Stories

A friend from Mexico visits, a Squad member moves south, a California teen prepares to start his freshman year at Georgetown University, and a local artist delivers a commission. From Cuban food at Abuela’s, to cocktails at The Alex, an excursion to the National Gallery of Art, and brunch at Everhope, the weekend is full of laughs, food, and fine art.

Sharon knew that Carl was in a bad relationship. She would stop at nothing to get him out.

A boy from an impoverished family tries to make Christmas special for his mother and sister. Without the means to make it happen on his own, he turns to Santa Claus for help.

Matt and Jeff have volunteered to help out at the school Fair For Life. As usual with his boyfriend, there's a small catch involved, and Matt has let Jeff talk him into accepting it. That he might regret it is almost certain!

A short story written seven years ago, one of the first I ever posted anywhere.

A yard sale purchase provokes an unexpected reaction.

Dmitri moved on with his life, he met someone new, he was more or less happy... and then his ex came crashing back into his life, with the son he once thought of as his own and a drug lord hot on his trail.

Now Dmitri is charged with the care of a five year old boy, has to evade gangsters, dirty cops, clean cops, and nosey neighbors all the while trying to keep his relationship with his lover together as he unveils webs of lies and conspiracies.

Sometimes a scrapbook can tell us everything we need to know.

2007 Anthology

Getting a diagnosis of HIV+ is certainly bad news, but for some it's worse than others.

Poems written for National Poetry Writing Month, April 2020. An assortment of mercifully short poems, I hope you will enjoy them at your leisure.