Stories

A young man finds love only after having his heart broke

This is the third and final part of the Confounded Trilogy, portraying a May - December story with familiar characters.

You would be wise to (re)read the previous parts of this trilogy, to get reacquainted with the characters; some you will know, some are new. Some references will hark back to previous writings, and will make more sense. This story is told from perspectives, so called Points of View (POV).

A romance inspired by two photographs from the late 19th century. Some of the historical details and people of the story are from the actual history of Franklin, NH; others, including the two main characters, are fictional. I have changed their names from the names written on the backs of the photographs.

When guitar wielding Marty happens upon know-it-all nerd Hrishi in the showers at college, he thinks he might have died and gone to heaven. But Hrishi is stronger than he looks, and Marty is about to discover that he has hidden depths himself.

Nathaniel was sure that no one knew about his sexual preference so why does he feel as if the cab driver was coming on to him? He might be gay but he was not going to let a lowly cabby get anywhere near him! Cabbys were scums who push their cocks into any available human crevice so they can "scratch an itch"! Nathaniel felt insulted that this man even harbored the idea that Nathaniel would even look at him with desire.

Two doctors, two lives, two families. Can one man's secret change everything?

In this third and final book in the Wearing Green On Thursday series, Bruce Hutton has graduated from college and is on his way to a new career in the aerospace industry outside Seattle. He leaves behind his several lovers, especially Detective Winston Buchanan, who was killed on duty and left Bruce bereft. Will Bruce mature in this new phase of his life, or will he childishly pursue casual sex without caring or loving?

This is the second story in the Wearing Green on Thursday series. Bruce Hutton has graduated from high school, gone on a road trip, loved and lost his best friend, and is now an engineering student at Stanford University outside Palo Alto, California. We follow his life and loves as he becomes comfortable living as a gay man in the 1980s.

This is the first story in the series entitled, "Wearing Green on Thursday." It is the first part of the fictional autobiography of Bruce Hutton, a gay man in his late forties.

In this story, we meet Bruce, who is a championship swimmer, and learn of his struggles with his sexuality. We are introduced to his best friend, Craig, with whom Bruce will have the pleasure of exploring gay sex.

When Oliver Wilson moved out of Hyde Park, the high crime Boston neighborhood where he was born and raised, he left behind a history of secrets. After becoming a lawyer and meeting a partner who works in the FBI, he believes his life is finally on the right path. But he's forced to face the skeletons he left behind when he discovers that the FBI's newest target is none other than his first love, a notorious Boston criminal named James Coleman.