Stories

This is a collection of short stories, flash fiction, poems, and whatnot. Some may have touches of humor, others not so much, while others speak the truth. I will cover many grounds, each with a taste for a new world and premise.

In 2012, nine gifted teenagers arrive seek to win up to fifty thousand pounds for themselves and for charity by appearing on a special edition of The Weakest Link. An athlete, a pop singer, an academic genius, a television actor, a charity founder, a published novelist, an app developer, a theatre actress and Lance Lovecraft, a professional dancer. Only one can win, but none of the little treasures play to lose.

Renard has always had the perfect plan: graduate from college and go to Brighton Uni with his best friend, learn, drink, discuss literature, and dance with all the pretty boys in England's gayest city. But when Darren decides to go North instead, and Ren finds out that he and uni life don't actually get on, he starts dreaming about cowboys. Is there a cowboy out there for Ren, and does he have the guts to try and find him?

After a very long journey, a samurai named, Tatsuro Myoki has stumbled across a community of innocents that simply want to live in peace and harmony with the world at large. However, when the 'blood gods' come to collect local citizens as tribute...this lone samurai must choose between leaving a life of death and murder behind, or using his unmatched skill to protect those he has come to care about!

Niran is a fast-car lovin', heavily tattooed feather-in-the-wind, and he knows plenty of people judge him for the way he looks. But his boyfriend is not one of them, and Niran needs to finally start taking the advice he had tattooed on his knuckles years ago.

Daniel found his forever friend in Hone when he was just four-years-old. They grow up inseparable. The only secret between them is that Daniel is gay. If life is a puzzle, the only piece missing is the truth.

Posted for Pride Month

A Selection of Robert Jentzsch Poems, Translated in English for the first time.

_

Young Martin has been staring at the beautiful boy who's high school locker is located just across the hall from his own. But today, with a note that he wrote and a shaky moment of confidence, Martin has decided to let the boy know how he feels.

A first boyfriend, loyal friends, a stepfather he could do without, the snakes, frogs and lizards that hang out with a nice guy who wants to be more than friends, and the return of his best friend, who was pulled into a strangers car when they were eight years old and disappeared. No one ever told Jesse that growing up would be easy. When it wasn’t, he was always confident that he could hold his own. But one situation after another reduces even the sturdiest parts of his world to pieces.

Bill Thomas is a test pilot in the Terran Confederation Spaceforce and his life is never short of excitement. There are good days and bad ones...