Stories

A midlife single university teacher in ornithology feels deeply unhappy with his life so far and starts pondering what made it that way. But although he is able to find part of the answers, he doesn’t have the courage to change it. When he is sent on a field research job in Alaska, the total change in environment brings him this courage and he enjoys the new-found freedom with the help of an extraordinary guide.

Luke, a 17 year old guy, is swooning over the new teacher in school. But what about his best friend, who has been dreaming about being with Luke for quite some time now

Alan loathes Christmas. He expects this one to be worse than usual. Then one of his neighbours calls.

Ben was up early in the morning, staring at his beautiful orange-headed cousin Gwen, who was still asleep. Ben was thinking he was the only one up, so he leans towards Gwen about to kiss her gently enough not wake her up, just as Ben was about to kiss her he heard his grandfather's voice. Getting busted never felt so good.

Who knew that a rejection would lead him to something much bigger and better... and his journey would take off like that!

Snapshots of lives as a young boy grows up, a young couple age, and an old man goes through his retirement.

This story starts in June of 2003. The invasion of Iraq is over, George Bush has landed on the aircraft carrier and proclaimed "Mission Accomplished", and the insurgency has yet to begin. Some may think America is at the height of its power.

Meanwhile, in the CAP world:

JJ and Will, both in doomed relationships that seem to be working. Will they unravel, and if they do, who is behind it?

Bloodlines is the eighth story in the CAP saga. It starts in 1998, and introduces a new character, Matt Carrswold. Matt is from a wealthy family in Shaker Heights, is a hockey player, and an excellent student. His world is about to be turned upside down.

Barry's life is about to change when his husband, Sal,tells him he's seeing someone else.

The semi-autobiographical story of a straight college boy named Matt who realizes he's not so straight when he crosses paths with a gay high school boy named Parker...