Stories

My 2013 Prompt Responses. All stories rated mature even if perhaps not necessarily needful of the rating.

In the newspaper, Wayne reads of a murder in the Gay community. He meets William; his straight married twin weekly to play pool. William presses him to get a man and settled down. When they part, Wayne goes to his favorite Gay bar where he learns of another such murder. Upset, Wayne goes home alone.

Matthew has lost the most important person in his world.

Why is this the moment when his estranged mother decides to walk back into his life? Why can't this be a happy moment?

When an over-protective father loses sight of his grown son's need for independence, many secrets and lies are revealed.

Response to Prompt 246 First Line "What now?"

Peter and Griffin meet at the edge of their communities and become fast friends. They yearn to meet in the middle and live a new life together. But their own people are a much bigger barrier to their love than the massive brackish water path that physically separates them. [BL, mermen]

Alex and Shawn lived in two different worlds, though with a connection between them that went beyond being best friends.

Michael's last summer before college was supposed to be ordinary—until his parents rented the carriage house to a handsome older grad student. What starts as stolen glances turns into a summer of lost innocence.

2006 Fall Anthology

Life can seem like an entirely different experience when a global pandemic causes everyone to stay at home and out of harm's way. Especially for young Asher, who was just beginning to realize that he has a huge crush on his friend Caleb, and is longing to make contact with him. They stay in touch, but he's so out of reach. Gathering up the courage to tell his current infatuation how he feels, will Caleb accept his growing love for him...or will they become more distant than ever before?

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