Stories

This is a series of once and future dances, echoes and dreams from the long, discontented solitude enforced by the pandemic. I dedicate it to a man whose friendship and fire have burned constant through this everlasting night.

This story is autobiographical in nature, but I have made some modifications to protect the identities of those included in it. All the names have been changed, and in some cases things such as gender, locations, and sometimes familial compositions have been altered.

All that being said, this is MY truth, and it's time I released it so that I'm free to create from a place other than brokenness and sadness.

This will be dark, but there are spots of light in the great black. No void is truly empty when one gazes into it. The light from our eyes illuminates more than we realize.

~Samuel

Roman is a miserable nineteen year old. While everyone else in his graduating class is off to college, he's left in the dust to rot away. He's poor, gay, and has daddy issues. Throw into the mix his long distance boyfriend, inability to connect to people on an emotional level, and his dad's hot best friend... yeah, he really just wanted to be alone.

I read KC Grim's story and it inspired me to do a Halloween tale of my own. I hope you enjoy.

Alex Mandeville is on his final refusal when he is billeted with an oldie, Theodore Swire. Alex is full of resentment. Will the old man change that?

Randy Watson had been mostly happy with his life of hopping from one women’s bed to another in his small town of Burney. Things changed when he met a sexy man working in town for the summer. He not only ended up with one boyfriend, but two. On top of that, he found out both men were something called a lycan. His final surprise was being asked if he wanted to become one too.

Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

A series of poems about the search for sunlight. An invitation for an individual walk in your soul.

Ben lost the love of his life ten years ago. On the anniversary of his husband's disappearance, he makes a discovery that shatters two families, but at the same time shows that love will find a way no matter how extraordinary the circumstances.

My efforts at Prompt writing....