Stories

A teenager suddenly finds out he is gay and falls for the hunky playboy star quarterback, of all people. The quarterback seems interested with him, or is he just fooling around?

On a hike up the creek to a waterfall, Benji finds an unusual treasure.

Four Days that changed a teenagers life

Benji is invited to an exclusive retreat for incoming high-school freshmen.

A gentle tale of seduction with a twist.

A chance encounter in the wilderness leads to adventues and more

Peter's adoption is nearing completion, and he and Benji are officially going to become real brothers, but not without a rough spot on the way.

Boccaccio's Decameron, a story of renewal and recreation in defiance of a decimating pandemic, relates how ten self-isolated Italians pass the time regaling each other with tall tales during the Black Plague. While Covid19 wasn't nearly as decimating, the opportunity for such entertainment did exist. As a takeoff on that idea, this short story might well be a modern version of one of the tales, recounting events of earlier, less stressful times.

My efforts at Prompt writing....

They had been pulled apart, their mother slowly falling into her mind, when he had been six. But now their mother had died just a month before and her will had asked for them to come together at least one last time to get what she has left behind for them.

They thought they would walk away with a piece of liquidated estate and money for their own lives.

They hadn't expected to find themselves coming back together as siblings.

A 2017 Christmas Story.