Stories

A gay man's grey recollections about youth, friendship and unrequited love in a small, redneck town. (DISCLAIMER-All characters and environments, (save a well known river) in this story are original creations by the author and in no way represent any actual person or place.)

Deputy Sheriff Blake Alston is driving around a nothin' town on a Saturday night and sick of going back to an empty house and cold bed. But Axel Carmichael seems to have a talent for being in the right place at the right time. Blake isn't ready to have his heart broken again, but even with the fact that Axel is seven years his junior and in love with someone else, he can't quite get the young man out of his head.

You would think that falling in love and finding a boyfriend would get easier once you began coming out to your friends and family. But Gabe is finding out that the same nervous jitters, the same paralyzing fear, and the same unavoidable misery exists when lost in the maze of infatuation. Sometimes, finding what you really want in another boy can be just as terrifying as not finding it.

2006 Anthology

If life was there for the taking, then it might look a lot like Kay Walker’s life. A good family with liberal and accepting attitudes, doing impressively well at college both on and off the field, a big circle of friends, and a promising future.

Of course, there are a couple of problems with this picture. Firstly, it wouldn’t make a very interesting story. And secondly, perhaps more importantly, it’s not quite true. Or at least, it’s not the whole picture.

Alex and Zach meet while transfering into a new college as Juniors and quickly become best friends. Alex soon learns that he would like to become more than just friends with Zach, but will Zach's troubled past stand in their way.

Prince Lyaris has disappeared. Inspired by the false magician Zhoron, the young prince set out to find the gate to the magical realm of Tyrnae. However, only the chosen ones may enter the otherworld and leave it again. Aaron, unhappy in love with the prince, sets out to find Lyaris. The wizard Neldor accompanies him.

2007 Spring Anthology

Charlie, a young Brit returns to Africa, his place of birth, to spend his gap year between high school and university. Long in the denial closet Charlie finds himself and is swept along willingly into a world of his dreams which is not without its emotional challenges.

At an all boys' boarding school, closeted Elijah finds on his bed a strange love note. A small poem. It's not a very good poem, but apparently another boarder at the school is in love with him! On the other side of the paper is an amazingly detailed sketch of the four of them - Elijah and his friends Reggie, Tiger and Owen. When a second poem and sketch sets a recurring precedent, Elijah enlists the help of his friends as he becomes increasingly obsessed with finding whoever is leaving him these cryptic, artistic symbols of love.