Stories

Men are like flowers. They are bound to grow. However, not all seeds spring at the same time. Some lie dormant in the ground for another long and cold winter. A tale about the prince who never matured.

Born with hereditary spastic paraparesis, Simon had spent most of his life in a wheelchair, unable to walk and barely able to use his hands. To his parents, home schooling had seemed to be the only way for Simon to get an education; yet Simon was smart and yearned to be another Stephen Hawking - not to live with his parents until they became to infirm to care for him. He decided to take a chance on applying to the Bronx High School of Science, one of the best public secondary schools in the world. Going to a public high school would be scary, but there'd be new opportunities to live life, and to love.

Sammy leaves his upstairs bedroom and finds his mother downstairs with a psychitrist named Swisser who is there to talk to Sam about his sexuality. An appointment is made. Sammy calls his lover whom he does not yet live with, and tells him. Josh recognizes the shrink's name. He's got something on the shrink.

A creepy little short, spun from the lore of "Gone From Daylight", a young boy comes to continue his talks with a child psychologist, after his mother claims that he has begun sleepwalking at night, while telling tales of monsters outside his window. The good doctor wants to help...but how does a boy so young come up with a story so macabre?

I'm not sure when I wrote this tbh, about six years ago??? A short piece about a college boy named Bill who meets his interesting hallmate, Eddie.

This is complete as a very short story, but am looking to expand on it if the feedback is good. /emoticons/default_smile.png">

Just ramblings I had in my old journals. Mostly free-verse, but some of them are more traditional too.

Like the namesake movie released in 2000, which is set in LA, What's Cooking (in NYC) explores the lives of four families as they make preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday. As with the movie, there is much unexpected drama, but with the added wrinkle that all four families, who are well-known to NYC Holidays readers, are waiting for loved ones to arrive on the same flight from California. When a glitch in Air Traffic Control occurs, anything can happen.

This story is about a young adult who is madly in love with his straight best friend.

Mute. Loner. Angry. All can describe Claire. She has a vendetta against the world. But maybe, just maybe, there is someone out there who might save her from herself.

Prompt-inspired flash fiction.