Stories

What happens when a secret threatens to destroy everything you hold dear? How do you hang onto your sanity when your world collapses? These are questions Maverick finds himself searching answers for. Will he find any?

Each day, Sidney loses more of Arthur. How do you stop the love of your life from slipping away?

Larry was the son of a famous opera singer and a well-known conductor, but his passion in life was to be a medical scientist. However, when the pandemic waylaid his plans to go to the Bronx High School of Science, instead he applied to LaGuardia, New York's premier public high school of the arts. Just as an intermezzo is a short musical bridge, Intermezzo brings together characters from other stories in the New York Stories series while filling in some gaps. Told from the point of view of Larry's girlfriend, Robin, he learns that sometimes the shortest path to one's goals isn't the straightest one.

Michael feels trapped. In his poor, conservative hometown. In his dead-end job. In caring for his grandfather. Everything changes when he meets Eric, the new curator for the railroad museum. Carefree and refreshingly confident, Eric guides Michael to places he's forgotten, reminding him that it may not be too late to follow his dreams.

40,000 words.

Gabriel, his father Jonathan, and his best friend Elliot arrive in Thailand to enjoy a relaxing tropical break. But this vacation will inadvertently unleash obscure emotions, hidden desires, and forbidden passions.

Born with hereditary spastic paraparesis, Simon had spent most of his life in a wheelchair, unable to walk and barely able to use his hands. To his parents, home schooling had seemed to be the only way for Simon to get an education; yet Simon was smart and yearned to be another Stephen Hawking - not to live with his parents until they became to infirm to care for him. He decided to take a chance on applying to the Bronx High School of Science, one of the best public secondary schools in the world. Going to a public high school would be scary, but there'd be new opportunities to live life, and to love.

Trent has gotten far in life by keeping quiet and without question, but the funeral of a distant uncle unravels glimpses of his silence's consequence.

(a short story for pride month)

Young music producer Sebastian Santos has operated on his own for as long as he can remember. He has found comfort in doing things for himself. However, one by one, the few relationships he has in his life begin to shift, starting with his first heartbreak, and now he must find a way to play on.