Stories

Twenty years after leaving his hometown behind, Jake returns for a reunion he never planned to attend. But buried in memories, one person he never quite understood refuses to stay in the past. The truth changes everything. If you let it.

In a time of war, a plan to escape conscription leads to two friends being marooned in the Mediterranean Sea. They both have secrets to hide. Who will be the first to come clean?

It happens in the best of families there are those who just can’t get along or abide each other. This is the story of Prince Duncan, the ‘spare’ to his brother the King. Caught in in the cross fire of the Queen who simply loathes him.

They meet at a diner that serves bad coffee and better silence. Two strangers orbiting the same sleepless hours, held together by routine and maybe something more. Jamie draws to breathe. Luca edits video to fill the hours. Neither of them means to start unraveling, but in the late-night hush between classes and expectations, something begins. A glance. A conversation. A quiet they both understand. This isn’t love. Not yet. It’s just maybe. And sometimes, maybe is the loudest thing in the world.

Maverick: Smart, Sexy and available. In everyone's mind but his. Restaurant worker. Raised by his single mother. College student, learning to fly. Always one step ahead of being on the streets. The real money comes from dates. Waiting for the day that Ceiling And Visibilty Unlimited comes his way.

Randy: Smart. Discarded by family halfway across the country. Picked up with an online add. Working the Provincetown seasonal trade.

Let's meet Norbet Smith Jr. A young man who was teased at high school. Now a young man who is pretty much a loner.

We meet Wesley Parsons, celebrating alone in a Gay Bar after he passed the bar exam.

A casual trip to a mall bathroom turns into a passionate, unexpected connection. What starts with a urinal ends up being the kind of experience that changes everything. Sometimes, you don’t meet “the one” on an app. Sometimes, he’s already unzipped next to you.

Atticus is a commander of the Earth Defense Force. He and his second in command, John, are members of an elite group whose mission is to retain the purity of the human race in the face of a parasitic infection ravaging the planet. "The worm" is insidious, silent, and impossible to condone. This is their story. Within these pages are the steps they take to retain their humanity. No matter the cost.

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This is the latest story from Fathew Mathew aka Nob Rainer.

We join Father Warren in the confessional, to here a confession from someone he never expected to here from.