Stories

A recent widower, who lives in a frigid climate, is still in mourning for his husband.

He agrees to vacation in Ft, Lauderdale, Florida for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

He will be staying with close friends. He is disoriented about celebrating Christmas in such a warm place.

In the bruise-yellow fog of Victorian London, two ruined men find an illegal warmth. Liam Carter, a shattered cavalry officer haunted by war and a broken marriage, saves Anders Highmore, an ethereal painter freezing in an alley. Forced together in a mildewed garret, their survival sparks a dangerous, deepening intimacy—a fire that could save them or see them hanged. A brutal, beautiful historical romance about finding light in London’s darkest corners.

A chance meeting in a park on a sunny day changes the lives of Tanner and Branch.

(This is a story I wrote and posted on tklfrat about ten years ago. I ran it through Google Gemini to fix the grammar mistakes.)

Christmas time in Australia.
Alex has decided to get Brian a present.
Brian, however, can't resist the big red button.
Now how is Alex going to keep Brian from getting arrested and deported?

Steve has decided to cook Kenny Christmas Lunch.
It goes about as well as Kenny expects
One day, one day, poor Kenny will get a quiet day of peace.

Merry Christmas

A weary immortal being, known only by legend has spent fifteen centuries trapped in our world, hiding in plain sight among humans while quietly searching for the one thing that can take him home.

When a routine news bulletin reveals that a long-lost artefact has just been dug up beneath a future Tesco in Croydon, he realizes the wait might finally be over. A road trip across England of modern-day Arthurian proportions ensues as a mythical wizard, and a cocky young chav race against modern Templars, a meddling MI5, so a living legend can finally return home.

A Return of the Sun Christmas Special

Luke wants to hide, run, bury himself... be anywhere but near ANOTHER of his boyfriend Scott's mad schemes.

This time the golden retriever turned crazed American wants to up end Christmas!

Luke is giving serious thoughts to arresting him and finally having some peace and quiet!!!

Ho-Ho... wait... who turned out the lights? OH!

Arjun, my husband, is home sick when I go to the gym alone and see a twunk posing and trying to take physique pictures. I end up giving him advice and a hand, things develop from there.

In 1969, two boys from opposing nuclear-armed nations along the banks of the Amur River met. This is their untold story with the backdrop of ideologies, rhetoric, and national priorities.

(Part of the 2025 Prompt Team Event)

Raven Bran always feels stuck behind his brother, in basketball, at school, and even with friends. But when he meets someone who truly understands him, everything starts to look different. Sometimes, the right person is all it takes to finally feel seen.

This is a story about a young man from Sweden who loves chess and looks for like-minded friends. The story is set in several countries at a very interesting time in chess history, the early 1970s. It is not a story about the game of chess as such but it contains references to actual players and famous games.