Stories

Raymond's life is his job and things aren't likely to change until his best friend sends him an invite where he must save the date. When tries to get out of Robin's event, his life is given the kick start it really needed.

2008 Spring Anthology

For young Jack; St Patricks Day is a proud day to admire being Irish. Although his first kiss on St. Patricks day from his best friend is perhaps something more worthwhile celebrating. For him, Darragh his friend, a beautiful blue-eyed ginger, the two share a moment that neither of them will ever forget.

*A snippet of a larger concept that I've tinkered around with and may return to down the road.*

Matt Donovan realizes that his relationship with Charlie isn't the secret he thought it was. Others within in his small fishing community are opening their eyes to his reality, including his one true crush, the outspoken, gruff-around-the-edges Jake Kowalczyk, who himself begins to discover that his feelings for Matt go beyond a platonic friendship after Matt almost dies.

Ephraim is an enormous success. He's a well known model, is about to launch his own fashion collecton which is receiving a lot of good attention. But in the middle of that is a gaping hole in his life that can only be filled by going back to the beginning

Donovan Estes is a freshman in college and pledging to a fraternity. One of the first things he is asked to do is to represent Phi Alpha Gamma in the Greek Talent Show. Donovan has no idea what he's going to do, since he doesn't feel he has any significant talent, but he eventually comes up with something that brings him considerable attention.

Jay is ten in 1969, and is having a good year, but big brother Jerry has problems, especially now that he's moved up to the middle school. Can Christmas work its' magic?

Jessica Greenly is worried about her reclusive teenage son, but then he announces he has something to tell his parents. She correctly guesses that Jake is about to come out to them, but her husband, Troy, doesn't take it well. When Troy suddenly leaves, Jake concludes he was responsible for his parents' breakup and in a colossal misunderstanding, he runs away. Little does he know that he wasn't the only one hiding in the closet. Jessica sets out to find her son, but she has a major decision to make, whether to try to put her family back together or to set off in a new direction with her son.

In which Ben and William meet.

Sometimes we start over, even when we don't want to. Sometimes we find help where we hadn't asked for or known we needed it. And sometimes, we end up helping someone else along the way.