Stories

In the perilous journey toward adulthood, Valentín Gómez hasn't quite found his north. He's not much of a cartographer, but he and his boyfriend are still going to try their luck at map-making. Growing up is hard, isn't it?

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The North Down South is a series of vignettes serving as a sequel to Southward.

When a new kid comes to Adam's school, it's love at first sight. He's quick to befriend him, but something is keeping the boy from opening up, but what?

Contains: omo

Kevin is an insecure teen boy on a journey to find the love of his life.

There's Kevin's best friend, Torry and his brother Dexter. There's also Sarah, the prettiest girl in school. And let's not forget James Mitt. The man. The myth. The legend.

Lysander - Andy to most people - got saddled with a strange name from a mom who is a little...off. Looking forward to college where he can leave mom behind and find boys who actually like kissing boys is his biggest goal in life, for now.

Kai just wants to slide by in this new school. He's a senior and only has to get by unscathed for 10 months so he can move on and figure out...well, whatever comes next. He's had enough drama and heartache to swear off the human race.

Even if we don't want to change, we do. We wear different faces at different ages, different faces for different crowds.

Some people have the luck of the Irish

When high school Chemistry teacher Klebber Toledo and the big, hunky billionaire Dennis Ellison met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.

Set in Cynus's 'Weightless' and 'Fearless' universe, Shane Blankenship unexpectedly finds himself interacting with one of the guys on his List - like, guys he'd date sort of list. Parker is a bit enigmatic and Shane tries to balance a weird home life with his new friendship and the complications that arise.

The Last Out is the story of seventeen year old Devin Williams, an athlete whose deepest secret threatens to shatter the life he’s created for himself. Devin is what everyone expects of him in small town Washington; he’s an athlete, he gets good grades and he helps out around the house with his father. When a run-in with the school baseball team’s catcher goes terribly wrong and sets into motion a series of events, Devin must decide how to face his fears and biases.

Corbin is going through the motions of life, drifting through an uninspiring relationship with his girlfriend, Leah and living in a small house with his parents and sister.

His overbearing father ridicules his passion for painting, and his sanity is saved each day by his rather unique Sister, Zoe, who he adores.

His parents then decide to sell their Fishmonger Business and head to the coast to buy a trawling business. As the move to Castlebay Down looms near Corbin has no enthusiasm to move there either. Will this new coastal village ignite new feelings and passions, or will it add to his already self-described miserable existence?

In a small Western Massachusetts former mill town, now part of a larger college circuit, a Chinese-American high school student is suspected of selling drugs simply because he's recently moved from New York City.

The students know about it. The principal knows. The teachers and staff members have heard about it, too.

When one of the school's security guards learns too much, she calls the Waldron police, and Detective Elena Petrakis leads the investigation.

Backing her -- as in Recycle -- are Chief Owen Neland, Senior Detective Don Burris, Lt. Ike Omari, and Sgts. Jae Ryu and Rob Perez, who offer advice and support.