Stories

Growing up as a wolf shifter with no pack was hard for Anlon O'Connor, harder yet was having a grandfather who did not want to give you any clues to your past. Having been raised by his grandparents. Anlon only knows bits and pieces of his past, something that made him and his wolf feel incomplete. Now his grandfather has passed and the most handsome of strangers has appeared. Will the stranger answer his questions about the past?

Are you still waiting for Prince Charming to arrive? I have news: Princes don't just show up, you have to go out and get them.

17 year old Justin Grant goes to sleep in a park in 2011 and wakes up in 1880. The freak time travel makes him want to return home, even though his father is abusive. When he does manage to return, he starts to figure out how to control the traveling. The 1880s become his safe place from his father, and introduces him to sexual feelings for another boy.

When Josh and his family moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he knew he'd be helping his dad to renovate their new apartment. It hadn't been touched since the building opened in the mid-1950s and it needed a ton of work. Even so, it cost as much as they got for their old matchbook house in Brooklyn - close to a million dollars - and the only way they could afford it was to gut it and renovate it themselves. Josh was no stranger to handiwork, having helped rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, when he was just seven and could barely hold a drill. Little did they know that this time they'd face a hurricane and a global pandemic.

When his boss asks Harold to do a 6 month follow-up to his article on gay youth, he doesn't know what to expect. Along the way he finds triumph and tragedy . . . and some surprises, a rarity for this newspaper veteran. (July, 2008 - Anniversary Anthology) Please note that this entry is the 13th in a series of stories known collectively as Naptown Tales. The series can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

A winter's night, a piano bar, and a troubled relationship...

Memories of a past lover motivate a trip home to say goodbye.

As a centuries old vampire, Jeremiah Blackfoot is used to living a solitary existence. When he meets the sickly Cale, Jeremiah has to come to grips with the possibility that maybe there is someone out there for him. The biggest holdback for Jeremiah, Cale is human. Jeremiah has watched many lovers wither and die, and has since stayed far away from romantic entanglements. Can Cale and Jeremiah overcome the odds, or is there no hope of bridging the mortal chasm between them.

A romantic vignette for the character of Andrew Pendergast from James Howard Kunstler's World Made by Hand series

Trevor slipped up and is now out at school, but how will he tell his Evangelical Christian parents? He has a plan, but will it work? (September, 2007)

This is the 4th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. A slightly modified version more suitable for younger teens can be found at Codey’s World. Please see the Introduction for important background info.