Stories

Two broken boys, one collapsing town. Garrett was the golden-boy quarterback until his knee—and his future—shattered. Now he’s a secretary in a glass box, choking on resentment. Finn is the beautiful, feral foster kid hiding self-inflicted tattoos under mechanic’s coveralls, running from a past that won’t let go. They’re supposed to hate each other. In the greasy dark of an auto garage, hate gets confused. It’s messy, brutal, and the only thing that makes either of them feel alive. But in a place where everyone’s watching, their private war might just destroy them both.

When William's borderline diabetic diagnosis threatens his love of sweets, his baker boyfriend Cameron attempts to create healthier alternatives with catastrophic results.

Joel's day has been completely normal until he comes home to find his younger brother sitting out on the front steps. After a word of warning, his life abruptly changes when a careless mistake reveals his one secret to the rest of his family.

*Originally part of the 2023 Secret Author Contest: Secrets (Only chapter One)

Two friends meet up with a stranger in the Pyrenees who gradually tells them his story of life and love in the last years of Franco's regime when homosexuality was a crime. We meet Ximo and the love of his life. Can that love survive what life in a dictatorship throws at them?

A story about first love, last goodbyes, and everything that still lingers in between. A new city, a new life but somehow, his ghost still follows me. Maybe this time, love won’t leave me behind.

Summer, 1968. An ex-soldier with regrets pairs with an ex-boxer who never lost his punch. Their mission: finish a sci-fi comic in five days. But as the city melts, the story of hidden aliens mirrors the chemistry unfolding between them. Sometimes, unmasking is the only way to survive.

The Obsidian Order has long stood between worlds, warriors bound by shadow and blood, led by Prince Kael... the last heir of an ancient legacy. But when a mysterious boy crosses into Kael’s world, duty falters and a forbidden desire ignites, setting fire to everything he has sworn to protect. In a realm where shadows consume the light and betrayal lurks in every corner, even the heart can be a weapon. Torn between love and legacy, Kael must decide: will he fight to save the world from a dark prophecy, or will surrendering to desire be its undoing?

The continuing story of Cooper Hudson, and his developing relationship with his former high school classmate Andrew Banjo Patterson, and their new adventures on the other side of the country.

Ahh Granny's got a plan for her little Alley Cat.

Alvin must navigate the diabolical machinations of a woman hell bent on getting him out of his rut.
The trouble is, it involves a certain gardener named Tabby, while dodging the attention of the Higgins Clan and navigating the web of twisted games that spans the entire town.

Will he survive with his bachelordom intact, or is he doomed to a happily ever after fate half baked into a Hallmark nightmare?

At the elite St. Patrick's high school, Ulises is a king by birthright: wealthy, adored, untouchable, ruling a court of teammates and pacts of silence. Fidel is everything Ulises is not: a knight without armor, battered by words and fists, surviving on grit and a body that has learned to endure. When a forbidden moment pulls them together, fear turns the king into a coward and leaves the knight to bleed alone.