Stories

Rókus is a shy twenty year old virgin who comes out to his dad whose only concern is that his son ought to go out into the world and find a nice boy. The story follows Rókus and what happens as he takes his father's advice.

In the sweltering heart of the American South, where gossip travels faster than thunder and secrets hide beneath the scent of magnolia and motor oil, this story unravels a tale of forbidden longing, fractured loyalty, and raw desire. "Down In The Holler" is a slow-burn Southern romance pulsing with tension, laced with mystery, and charged with the kind of chemistry that doesn’t ask permission.

A short story set in Tangiers, circa 1978, a young European encounters a Moroccan of a similar age.

A Summer in Iowa is based on two key times in the author's life. In 1968, the author turned 12 and began junior high. It was a tumultuous time in which protests rocked America and MLK and RFK were assassinated. Fast forward to 1972, when the author turned 16 and was in high school. The author experienced his first time on his own while attending a summer science program at the University of Iowa. Although the romantic aspects of the story are fictional, much of the rest of the story is based on real events. A Summer in Iowa also serves as a prequel to the modern-day story in the author's New York Stories series, Reminiscing About the Future.

Joey Balas can’t read, can’t keep a job, and can’t seem to catch a break—until he’s handed a delivery job by his criminal brother that lands him face-to-face with a Cleveland mobster… and a murder he was never supposed to witness. Marked for death, Joey’s saved by the last person he expected: the hitman ordered to kill him.

D is cold, quiet, and done taking orders. Letting Joey live was a mistake he can’t take back—and maybe doesn’t want to. Now the two of them are on the run, tangled up in a mess of dirty secrets, family betrayals, and the slow-burning bond growing between them.

Lost in the snow, a runaway with no memory stumbles into the path of a fierce protector. A fated encounter, a forbidden bond—can love break the chains of destiny?

This continuation of the story that began as “The Last Boys In Clinton” follows George, Lionel, and Lorenzo to Clinton, Tennessee, a suburb of Knoxville.

It will also cover the futures of some of the other major characters from that story.

Everything in Emmett urges him to run away from Finley, who radiates danger. After a few encounters, however, when his healing nature takes over and tries to put a smile on the face of the constantly sad Finley, the question of what Finley actually is becomes more pressing, cause being in danger is the last thing he needs.
Fin tries rather unsuccessfully to run away from himself, with nowhere holding him for long. But Emmett's bright smile and strange blue-violet eyes intrigue him more than a little. Now if he only knew what exactly Emmett actually is, he might be able to deal with his strange-behaving dragon-side.

For Jamie Vayne, life could be better, but he’s not complaining. His career as a musician might not be on the fast track, and he still has to work to earn a paycheck, but his following on a particular platform for the naughty eye in search of the sexy guy is on the rise, and his hookup success nears one hundred percent in terms of both sides’ satisfaction.

Life is far from a straight line, and certain enticing curves are to be expected. Less expected is having a curve ball thrown at him by no other than the Sunny Hill gossip rag, Xpress. (Full description inside.)