Stories

Coming home from school one day, 17-year-old Matias Madsen is asked to take a seat, as his Mum has some important news...

What he learnt that afternoon, changed his life completely around, and a few days later, he and his mother were on a flight bound for Norway, a very unexpected journey, that would change his life forever.

John Williams cant remember his life before he wrote a novel based on it. Can he regain all that he has lost by reading his novel?

When his boss asks Harold to do a 6 month follow-up to his article on gay youth, he doesn't know what to expect. Along the way he finds triumph and tragedy . . . and some surprises, a rarity for this newspaper veteran. (July, 2008 - Anniversary Anthology) Please note that this entry is the 13th in a series of stories known collectively as Naptown Tales. The series can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

Born in the small town of Maydena in Tasmania, Australia, from the age of just two years, my home is over 6,000 kilometres away where I have grown up, in the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan. My full name, is Dechen Christopher Yeshe Hamilton. We have our main home in the capital of Thimbu, where we live for seven months from in the late autumn, winter and early spring, and for the rest of the time, for five months, we live in the northern Himalayan mountains, where my parents work to provide medical care and assist with education of the children in the remote of villages of Bhutan.

Darrell is a highschool football star with a full scholarship to university until a car accident leaves him unable to play anymore. When the truth about his family, friends and himself comes to light, Darrell must find the strength to start over - or die trying.

Part of a series. Rated for language and some violence.

Riley Gibson and Kyle Morgan are two people with a history. Fate brings them together after living some years away from each other. The boys come face to face in a beautiful place "Arkansas", however, happening to witness a devastating calamity ready to claim their lives. Will this be the end or will they discover their love all over again?

A bit of fluff about two guys and a girl. More or less!

When Gerard is eight, he starts getting hurt without getting injured, and it doesn't take long for him to realise that he's experiencing someone else's pain. But when Gerard falls from his bike and ends up losing his foot, he dreams of flying through the countryside on a big red horse, and his whole life becomes about the desire to feel just as complete as he does when he's asleep.

Stories done from the prompts during 2012