Stories

Paul, Sam, and Will, 18 year-old teenagers, have everything going for them. That is, until everything changes.

Ben and Colin are comfortably in each other's lives, but the path of true love is never an easy one, and a mistake throws Ben's loyalties to the wind. Not only that, but the mystery behind the deaths of Denny and the rent boys remains unsolved. Carter only had a list of hits. Were Colin a different person he might leave things well alone. But the thing about sleeping dogs is that some people can never let them lie.

The lives of Jack Milner and Colton Greaney change forever when tragedy strikes the small farming community of Laferty in Northern Ireland.

At sixty four, Raymond Moore finds himself desperate to save his family, which was ravaged by a tragedy they never faced. While trying to sort it all out, he realizes two things: the pain they all face runs deeper than he could have imagined, and that it's never too late to start the healing process

This is the story of Alex and Emmett. Young, curious, lively and joyful. Their love knows no bounds. It is a tale of youth, coming of age, and the glory of love, unfolding and pushing the boundaries into endless depths, while exploring their bodies, minds and souls.

Like the namesake movie released in 2000, which is set in LA, What's Cooking (in NYC) explores the lives of four families as they make preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday. As with the movie, there is much unexpected drama, but with the added wrinkle that all four families, who are well-known to NYC Holidays readers, are waiting for loved ones to arrive on the same flight from California. When a glitch in Air Traffic Control occurs, anything can happen.

Nathaniel was sure that no one knew about his sexual preference so why does he feel as if the cab driver was coming on to him? He might be gay but he was not going to let a lowly cabby get anywhere near him! Cabbys were scums who push their cocks into any available human crevice so they can "scratch an itch"! Nathaniel felt insulted that this man even harbored the idea that Nathaniel would even look at him with desire.

Collection of stand-alone prose prompts and other shorts. Quick bites, in other words. A tasty snack or two.

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.

A refugee from the Fire Nation has made a life for himself after being rescued by the Southern Water Tribe. He meets Jinn, an Earth Bender burned and scarred from a battle with the Fire Nation.