Stories

William Watthews runs the local recreation center. Most people call him, Will or Bear, but it seems someone has other plans for him. Just what is going on at the rec center and what will it mean to Bear?

This is the story about the friendship between a gay hipster and a straight male hooker. This is a story about bonding and intimacy, about opening up and shutting down, about everything that sneaks in somewhere amongst love and lust.

Liam Fenton was Bas's first major crush in college. When Liam stood him up on a date, asking for a rain check, Bas figured their timing was not right. They meet again after six years. Bas has scars from a failed marriage and a volatile ex-husband. Liam has thought about Bas and their missed date for years. After they meet, Liam decides to take the chance fate has given him and works to get to know Bas better.

After a strange anticlimactic kidnapping, Axel Graysen is pulled into the tumultuous world of the Wook Family. Axel treats Jeha Wook’s gunshot wound and ends up treating the oddly large team of brothers who work for Jeha. The problem is that Jeha’s people seem like delinquents, and Jeha is the largest delinquent. Axel worries about keeping the man he likes from getting hurt again.

It's the time of the year when we hear of miracles. This is my hope for someone Christmas Miracle

The family farm is for sale. It holds many memories. Connor doesn't want to lose it, but can it be saved?

Time-travel tour guide Reegan McNamara’s job is usually a breeze. A trip back to 2030 seems no different, until a woman runs away from his tour group. Now her husband is demanding her safe return—or Reegan will lose more than just his job.

P.I. Saul Kildare’s business is running on borrowed time. When a stranger bangs on his door one night and promises a windfall for a missing-person case, it seems too good to be true.

The two men have an immediate connection, but as their attraction evolves into feelings neither can deny, will they have the strength to take a leap of faith together?

Elijah discovers nothing lasts forever, and the circle of life goes on.

The world of physical abuse is a dark place, filled with pain, depression, confusion and emotion. Often we don't understand why people seem to remain in these abusive, destructive relationships for so long.

This story seeks to see things through their eyes.

Frankie loves his job. He's good at it too. But events conspire to set him adrift.

Grid & Dice prompt: A neurotic tollbooth operator hides in an inner city one-star no-tell motel because: "Fuck, they saw me!"