Stories

I had had many chances to hook-up, but I wasn’t built that way. Of course, there was the obvious fumbling with others growing up, nothing more serious than a couple of hand jobs after high school which left me unfulfilled. Anita Bryant, Jerry Fallwell, Newt Gingrich along with the not so moral majority, with their contract on America was unsettling to say the least. Gay boys and men were dying, and no one knew why, and much less interested in finding out why. To the best of my understanding, it was virtually impossible to catch AIDS or venereal diseases from your hand, warts maybe, eyeglasses were a risk I’d take. Then Mikey entered my life…

Inspired by Jan Hutchinson’s prompts for National Poetry Writing Month 2023.

As I said somewhere else, I won’t manage to write a poem a day this April. The start was delayed, as I didn’t want to bore you with unimaginative rants giving righteous indignation and certain occurrences too many words and importance.

When faced with discrimination at work, a young man must confront a bad childhood memory. He is quite literally driven to the edge by a small town society that seems to hate him. He makes every effort to be acceptable and normal, but in the end he must accept who he is.

A symbolist poem by Dagobert

A Harry Potter Fan-fic, set just after the wedding in Deathly Hallows. Describes how I saw the attack on Arabella Fig, auxiliary member of both incarnations of the Order of the Phoenix.

Celebrating a friend's outstanding headline spot swiftly followed by their victory is just the beginning. A special friendship develops between two people who should never have got close. An unexpected hook-up was never going to be a one-night-stand - that's not really Jenny's way - if it could be helped. Christmas in Berlin is magical and doesn't only bring gifts wrapped in pretty paper, some things are better left unwrapped. There's even the juxtaposition of one who does it for the money and another who does it for real.

A Concrete Poem

A story about boy meets boy in the mid 90's.

A boy in his late teens joins a strange religious cult. He meets a good looking young man and falls in love. As time passes the cult leader starts to go crazy and finaly takes his anger on the unfortunate teen.

Destiny of a Visionary