Stories

Vic just wants the last two years of his new high school to be calm, boring even. But the kiss from his best friend at New Years throws that out the window. And then there is his past that doesn't seem to stop haunting him. Will he be able to form new relationships and let go of old ones?

Young suicidal, sexually insatiable, Geoff Johnson finds love in a beautiful boy named Tim Chambers, who once forced him into a sexual situation, only to have Tim torn from his presence as a result of Tim’s parents’ criminal activities. Always wondering whether he will see Tim again, Geoff seeks sexual relief from a never ending string of boys who he hopes will become the boyfriend he lost in Tim.

With life at Greenstone now a distant memory, Puppy takes a leap in the real world to try a dose of independent living. With study, work, his drive for social inclusion and a boyfriend who can't keep a lid on his temper, Puppy feels the weight of life's reality without a safety net. Sink or Swim, he's as mature and determined as ever. But he can't get someone off his mind, and it's not Hunter!

Elijah's clever and Elijah's hot. Elijah thinks he's got it all figured out. Follow his life in the build-up to university--in which he discovers that, actually, he hasn't got a clue.

What is the Barbed Wire Heart? Someone is responsible for the death of an innocent. They need to be brought to justice, but how? Join the hunt as those touched by the tragedy struggle to deal with life while the truth is obscured.

Welcome back to the world of “Divine Intervention.” Mark, Dan, Robert and Belinda are trekking across France and Spain before arriving at their home in Algiers. Thomas is restless and Joe is trying to steady his usually unflappable partner who wants to move back home to South Carolina. Sean is painting Sidney in a new series that rocks the art world and challenges Sidney’s sense of family and home. In a world that has turned upside down, they are all trying to find places of safety and refuge they can call home.

Tait is a model married to a famous artist. Things were wonderful but things change.

Times of environmental disaster, political upheaval and endless wars . . . . 1816 is relevant to the world we find ourselves navigating today. Antonin Carême, the world’s greatest celebrity chef — with his rockstar salary and good looks — heads to an open-ended engagement at the Prince Regent’s seaside home. What, though, are his true motivations for going? What about all the deaths and attempted killings unfolding at the Pavilion while he’s there? Who is this mysterious doctor who draws him into the investigations?

These are poems: Prose-poetry/Lyrical prose, ballads, sonnets and other forms.
Topic span: Space, Insanity, Death, Society, Frustration, Beauty, Peace, Despair, Intimacy and Sex -- but most are actually love poems.

For a man who grew up where family and community meant everything no punishment could compare to the Shunning