Stories

Elias Shastan has been an orphan on the streets for years now. He only has one wish--to find a home for Christmas. But when Christmas Eve rolls around and Elias is still stuck in the snowbanks, he begins to lose hope. Will the magic of the falling snow grant his only wish, or will Elias be frozen in loneliness's claws forevermore?

Life is a series of possibilities and impossibilities. When Sojourner decides to take a long break from his work, his parents, and his mundane life in general, he intends to combat the demon from his past. He travels alone to San Francisco, but plans to make an experiment. He writes a series of letters to a "Perfect Stranger" as he explores the City, and his inner self. Will this be the best year of his life..., or his last?

Landon pushed his luck too far this time, and nothing's the same anymore.

When Dallas finds himself out of a residence, he’s forced to go live with his ultra-conservative grandmother who is hell-bent on “beating the devil out of him.” Church three times a week, counseling with the youth minister, and a curfew? Dallas is certain his life is over until a cute, single gay boy shows up right across the street. Sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Dallas sure thinks it is. But when he starts falling madly in love with a man he cannot have, things get messy.

A few days after spending Thanksgiving with Seth’s parents, Seth and Adam receive a call from Seth’s father informing them that Seth’s mother has passed away. They went to spend time with Seth’s father so they could console him and help to plan the funeral, but two days later Seth’s father passes away as well. This was a horrible start to the Christmas season, so what can they possibly do to make it better?

After several years Casey faces the man who made him the person he is now, making him face his past and the present.

A short novel in ten chapters.

As Ravello slumbers under the grey skies of winter, Gianni and Angelo try to come to terms with looking after their new foster son Sami. Gianni is trying his best, but Sami seems more attached to two local boys who took care of him in the summer.

Meanwhile, teenager Marco’s carefully controlled home life unravels when his father uncovers a truth he has been trying desperately to conceal.

A very short but true story of four boys in a freak storm

Coffee and a concussion; a dishwasher and a doctor. Okay, a doctor-wannabe. Politics isn’t the only thing that makes strange bedfellows. This became a chapter in "Pilots," published separately.

2013 Anthology