonely bartender Louis finds his life changing when he meets and helps a beautiful man who calls himself Snow. This Snow might seem helpless and innocent at first glance, but perhaps not everything is as it seems.

Chad is an actor in search of work. He meets Chase at a casting call and they have some fun in Chicago.

short story - what would you do?

Trigger warning - deals with results of sexual childhood abuse.

Randy Watson had been mostly happy with his life of hopping from one women’s bed to another in his small town of Burney. Things changed when he met a sexy man working in town for the summer. He not only ended up with one boyfriend, but two. On top of that, he found out both men were something called a lycan. His final surprise was being asked if he wanted to become one too.

What is Shawn to do when the man that he had loved since the beginning of his life was the man that he could not express his love for? What is Sam to feel when he stood behind the love of his life as the bestman instead of before, in his rightful place, as the groom? What are they to do when the love they share simply isn't practical because they are brothers? [Part of 'Tales of Love, Tales of Woe' short story collection]

A short, one time, story about a boy's obsession with a former close friend as they begin to grow older. Keeping track of someone on social media can, occasionally, be just as much of a curse as a blessing.

As a retired Dutch psychotherapist, I take a badly burnt Gypsy boy into my house who turns out to be an upcoming Shaman, my own 'trapper son' from a past life, my 'Eternal Soulmate', plus the two years ago unexpectedly disappeared Gypsy Crown Prince; while I seem to have been our Beloved 'Gypsy Monarch Harold the Great'. Reincarnation, does it really exist? And did you like my story? If so, please, pretty please, click on five stars...