Stories

According to his father, Max Cauler Jr. canʼt seem to do anything right. After ʻthe old manʼ catches him in bed with another boy, heʼs left with no choice but to run away, but being homeless has a cost of its own. Can you ever go home?

A narcoleptic, epileptic, and out casted teen, starts high school off with a bang. He gets thrown into the life of Merit, a popular senior with a secret of his own and from there, a possible relationship gets shaken up by their peers and the drama that surrounds them all. Through it all though, he just wants someone to see him, truly see him because often in high school, teenagers don't truly see each other or their inner truths, they just take what is right in front of their eyes.

This story completes the trilogy started with "the place in Between" and "Getting to the Happily Ever After".

After losing his mom to cancer, Aiden tells his increasingly alcohol-dependent father of his sexuality. However, the once loving man reacts unexpectedly and subjects Aiden to verbal and physical abuse. Feeling worthless and lonely, Aiden struggles to find someone that makes the pain in his heart and soul go away.

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

Across the pool is a boy that I remember from my childhood. A boy that I remember hating for being gay, among other reasons. But I also remember how I came to love him and discover new things about myself.

1n 1972 a 13 year old boy develops an obsession with Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz and confronts some uncomfortable truths about himself.

Ben and Joshua met in their youth, working at a summer camp. More than fifteen years after their bitter sendoff, they meet again and spend a weekend together in a secluded house in Vermont, by Lake Champlain.
Switching back and forth between past and present, coasting on issues of class, gender, and identity, the three-part story explores the anguish and beauty of growing up and of getting older.

Corbin's girlfriend is late after their first time. Add to that this boy named Declan that just confuses Corby to no end - who, in the end, will be the right one?

Fifteen year old Sammy Day finds acceptance and love on a baseball field.
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