Stories

A short story in five pieces about love, loss and redemption.

Jason Bester has been through hell. Betrayed, ruined, and desolate, his life seems over. Like a biblical angel, Ronan Koken saves him, helps him find himself anew, and heals him. From there, Jason shall become more than he could have possibly imagined, to face things no one could have imagined.

Starting college can be difficult for a lot of people. For LGBTQ youth, it can be particularly difficult. Navigating a new environment and making new friends is a daunting prospect for Taylor, who finds college life isn't quite what they expected.

When your best friend and high-school crush turns out straight, it's not the end of the world!

One of my favorite stories of my own - in the top three. Failure, redemption, loss, recovery and finally...the meaning of living.

Home alone, I answered the door and standing there before me is Eros, the Greek Primordial god of love. I invited him in because he wanted to talk.

Liam Fenton was Bas's first major crush in college. When Liam stood him up on a date, asking for a rain check, Bas figured their timing was not right. They meet again after six years. Bas has scars from a failed marriage and a volatile ex-husband. Liam has thought about Bas and their missed date for years. After they meet, Liam decides to take the chance fate has given him and works to get to know Bas better.

Aislin doesn't let his disability get in his way. He's a successful business owner and has a great family. Could it stretch to include a new person, or maybe even two?

Sometimes the brain fails and the heart is left to pick up the pieces. Tyson, the son of a heartless politician and an abusive control freak, has survived four suicide attempts, and has now been committed to a psychiatric ward. With severe anger issues, unhealthy behaviours and a tendency to self-harm, Tyson's terrific treatment team fights a difficult battle. Another boy in the ward, Vladimir, suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress. Tyson thinks he's perfect.

Jake and Ken are getting married, and then they're taking their sons, Roger and Kyle, on a ten-week European vacation. Francis (Freck), Kyle's boyfriend, will be going with them, but he has a history that includes drugs and a suicide attempt when he was only eleven. On top of that, Freck, a freckle-faced redhead who was raised Catholic, now has a Jewish boyfriend and has come to realize that he's one-quarter Jewish. Naturally, he's curious about what it all means. But what will happen when his life hits a minor bump in the road?