Stories

Jackson is deaf, and his boyfriend wants to see what life is like for Jackson. This story is based on the first 2006 anthology theme "A Day of Silence".

Will and Harvey are best friends. Will is an athlete who's been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Harvey is gay and a political animal. Neither knows the other's big secret. Will they drift apart?

Zak is a shy quiet 15 year old whose mother gets him a summer job at a local ranch. Zak's sure it's going to be the summer from Hell until he meets 16 year-old ranch hand, Dusty.

It's not uncommon for a gay man to use a woman as a 'beard', to appear straight. What happens though when Dale is asked to be a different kind of beard?

Tired of failed relationships, Stephen accepts to be set up on a blind date by his cousin.

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.

In the West Midlands small town of Windfield Green, being gay is something of a rarity. For Nick Davis, the idea of coming out feels like a death sentence, and things only become more difficult when he falls in love with his best enemy, the popular and good looking Dave Thompson.

This story has been slightly reworked for quality and also consistency with the sequels.

Maxie's grandmother tells him that love and hate are two horns on the same goat. One snowy January day a boy shows up who might just be that goat. Jesse has moved across the country to the middle of "shit-all and nowhere" and isn't happy about it. As the boy's move closer and further apart, they learn that love may not be enough to fix everything, & that both of them will need to change

Cole is fascinated by a boy who won't talk to him and has no idea how to be gay in a world in which a man's worth is measured by his skill in working the land and riding quad bikes. Jared thinks he's happy with his secret lover but when a boy who can't communicate with him puts in the effort to try realises that secret sex-friends might not be enough and even good boys get love too.

Chance is struggling with himself and his best friend isn't helping matters. But when Chance gets a rose for Valetine's Day, will he be willing to give love a shot?