Stories

I wrote this in 2017 for a friend who lost his first true love in a car accident, and after almost a decade was still grieving for his husband. I dedicate this to anyone who's ever lost someone they love.

Luka and his best friend Devin, two resilient, homeless young men fighting to survive as hustlers on the unforgiving streets, face a life-changing moment when an enigmatic, affluent client crosses their path. This powerful stranger presents them with a jaw-dropping opportunity, an unconventional job that will challenge their friendship like never before. As they plunge headfirst into this rousing experience, they will face harsh scenarios, uncover buried secrets, and be forced to redefine their loyalty to one another. Will their relationship emerge stronger than before, or will their trials ultimately unravel their bond?

When a clerk embarks on his first sea voyage, his life is torn apart by a brutal pirate attack. Captured by an enigmatic and merciless pirate captain, he becomes more than just a prisoner—he becomes prey in a dangerous game of dominance, survival, and twisted desire. Forced into servitude aboard the pirate ship, he grapples with fear, shame, and a dark pull he can’t explain. As lines between captor and captive blur, an unsettling bond forms, laced with power, control, and a longing neither man dares to name.

How far can you fall before you lose yourself completely?

Somewhere between parenting his little half-brothers, supporting his ailing grandfather in the family business and constantly arguing with his twin brother, Cedric has forgotten himself.

Riley needs money. To help his mom with the debts his dad left behind, to pay for his brother's life-saving therapy, to pay his own debts. But despite working two jobs and putting in long hours, it's never enough.

After a disastrous blind date, Cedric turns up on Riley's doorstep with an interesting offer in his pocket. It could actually be a win-win situation, were it not for a total of six constantly intrusive brothers…

My entry for the 2025 Poetry Anthology - Diversity! Quite possibly a topic we can all relate to.

Book 3 in the Jacksonville Jaunts series centers around Bart Hamilton. Bart was once a teammate of Carlo Marini's on the cross-country team. Even as a senior in high school, Bart was unsure of his sexuality. He waffled between thinking he was gay, bi, and periodically straight since his early teens. It wasn't until after he turned thirty-four before his feelings were cemented on the gay side of the fence. That was when a man named Noah Hankins changed his life for good.

Levie and Greg have been together for three months, and are moving in together. The young couple learns that no matter what life throws at them, they've always got the Love Of Family to help and strengthen them.

Chandler Cross, a student at the Chicago Institute of Art, comes across someone new, one day. Someone very much in need of a mentor and a protector. The last thing Chandler ever thought he'd ever be was someone to be looked up to, but that is what he became. A guardian angel for a lost and broken boy, struggling as Chandler once struggled as a gay teen in a less than accepting world. How will he cope with this awesome responsibility now that he has Brandon . . .

It's a common belief that places can be haunted due to things that occurred there. This seems especially true for prisons, hospitals, and hotels. As I have done before, I thought it would be interesting to tell a story from a unique perspective; this time, a haunted hotel story, but from the hotel's most notorious room's perspective. So, once again, this is an anthropomorphic story. We'll get to experience some of the nasty things that happened in room 606 of the fictional Memphis-Mississippi Hotel. We will experience what the room witnesses. Witnesses, or is the room itself an active participant?

Prompt Team member Aditus provided the ending to a story and challenged GA members to continue the story until the beginning. Let's just say that the membership delivered in a big way! Here is the collaboration created by GA members Thirdly, Valkyrie, Tim Hobson, Paladin, LJCC, E K Stokes, Bryson, and Aditus.

We meet Zelt and learn why he missed a train. Buckle up, because you're in for one heck of a ride!