Stories

Short, comedy stories by Martin (Clumber)

A coming of age story in purple prose

In part six of the gay erotic soap and mystery series "Pleasant View," Brad, Jack and friends are along for the ride as a young singer named Destiny Rose chases her dreams - while hiding a secret that is initially only known locally to Barney.

When Josh and his sisters move from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Manhattan Beach to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he quickly befriends a group of gay kids that go to Stuyvesant High School, where he's a freshman. His youngest sister, Robin, forges her own relationships with fellow students at the Salk School for Science. In the meantime Freck's mother attempts to make amends. All look forward to the festivals of Passover and Easter, but then a global Pandemic forces a change of plans.

Some things don't stay the same and Sam is just now finding that out. His friend Jeremy is an innocent bystander. Or is he? Rated mature but you should make that decision for yourself.

In our Writing Community Forum under Writing Workshops, there is a subforum called Writing Prompts. I tried a few. These are the results.

Kathryn was a nationally renowned ice skater. But until that fateful night where her world collapsed she wondered if she ever was going to recover again. Add into this a drama queen and a jealous competitor and there you have Crossing Blades.

A Christmas Story is about a boy whose name is William Christmas and the problems that name causes him as he grows up. And there’s something else a lot more different about him than just having an unusual last name. But you’ll have to read my story to find out what that is.

It's like the gates of hell have been opened when poor Yuki and Kaede's kiss in the broken bathroom is interrupted by the Seven Sisters of Doom. This means war.

Ben got out of a bad relationship and has managed to re-start his life. Maybe. Hopefully. Or will the past come back to haunt him? Rick wasn't ready to settle down until he met Ben, and then everything changed. How can he convince Ben he's serious? In the end, both must answer the final question: is he the one I want?