Stories

Response to Prompt 246 First Line "What now?"

When Noah's partner of twenty years leaves him for a younger man, Noah finds himself single and starting over.

Young love is beautiful, yet Jordan and Cody's seem to to good to be true. **UNDER EXTREME EDITING SO MAY NOT MAKE SENSE IN SOME PARTS**

Twelve-year-old Simon stands in the play yard breaking his best friend's heart, and is doing it for all the 'wrong reasons' – reasons of fear-based bigotry and homophobia. He must decide whose side he is on, and remembers the school year as a series of ups and downs, and of joys and sorrows. One memory may be able to make him do the right thing after all, if he can accept its message.

Three, unlikely to meet, high school teens cross paths through an interconnected dream. They are brought together for a journey that will bring truths from the earths greatest myths and discoveries from beyond, and a destiny to be fulfilled, a destiny that will leave these three and more with mixed feelings. Between putting all the pieces together, dealing with life's drama and the danger of who they are that puts themselves and those they care about at risk, it leaves a questionable fate.

Talen is a Prince who doesn't want the crown nor his betrothed. Yet within him a power is hidden and will soon drag him toward his destiny whether he wants it or not. Mattias is an angry Zealot looking at this as his chance to enslave an entire kingdom. Beyond the furthest kingdom lies the Shattered Lands and the answer to Talen's prayers of escape. Will it lead to his salvation? His Destruction? Or both?

These are my responses to some of the story prompts found in the forum. Click on the "Link to prompt" at the end of each story for details of the prompt and to see what other authors have come up with. This is my 2014 collection.

This is the continued story of Matt Spence, Andy Gibson, and their friends. Knots 2 covered the first half of their sophomore year in high school. Knots 3 covers the second half. Matt and Andy are struggling with their sexuality along with the trials and tribulations that come with being a teenager. Decisions they make cause them to tie knots in their lives that have both good and bad consequences.

A young caveman suffers tragedy when responding to his natural instincts. What will happen when those instincts resurface?

Memories of our first time are things we carry with us throughout our lives. For Owen, his first time is the defining moment of his life, and the moment he found the reason to live and survive, they are memories of a golden boy he's never stopped loving.