Stories

Halloween

Tristan Rader and Gavin Munson met as four-year-olds and almost immediately became best friends. However, their time together ended the summer before fifth grade when Gavin’s father got a new job and his family moved away. As the pair grew older, their paths would cross and bring them together in unexpected ways, only to have fate intercede and cause them to lose contact yet again. Will the journey of life win in the end or will fate triumph? Only time will tell.

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘A Winding Path’

A man wakes up to find a stranger standing over him.

In a small Western Massachusetts former mill town, now part of a larger college circuit, people -- largely students -- keep getting approached.

They don't bring it on themselves -- or do they?

Police detective Elena Petrakis leads the investigation, while her standbys, Chief Owen Neland, Senior Detective Don Burris, Lt. Ike Omari, and Sgts. Jae Ryu and Rob Perez offer support.

This is my collection for poetry involving love. Whether it comes from the mind or the heart, I recognize love as one of the strongest emotions that one can have. Driven by this feeling towards my family and friends, I create.

A gay couple, Brendan and Trevor (MacGregor) Kiley, buys an older home and begins to renovate it, but they soon discover they are not alone. What happened that led them to believe this and how is it going to work out?

A high school senior, Connor Norwood, gets a job working at a Haunted House so he can earn some money that he can use to buy Christmas presents for his family. It doesn’t turn out exactly as he plans, because a spirit is taking objection to what he’s doing. So, how will this work out?

A young police detective, Jeremy Krivyanik, is assigned to investigate the murder of a 16 year-old-gay boy, Scott Mahon, a week before Halloween. Will he be able to track down the murder and what will it take to complete his task successfully?

The second of the Lost Soul collection. A glimpse into the past of one of the leading characters from The Boot series. Here we will learn of the good and not-so-good times in John/Christian's past.

This story has been revised and edited to improve reader experience, it has not been altered in any other way. 30th June 2023.

The Boss runs a window cleaning business. Having decided to get himself an apprentice, due to ageing years, he took on 18 year old Elijah. He likes to be called Eli and loves football (or soccer as some people call it), and, for intimacy he prefers the same sex. what could go wrong on his first day.

This story contains British colloquialism which is explained. The game of football referred to in this story is also known as soccer.