Stories

The South Pacific, 1842. These are powder-keg times, and in the midst of French Imperial gun boat diplomacy, Redburn has had enough of the sea. He draws a reluctant Toby into an adventure, and in the process loses something more valuable to him than his own life.

Woody has just started collage as a botany major where he's glad to be out from under his parents' domain. Now free to explore his sexuality, he's been dating Sam for the last couple weeks, although he's wondering about his shy roommate's interest as well. He's suppose to be going out with Sam on Halloween night, but his roommate doesn't want him to go. He's caught in between.

Hieronymus Bartholomeus Craven is certifiably insane. Luigi Provenzano isn't.
Crave's wild stories call to him, though; what if the 'Dark Ones', those creatures he claims to see and kill, are real?

Devin Whitlock just got back from an 11-month tour of duty in Afghanistan and is leaving his base in Upstate NY to visit his parents, who live outside of Atlanta. Shortly after he enters GA his car breaks down and a pickup stops to help, but it’s not exactly the sort of help he needs. How will this turn out?

This story is part of the 2012 Winter Anthology - Desperate Ends.

Following a brutal murder of his parents, a young boy named Angelo is left alone to fend for himself. Molded into a man with bitter man who runs an empire with an iron fist, Angelo trusts only his husband, Gabriel and best friend, Jack. But as Angelo enters a world of liars and backstabbers, he will learn that a whole lot of danger still lurks in the dark. When loyalties shift in a second, and evil hides behind a smile, Angelo will need all the help he can get from reliable allies and thrive like a wildflower in order to survive.

Zachary was a goody-two shoes born and bred. He'd never break a rule, or a confidence. And now he faces two 'right' choices, between duty to the law and duty to his friend. Whatever decision he makes, there will be no going back.

Jesse has a secret and while Mike knows part, he doesn't know it all. Will Mike be able to forgive them, or will their wedding end in shambles.

It's been a year since they thwarted the terrorist plot on Los Angeles, but things are still far from over, especially for Riley and Gray. Both had come to terms with never seeing each other again. But things change when Riley is forced into a mission that lands him in the worn torn city of San Francisco, right where Gray happens to be. Will these two be able to rekindle their lost love, or will it be lost forever?

Elsie breaks her vow. She promised to never love him, but fell for the man she married.