Stories

This is a collection of short stories about supporting characters and antagonists from my novel Nemesis. It's probably not necessary to read Nemesis to enjoy these, but if you intend to read Nemesis you should probably do so first, as this contains spoilers.

Cody has not had a happy Christmas in five years since he got kicked out of his family home at the age of seventeen, until he meets up with Adam.

Forever Alone explores the mind of a young man who’s working to save up enough money to leave his small town and travel the world on an adventure. But everything changes when his new co-worker Rob walks into his life and just as quickly as he came; he disappears leaving him with more questions than answers. Unknowingly at the time, his adventure begins, only it doesn’t turn out to be what he expected.

November 1843 to February 1844. In probably the greatest same-sex love story ever told, one man's soul is redeemed by an act of self-sacrificing love, while all the rest are damned by a single man's hate.

Alexi, a music composer and pianist, heads to New York to work on a new project, while he sorts out his issues with public appearances and stage fright. The only true relationship he's ever had is with his best friend Adrian who is constantly walking out on him when things get too intense. When he meets Joshua Randolph, he finds himself wanting to find out if there is more to life than music and bad relationships.

Kaydon James finds his boyfriend, Bryce Peterson, making out with another boy at a party. While he also deals with family issues, and this new heart break, can Kaydon not mentally and physically break down while all he has known as a teenager does?

Life's great and stable. Being married, having (almost) two children, a house, a job teaching English; Tristan ought to be happy. He is, well, most of the time. Things change with the arrival of a new colleague.
A love of baroque music seems the first similarity between them; follow how a simple harpsichord suite expands to overlap life.

Elsie breaks her vow. She promised to never love him, but fell for the man she married.

Dan's birthday turns into his best and worst day wrapped into one.

what do you do when you think you're going to lose someone forever, then they come back changed?