Stories

“The Rashomon Effect” describes an event given contradictory descriptions by each person involved. It describes the unreliability of eyewitnesses. Every element of the story is largely identical, but the dishonest retelling of the events shows each person’s ideal self by lying.

Gay lawyer Ben Carleson – from In The Plan – is back, this time in 1985, near the beginning of his career and soon after he finished law school and passed the California bar exam. But he and Gene De Wijk met over a different kind of bar.

April is National Poetry Writing Month, and this is my collection for 2021. The goal is to write 30 poems (one per day) throughout the month. The majority of poems are responses to prompts supplied by Jan Hutchinson. Since I turn fifty this year, a lot of them will feature remembrances, musings, and thoughts about the next fifty. A retrospective of my life.

The Doors between worlds have presented Derry Hamlyn and his boyfriend Cally with a mystery: what happened to the advanced civilization that created them so long ago? In this third adventure through the Doors, Derry and Cally, along with Derry’s granddad, Mike Hamlyn, set out with the aid of Difris and Nyf, two artificial intelligences working to solve the mystery, to explore the Door system further in the hopes of learning more about the vanished builders...

This is the continuing story of the Hamilton Family and their friends and crew, as they come across a few challenges and a new life in a different part of Australia.

Apples have played an important role in many lives. Who can forget Johnny Appleseed

Liebe, a young girl living in the Florida Keys with her two fathers, is invited to watch sea turtles come ashore to lay eggs. When one appears to be in trouble because of plastic waste, their friend Jo comes to the rescue. A few weeks later, Liebe’s delighted as countless hatchlings race across the sand to the ocean.

‘You ever make out in the back of a police car before?’

Kerry scoffs. ‘Johnny, I’ve never been in the back of a police car before.’

‘Well, you wanna?’

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Johnny has a tendency to get in trouble, and he usually drags Kerry down with him.

or:

Be gay, do crime.

Cyberpunk 2077 & 2020 fanfiction. Kerry/Johnny.

Cassiel never wanted responsibility. He was always out for fun and adventure, But when his new party is attacked by assassins one night into their quest, he is forced to take a leading role.

Theofrid has been all over the world in his 400 years. And all throughout his life, he has found one thing to be true. In a world of large people, gnomes have to stick together.

A long-distance affair between a small town local and his overseas lover quickly turns passionate upon their reunion. As soon as questions and concerns arise over their unconventional relationship, however, they are quickly smothered and silenced. Just how long can the fever dream last when the less than stellar truth finally comes to light?

‘Quick! Pretend you’re my output!’

Kerry blinks in bemusement, looking down at the hand on his arm. Who is this girl? ‘What? Why?’

‘I need to get this guy off my back and my boyfriend’s not here tonight.’

‘Oh.’ Kerry he decides to just roll with it and nods. ‘Well, okay.’

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Kerry and Johnny go to a party. Johnny gets laid. Kerry doesn't. Not quite, anyway...

Cyberpunk 2077/Cyberpunk 2020 ttrpg fanfic.