Stories

Dan has a problem. Or rather, many problems which combine to form one big... how do you call it, a conundrum? Unlike a lot of people though, he already knows what it will take to confront the conundrum and he sets out, on paper, how to do exactly that. In this coming out/coming of age story set in modern UK, I challenged the fundamental building blocks of a writer's craft. Dan's Conundrum is a commentary on what we write, why we write, and why we write the things we write.

Corbin Crowley didn't intend to fall in love during his junior year at Old Dominion University. But he did... and this is what happened.

Jacob left Eli with more questions than answers when he turned the gun against himself.

Now Eli, quiet, docile and transparent, tries to pull back the layers surrounding his boyfriend's sudden death, and the people responsible -- accidentally finding love, losing love, and hiding in the shadows of a murder investigation.

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.

Plumber’s apprentice Andrew Richardson finds himself in an unlikely battle of wits with a pretentious American pop star visiting London for the Brit Awards. The singer is unhappy because there’s no heating, but the boiler needs replacing and on Sundays, Andy goes to church.

Derrick has recently left the comfort of his old school to attend a new prep school on the other side of town. He may not have their money, or their possessions, but once he finds the love of a boy he meets on the bus...he finds something much stronger.

The future is not what most of the Earth's population thought it would be. The very idea of a global, man-made, apocalypse seemed so far outside the realm of possibility that most of humanity couldn't see what was happening until it was too late. Young Noah Kenner is living in this new world. This desolate landscape. And his love for one boy, and one boy alone, may be the only thing to carry him through to the other side.

After a very long journey, a samurai named, Tatsuro Myoki has stumbled across a community of innocents that simply want to live in peace and harmony with the world at large. However, when the 'blood gods' come to collect local citizens as tribute...this lone samurai must choose between leaving a life of death and murder behind, or using his unmatched skill to protect those he has come to care about!

Young Wesley has spent his life trying to be a decent boy. Always holding back, always trying to make the right decision. But when a young group of delinquents step into his life, they begin to free him from what he knew as being right and wrong. However, these other teens are a lot more than what they seem. Beware the full moon, the new moon, and every dark hour in between!