Stories

Two boys, one of whom can't stand the other, are forced to spend time together. Little do they know, their parents are hoping for something more than just getting to like each other.

Twelve year old Bobby travels by train to visit his grandparents for Christmas, but all is not as he remembered from the previous summer. For one, there is his thirteen year old cousin, Carl, who Bobby never met.

Zachary Alexander is a normal teen growing up on a cattle ranch in Eastern Oklahoma. He's the quarterback of his high school football team, which took the State Championship. During the summer before his senior year, Zach goes on a canoe trip with three of his friends. An incident occurs on that trip which dramatically alters Zach's life. He is branded a homosexual by those friends and life goes horribly wrong.

The Robert Charles Memorial Scholarships offer art majors at North Park College a full ride, partial board, a weekly stipend for miscellaneous expenses, and a room and studio in Charles House. Six and Casey are this year’s freshmen. They are as different as night and day, but don’t seem to be outclassed by the other residents.

Joshua Burk is sent to Pine Corner, Wisconsin, to live with his father. While there, he falls in love, twice, discovers life can be a little strange in a small town out in the cornfields, and begins an unbelievable journey of discovery and wonder.

Debbie and Cathy have been in the closet for more than four years, and have less than one more to go to be free of their fundamentalist parents, but a year is still a very long time. (January, 2009)

This is the 17th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

Three friends set out on new lives following their graduation from university.

Sammy thought surviving years of abuse was bad enough, until he was repeatedly raped, but even that didn't prepare him to deal with the knowledge that he was now HIV-positive. (November, 2008) This is the 16th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. A slightly modified version more suitable for younger teens can be found at Codey’s World. Please see the Introduction for important background info.

Kurt and Trevor thought they had the perfect summer planned together helping disadvantaged youth at a church-run camp, but then the allegations started that Trevor was sexually abusing some of the kids. (August, 2008)

This is the 14th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

Life seldom works out as planned.