Stories

Aidan and Lorcan; brothers are young fosters trapped in their bedroom. During the wake of a heatwave in Ireland, they find themselves, bored. Yet, a downpour foils their plans for any fun outdoors. Tired and weary of sitting around the two siblings get to questioning what happened to their parents before they ended up in social care. Leading the two to work in cahoots on a hunt for information to find out the truth.

The path of self-realization is the key to happiness. Sometimes you need a specific someone to take you on that path. But what if its a difficult someone?

On their nineteenth birthday, Declan returns to Jason's resting place for the first time in a whole year and speaks from the heart.

(Monologue)

After years apart, Elliot and AJ, childhood friends reunite. Their relationship evolves into something else and then a game ensues. Who will be the victor in a game of hearts?

A classic love story, with all the elements of teenage lust, hormones, angst, and heartbreak everyone experiences. Josh and Wyatt struggle to scratch out a safehaven of happiness under pressure to just be normal boys.

Hiding from his past, Roman is doing everything he can to stay free and safe. His version of safe is just doing high speed drag racing and gambling on his wins. Roman can count the number of friends he has without any fingers and he's happiest that way. When Roman is offered a job he can't refuse, he must own up and deal with his past while trying to have a future.

A gay couple, Yale and Mason, own a duplex and live on one side while renting out the other. After Thanksgiving, they get an unexpected surprise when they discover they’ve selected enough of the correct numbers in the lottery to have won some money. They didn’t win a great deal, but now they’re deciding how to spend it.

“Little Kay was quite blue with cold, indeed almost black, but he did not feel it; for the Snow Queen had kissed away the icy shiverings, and his heart was already a lump of ice.”

–Hans Christian Anderson, “The Snow Queen”.

2006 Fall Anthology

Natalie is not what she seems.