Stories

A man who has recently lost the love of his life is deep in denial and about to let himself starve and freeze to death, but then an unexpected visitor forces him to open his eyes and look past the all-consuming void he has been left with.

After the death of his father, Addison reluctantly returns to his hometown in order to help get his childhood house ready for sale. There, he is forced to face the trauma that made him leave and that severed his close bond with his first love, Tom Hadley.

Poems for Brian

Talbot was an unexpected nudge from life I couldn't ignore.

What is Shawn to do when the man that he had loved since the beginning of his life was the man that he could not express his love for? What is Sam to feel when he stood behind the love of his life as the bestman instead of before, in his rightful place, as the groom? What are they to do when the love they share simply isn't practical because they are brothers? [Part of 'Tales of Love, Tales of Woe' short story collection]

A straight guy does not fall in love with a gay one. A healthy romantic relationship cannot be without sex. These are amongst the socially imposed notions of sex and sexuality that Shawn had to wade through in order to sort out his feelings for Sam, his gay best friend.[Part of 'Tales of Love, Tales of Woe' short story collection]

Prompt

“Hey, we never met but our showers are on opposite sides of the same apartment wall. Sometimes we shower at the same time and sing duets.”

Chris Ryan has hit rock bottom and started to dig. Lost in a labyrinth of pain he no longer knows how to leave, he has lost the ability to hope. How did he get here and can he get out? This is his story.

Nathan is utterly smitten with gorgeous first year art student Sam, but Sam has a secret that may ruin any ambitions either of them have of a relationship with each other.