Stories

In the summer of 1993, a group of high school friends in a small town are forced to grow up overnight when love, bigotry, betrayal and mystery rain down on them in equal amounts.

Freedom of choice... What if you were given a choice right before you were about to do something irreversible? Would you recognize it? Would you take it? Or would you ignore it?

“Shoulder Season” is the sequel to “The Boys of Summer.” Pate and Timmy explore what it means to be in a relationship over the fall and winter months on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This book commences on Labor Day weekend after Pate has sent Timmy home with his grandmother to protect him from a possible drug investigation. The ying and yang of their shared life plays out in both challenging and revelatory ways as they figure out what it means to be a couple.

How much damage could a spinning bottle in a game cause?

There are two great loves in Grady's life -- baseball, and his best friend, Brennan. However, after a trip to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, will everything be the same?

A 15 year old dancer named Brian has had a ruff life and considers himself worthless. That is until he meets Jonathan who forces him to confront his past, deepest fears, and self loathing. Jonathan is there for him every step of the way, through all his break downs and trial and tribulations.

Ryan is only eighteen, but he knows what homelessness is like. When the offer came for a job out in the Oregon wilderness, no questions asked, he jumped at the chance. Three grand for two weeks' work sounded too good to be true. And maybe it is. His new boss is... strange. And Ryan has heard rumors that there were others before him, all of them young, hired to come and work at the manor. The funny thing is, none of them were ever seen again…

Tracy lives with his brother Callen, they moved to Florida for his brothers promotion and have come into contact with Callen's best friend from high school Alex or Chewy to most people who was a jerk, but just maybe he's changed.

Shiro keeps fighting the cook at Waffle House who makes his eggs wrong.
Keith doesn't even work at Waffle House, but he's never had so much fun outside a kitchen as he does throwing punches out back.
Adam is really fucking sick of this nonsense and wants his boyfriend to grow up.

...poor Adam, we won't miss him.

Various essays, many on LGBTI2S+ subjects, but some on music, etc.