Stories

Snippets of my family life from 2005 to 2010

While the following stories are basically true, allowing for a moderate degree of poetic license, all the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

Oh, okay. Allow for a large degree of poetic license.

When Jamie tells his mother she's going to be a grandmother, he's not expecting to get slapped around the face in a posh country pub, but then, no one ever expected him to have children. Explaining everything to his mother is not something Jamie is looking forwards to.

A young man's journey towards acceptance. Will he succeed in gaining his family's acceptance of his sexuality or will he lose the man he loves so dearly in the process?

Age difference, infidelity, a deconstructed house, unlimited pre-paid tabs, and a slew of suggestions on how to die. Jensen and Nolan recall the journey that brought them together, or kept them apart, depending on who you ask.

Dale waits for his best friend Avery at the coffee shop, and waits... When he finally arrives, Dale is in for a surprise.

The story takes part in the June 2021 Pride Flash Fiction Challenge.

Keith likes being a life model - it pays well and it gives him time to think - but when a new artist joins one of the evening classes he works for, Keith cannot help but want to stare back. He is captivated by the handsome man who moulds clay with his one hand, and Keith wants to be moulded too.

Returning to Washington, D.C. after the Mexican ordeal and time off in South Florida, CJ, Owen, and Liebe must adapt to their new reality. They are all celebrities and must navigate a sea of friends, well-wishers, and reporters. A meeting with President Biden in the White House could set the stage for CJ reentering the political arena.

Little side stories from the EPIC-verse

Two very different men board the #3 Express New York Subway at the 96th Street station. Their encounter on the crowded train will result in a special friendship and an awakening in the younger one that results in significant life changes.

Responses to the GA prompts.