Stories

A coming of age story of two young boys finding what true love really is.

Vega-5 is the place where dreams do come true, even the ones you didn’t know you had. It said so, right on the brochure. Bernat Arnad had little hope of his own dreams coming true but there was hope, and that was something to hold on to even if he did have to learn to let go first.

One summer well before the Bolshevik revolution, when Russia was a noble country, young Alexei, as was the custom of the time, left the city with his family, for the countryside.

It was a time of discovery, excitement, longing, and also sadness. A time in which he made new acquaintances and fought battles with himself, as the child he still was struggled free from many constraints into a world of dangerous possibilities.

This story is a prequel and sequel to my previous story, ‘The Boy on the Porch.’ While that was mostly Brendan’s point of view, this will be from the members of the Taft family's perspectives. It will cover things that happened before Nick was kicked out of his house, hit the necessary high points of what was covered in the first story, then continue on with their later lives, expanding on their pieces of the epilogue contained therein. I initially envisioned it to be Nick's story, but quickly determined it would be fairly short, so they all get some attention.

High school is difficult enough. How much harder can it get for a gay teen? How about dealing with rampant homophobia, a best friend you like, and a girl who likes you?

Born to ultra-conservative religious parents, Walt Rockdale is forced to hide who he truly is.

When a young black man named Jackson Carter comes to their church to perform community service, Walt finally meets someone who likes him for who he is, not who he pretends to be.

Betrayed by his husband and his best friend, Mason finds himself alone, living back at home with his mom. When his husband's friend Alex stops by to take him to lunch to talk, Mason finds he can't resist getting to know the other man.

You never know what you’re going to find when you’re running away. Justin and Aaron found each other.

Mark is a depressed bartender who moonlights as an assassin. He takes a job from the wrong people and ends up finding something that might make his life worth living, if he can hold on to it.

Shiro is sweet on one of the bakers in this year's competition.
Keith is just going to have to bake his heart out.

Everyone else is going to... help. Puns are helping, right?

(OR: The Great British Bake Off, but Sheith)