Stories

Two fearful boys meet an outstanding dog.

Dedicated to all the dogs out there who are sometimes smarter than their boys.

Jason Richardson has decided to make a major change in his professional life--a change that takes him to Austin, Texas. The first person he meets when he gets his luggage off the airport carousel is the handsome Johnny Breeze.

The two of them change more lives than they could ever imagine, but nothing can compare to the events that take them places they never imagined possible.

There is a lot of comedy, drama, and passion. Something for everyone!

The Kombat Kids belong to Unit One. Unit One was Started by James and Matt Bateman to give the local boys an option to the mostly homophobic Church run youth groups and the scouting programs. The Unit is located near the Columbia river in the South East Corner of Washington State and is made up of mostly gay boys and men. Members learn to cope with their own fears and problems during the first year and a half of the Units existence.

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy.

Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.

I am sure many of you, like me, learned this children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen predicts whether you will have good or bad luck. Something I came across subsequently, was the existence of many variations on this rhyme, some more sinister than the children’s version.

One of those is incorporated into this short story about boyhood abuse.

Having recently lost his father from a mining accident in Northern Western Australia, twelve year old Hunter Mitchell along with his much younger brother Fraser learnt from their mother, that we may be moving to her ancestral home of the Cook Islands, in the central Pacific. This meant that Hunter would be leaving his good friends, especially his best friend Jacob, who along with his father and older brother, took me on a sailing trip onboard a racing trimaran, to help me stop thinking of the loss of my father, and had an awesome time.

Young Barry wants a bicycle for his birthday, but...........

Felix and Finn are twin brothers separated at the age of two years, following the separation of their parents.

One twin remained with his mother in the UK, while the other travelled to New Zealand, his fathers home country.

Kyle and Blu's life continues after college, they are both teachers now. Their family continues to grow, as do the everyday struggles life brings with it. Jared, Kyle's twin lost his wife while she gave birth to their son, leaving the family reeling to help one another get through life's newest trials.

Dean was hating the Christmas season. He'd been roped into working as Santa's aide by his boss, and he was just done with it. Annoying parents, crying tots, greedy kids—it was rapidly becoming too much. Until he meets Chase... and his irritation melts under Chase's Christmas wish.

Based on Prompt 689

First Line: "If you die on me, I'll never forgive you."