Stories

A coming of age story about Oliver, a 17-year-old boy who's spending another summer with his family in a Greek resort on Paros island. But a random encounter with Nikolaos, a vibrant and enigmatic local young man, will awaken his sheltered heart and change his life forever.

Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

Elijah's clever and Elijah's hot. Elijah thinks he's got it all figured out. Follow his life in the build-up to university--in which he discovers that, actually, he hasn't got a clue.

It happens sometimes....

Even the best of friends can sometimes grow apart during their adolescent years. And it hurts Dylan even more when romantic feelings begin to blossom for the boy who you keep close to your heart. So when a new boy comes along to rival his favorite boy's attention, will Dylan find a way to regain his status in his sweetheart's eyes? Or will he lose it all to the cutie who has seemingly captured his affections?

Palouse is a coming-to-maturity story of a half-Navajo boy who is a virtuoso at violin. The story traces his rise, fall, and reemergence in the context of a domineering mother. It is a story also of a developing love between the boy and a gay friend.

The road out of hell is long and paved in blood and betrayal

Thirteen-year-old Travis Turner thought he had a handle on his alien powers. Then demons captured him and took him to Pandemonium.

Lord Abraxas, a King of Hell, takes in Travis and teaches him to control his demonic abilities. But he must be on guard, for his enemies are legion, and loyalties can shift in a heartbeat.

If he’s to survive long enough to find a way back to his boyfriend, Travis must master The Game of Souls, the intricate rules governing demon interactions and warfare.

Ryder is good looking, popular and on the top of his football game. At fifteen what more can a teenager want? When his dad a legendary coach takes a new coaching position his life is uprooted, and so is the past that starts to take a toll on Ryder.

Paternity is the twelfth story in the CAP Saga. The story takes place in 2000, with Wade Danfield and Will Schluter as our primary narrators. Many of the characters in this story were introduced in “Chronicles of an Academic Predator,” “1968,” “The Land Whore,” “Be Rad,” “Man in Motion,” “A Summer Love,” “If It Fits,” “Bloodlines,” “The Box,” "Millennium," and "Poor Man's Son."

A short story inspired by Prompt 158.

A short, one time, story about a boy's obsession with a former close friend as they begin to grow older. Keeping track of someone on social media can, occasionally, be just as much of a curse as a blessing.