Stories

The ex-gay movement has hit the headlines recently with the films The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased, but what is it like to live by that belief, what price does it demand of an individual?

The story, in four chapters, set 1991, looks at how difficult it is to live a life denying your sexuality, and the cost the ex-gay life takes from a person.

Encounters on public transport are mostly fleeting, raising questions, never to be answered. Liam Kendrick needs to make some important decisions. While considering his own life, he observes a stranger's as they both commute back and forth.

Rick walks into a guy on the street - quite literally - who he can't get out of his head, and cannot believe his luck when he discovers a day later that the other blue-eyed man can't stop thinking about him either. As their attachment grows ever stronger, Rick and Theo are brought closer and closer to a decision which will change both their lives forever.

This is a true story. The events described happened to me. Nothing has been changed or altered or embellished.

A part of Cia's 'Flash Fiction' challenge for the GA Newsletter, this short 'one-shot' story details the experience of a gay sibling coming home from college to meet his younger sister's boyfriend for the first time. Is he imagining things, or does he see more of himself in this boy than he expected?

It's Connor's birthday today, and his sister, Karen, has been super excited about his big party at a local pizza and amusement place in town! Mostly because Connor's best friend is sure to be joining the festivities, and she's looking to finally tell her big crush how she feels about him. Will it be good news for her, or bad news? Good news for Connor...or bad news? Join the party and find out!

This story is about finding happiness and finding love, having that love and make it withstand trials and tests. The main character is called Trace and he's an independent and strong guy. He's starting his senior year in high school and he meets an engaging and charismatic kid by the name of Christian. Let's see where this story takes us! This story is inspired by a song I heard so the storyline kind of ties into the song, check it out yourself!

How different might Stephen's life have been had he admitted his love for Pete 20 years before. Perhaps it wasn’t too late. (December, 2010)

Introverted teenager Remy just wants a quiet summer where he can read, play video games, and avoid his extroverted, popular twin sister. Unfortunately, he ends up sharing his house with two German exchange students visiting for the summer. If that wasn't bad enough, he also starts being haunted by the ghost of a woman who died after falling from a lighthouse decades ago. And he develops a crush on Loren, one of the exchange students, who starts to reciprocate his feelings.

Remy is not going to get the quiet summer he wanted.

Martin Pop is the vein of magic people who show up, fix the problems a family is experiencing and then leaves. He is a creature of magic like Mary Poppins or Nanny McPhee. Where he goes healing, love, and happiness is bound to follow. Martin, unlike the others, finds himself working in the United States rather than England or Australia, because unfortunately Americans need that type of magic more right now. What happens when this magic man is called to aid an injured soldier and his poor nephew? 

Written for the 2018 Fall Anthology - Fight Back and/or Good Intentions