Stories

Six years after Tristan saw his boyfriend kissing a woman on the subway, they meet again by unlikely chance.

Casey starts a new job after being released from prison. He wants to make a new start, but his past mistakes aren't far behind him.

A new teacher, Mister Darin Stanford, is assigned a special project by the headmistress of a private school. His project is Christopher Bird, a rich child who has had his life dictated by his father. The teacher and student need to find some way to trust each other and make this situation work. Neither is prepared for what they will encounter.

This story is written for the Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences 2017 Anthology

Paul's life is work. Then one night he gets a phone call from his brother asking for help. His wedding is about to go up in flames unless Paul can help him turn it all around.

Shiro is sweet on one of the bakers in this year's competition.
Keith is just going to have to bake his heart out.

Everyone else is going to... help. Puns are helping, right?

(OR: The Great British Bake Off, but Sheith)

Seeon Toleran is the fifth child of the ruling royal family. His life was one of study and devotion to his Gods. Then war came and the world Seeon knew ended. There were decisions that were made for him which drastically altered the direction of his life. Suddenly the world of the priesthood is gone as an option in Seeon's life. Instead he is made Ma' Nee. What will this mean to a youth who has known neither love nor choice? Will this end his world or open new vistas? Time will tell.

My King! There are others... they are near you... don't trust... Keith's warning echos in Diarmad's mind all the time but the Seraei are patient predators. He can wait.

Joel is the odd man out on his cross country team. He's the only sophomore on the team and he's never spent more than an hour or two of practice with the other guys. Now he's been tapped to run in the district qualification meet and that means an overnight trip with the team. He knows he can run just as well as anyone else, but what happens when the race is over?

After a brutal breakup, shop owner Bruno Vignau has focused on rebuilding his life. Now a horrific series of events threaten to tear that new life apart.

This story contains characters introduced in Mr. Brightside, but is not a direct sequel.

Life was going great, well I thought it was until one late Autumn afternoon, I received a phone call from my ex-wife, who informed me that our only child, 12-year Jonah Hunter Langston, had run away from home, after being forced to admit that he was gay, to his mother and step-father. It took me a good twenty minutes of arguing over the telephone to get most of the information out of Karen on what had happened, what shocked me the most was that this has happened over a week ago, and she was only just now starting to worry, after presuming that Jonah had gone to stay with friends for a while.