Stories

A part of Cia's 'Flash Fiction' challenge for the GA Newsletter, this short 'one-shot' story details the experience of a gay sibling coming home from college to meet his younger sister's boyfriend for the first time. Is he imagining things, or does he see more of himself in this boy than he expected?

Seth may be two years younger than his friend, Hayden, but he enjoys talking to him often whenever they get a chance to be alone. However, their friendship on the surface may be hiding some secret benefits for both parties involved. And their friendly conversations over the phone may just be a bit more than Hayden is willing to admit. At least for now.

/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Set in the Sanitaria Springs universe and featuring the perspective of Marshall as he comes to term with nearly a full year of dating his surprise boyfriend, the quirky Isaac. Knowing how his boyfriend's mind works - kind of - Marshall sets out to learn from the lessons of their Valentine's Day now that Halloween has rolled around. One thing has become clear to Marshall over the last year - this thing with Zac is real - but is it scary?

Jared and Tommy are close friends who are going into the challenging world of high school and possibly dating girls in the near future. So, before finding themselves in a strange and awkward position when it comes to finding their very first girlfriend could be damaging to their reputation. They might as well try to get some 'practice' in beforehand, right? However...is this just an exercise for both boys involved? Or is one a little more 'involved' than the other?

When high school Chemistry teacher Klebber Toledo and the big, hunky billionaire Dennis Ellison met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.

Coming of age can be fun, scary, interesting, devastating, rapturous or horrifying. Sometimes all of the above and more. Canvas Hell brings together several guys on the cusp of manhood, each with his own demons. It is rife with teen angst, and more than a few tears. It is also a true love story, a young adult romance, because coming of age involves sex, but is not about sex. It is about becoming who the man that you will forever be.

Ben is a short story spinoff of Circumnavigation, though it can be read alone.

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?

You would think that falling in love and finding a boyfriend would get easier once you began coming out to your friends and family. But Gabe is finding out that the same nervous jitters, the same paralyzing fear, and the same unavoidable misery exists when lost in the maze of infatuation. Sometimes, finding what you really want in another boy can be just as terrifying as not finding it.

Your standard boy meets boy (through a window)