Stories

College roommates from very different background discover they actually have a lot in common.

Kyle does not want to leave his home behind, but he has no choice. He is assigned to a remote scientific outpost on the planet Tantalus where he meets Jim, the xenobiologist in charge of researching the indigenous species. Almost as soon as he arrives, though, strange things start happening. Things that could compromise Kyle's future, or even his life...

A young man must chose between his strict religious background or decry the hate and intolerance towards a new student who enrolls in his school.

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.

Clem is a six-four rough and ready farm hand who drives a pick-up truck and spends his work life bringing in the hay and fixing fences. His boyfriend Nathan is pretty often mistaken for his twin - except that he wears a stetson. but two big strong guys together is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be, and in between make-out sessions that always seem to be on the verge of turning into fights, Clem finds himself getting jealous and envious of the softer side of girls.

Benjamin Connor’s rise to fame hardly surprised anyone, not even himself. He thrives in the spotlight and enjoys his work as an actor, but his world is turned topsy-turvy when he meets Mark, an unknown musician from Camden. As their relationship blossoms, Ben must decide whether to face the bigotry of Hollywood or keep his odd, interesting, gorgeous little punk a secret for the sake of his career. And for how long can such a high-profile individual keep a secret anyway?

Gavin has everything...almost. His college loans are paid off, he has a great job, and a house he loves even if it's empty when he comes home. He also has a sexy new neighbor, Tate, that he cannot stop thinking about. Gavin has finally let the past go even if he is clinging to some insecurities and trust issues. Tate wants Gavin more than anything, but it can only work if Gavin can finally move on and accept Tate’s secret.

While pretending to be cool when he is with his friends and trying to be intelligent when he is editing his popular weblog, Adam actually is going through a lot. He is able to ignore his own problems by running from reality. It works, until someone in the real world becomes interesting enough to stay for.

In the bleak, harsh world of the future, daily existence is a struggle. When Kim finds a huge man freezing to death on the street, he takes him in and shares his meager fare with him. Raeden is the most stunning man Kim has ever seen, but he's also rude, ungrateful and suicidal. After Kim discovers that he is a gene-modified shifter, built by the government for killing, his survival becomes much more tenuous. But Raeden needs him desperately and soon Kim finds he needs Raeden too.

Ehren's act of kindness pays off when he's most desperate for a place to hide. Tris, though, is more than he ever hoped for. His old life, before hitting the streets, is revealed and the glimmer of a future unfolds.