Stories

Larry was the son of a famous opera singer and a well-known conductor, but his passion in life was to be a medical scientist. However, when the pandemic waylaid his plans to go to the Bronx High School of Science, instead he applied to LaGuardia, New York's premier public high school of the arts. Just as an intermezzo is a short musical bridge, Intermezzo brings together characters from other stories in the New York Stories series while filling in some gaps. Told from the point of view of Larry's girlfriend, Robin, he learns that sometimes the shortest path to one's goals isn't the straightest one.

When fourteen year old Tommy had the private use of his neighbor’s computer while babysitting he discovered the answers to his concerns about his sexual feelings as well as the joy of viewing gay porn. By the time he was eighteen he was well educated in man sex, but had only experienced it with one classmate. That soon changed with a weekend of man to man experience with a married neighbor soon after his eighteenth birthday. When he entered freshman year at university he experienced passion and found love.

Running from his abusive Dad, seventeen-year-old Kyle skips out on his old life and searches for a new one far from his old home. Spanning halfway across the country, Kyle ends up in St. Clement, where he meets a boy who likes him. Getting involved in the gritty underworld of St. Clement; the romance is cut short, and the adventure is turned to terror as both boys are forced to go on the run to stay alive.

SHORT STORY. 2006 Fall Anthology. Halloween trick or treating leads to a romance.

It was close. Humanity almost destroyed itself. Among the ruins there's only one Island city which still has technology the rest of the world can only envy. The entire city depends on spark. If anything were to happen to it… Well. it's better not to think about it. My name's Rick. I'm a Peacekeeper in that city. My city. I'll defend it from anyone who tries to destroy our source of spark. Even if it's a secret agent, deadly and cunning...

Rani graduates from hairdressing school and heads off to London.

Sometimes, you just want to go out to a bar and enjoy some peace and quiet when the holidays are rapidly approaching. Nothing wrong with that.

But, every once in a while...you get a mini blast from the past when you least expect it. And it just might turn out to be the holiday cheer you've been looking for.

Jimmy thought there would be plenty of time to decided who would ring his bell. He felt no compulsion to date, male or female, he was happy. Until the new student became a friend just before graduation.

Harry Sussman is a perfectly nice guy in his early 30s. He's a successful architect who lives in western Massachusetts. He's intelligent. He's stable. He's reasonably good-looking. He just wants to meet a nice guy to marry. Now how hard can that be?

It's senior year of school for Billy Roberts and his friends. It is a time of trials and challenges, but also hope. Billy must face his fears or risk losing everything he loves.