Stories

Writing a Dracula mash-up is not the most sensible thing to do perhaps. Especially when one of the principal characters takes exception to the tale.

A response to one of Cia's writing games.

Felix and Finn are twin brothers separated at the age of two years, following the separation of their parents.

One twin remained with his mother in the UK, while the other travelled to New Zealand, his fathers home country.

It's been said that suffering builds character. And there are few that know suffering better than young Justin. Only 14 years old, he has found an easy way out. A suicidal tendency that he is hoping will bring an end to his misery. But when he meets a mysterious boy at the end of Navy Pier one dark evening...he is given an alternative. One that will give him purpose, and set in motion the events that will lead to his ultimate destiny....in a world not like our own.

Gays targeted by killer in a Chicago suburb is unsolved until one man has enough!

Mark Clemens is a best selling author suffering from writers block. He comes across an ancient typewriter in an antique shop, and soon discovers that the typewriter once belonged to his grandfather. The typewriter and his grandfather’s ghost possess him, in a good way, and together they write the best novel of Mark’s career.

Chance Watson, a gay, Caucasian free lance writer, moves from the drabs of NYC to just outside El Paso, TX, renting one half of a duplex. The day he moves in, he meets his neighbor, seventeen year-old Jonathan Cortez, (JC). The two males have an instant 'like' for each other, and quickly form a close friendship.

Gavin and Danny Berger are a married couple and want to either foster or adopt a child. When a toddler named Eric is brought to their house to meet them, they instantly fall in love with him. It starts out with them being Foster parents, but eventually they’re able to adopt him. His parents relinquish their parental rights because they’re in prison and he’d be a grown man by the time they got out. It didn’t take long for Gavin, Danny, and Eric to form a very loving family relationship.

A freak attack forces Xander's family to relocate from their home in Ohio to Vermont. Once there, he runs into Bates, not the nicest guy on the block. Unbeknownst to the 13 year-old, Xander becomes Bates's primary target.

Shane and Adam were a fated disaster from the beginning. Shane didn't see it, he believed that all of their dreams were about to come true. He didn't know how close to the edge they were. Instead of rising to fame with the love of his life, it all fell apart. Now years later through the lives of Ian and Aries, mirror images of themselves, they have a second chance. Four souls in two bodies? Ghosts? Possessions? There are many theories, what mattered is who would come out in the end.

The journey of a lifetime starts with one train ticket.

Owen, nineteen and single, is finally making his journey to coming out, but this is far more difficult and complicated than the train journey he has to take from his small home town to London, the only place where he feels he can come out. What has led him to such an extreme move and what will he find when he arrives?