Stories

Entry for the special anthology Secrets can Kill.


Pop star Little D has the career he's always dreamed of. The only thing missing is the man who made all this possible. Gus was once the name in the Martian music business. Now he's just a footnote. He lost everything in a tragic accident. He even lost a significant chunk of his memory and every day is a struggle for survival. Can his former lover restore what was lost?

Ryker thought he volunteered for an experiment that would help his government in a war against an alien planet. He didn't know he would become the experiment, or that he'd end up on a planet full of aliens that killed humans on sight. He wasn't exactly human anymore though.

Used, abused, Diablerized! Gamer boy Chris is at his wits end about what to do with his best friend Tony, who is never going to come out of his closet about their secret relationship. When Tony ends their game, Chris goes in search of another and gets far more than the LARPing he bargained for in a dark alley with Aran.

A coming of age story where an extraordinary encounter during a storm opens up a whole new world for Liam and Paul.

Quinn is starting his senior year in high school and continuing under the stress of trying to act straight. Being set up with cheerleaders whose pride is their body that he isn't interested in is nearly hell. That's paired with his fascination of an openly gay couple, one of whom is in his seventh period. Quinn doesn't know how to approach the younger Cameron, and goes the route that's expected of him... being a dick. His sexual tension grows, and he eventually snaps.

Callum Davies is a lovable rogue, or at least that's what people tell him. His comfortable life takes a turn though when he falls for his best mate, the straight and serious Jake. Fate plays strange tricks sometimes, and never more so than when it comes to love. Will it help or hinder Callum's quest to work out what to do about Jake?

Paul never expected to get on so well with the little cutie from work. Then again, he didn't expect him to turn out to be a crazy stalker, either...

River and Silver are back, fighting prejudice and the system to be together. With the help of Sam and his family they do the best they can but will it be good enough?

Travis has given up on finding love. That is until he meets this stranger that leads him everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Time, it is said, heals all wounds. The single, deep ones. The thousand cuts. But sometimes, sometimes, the scars left behind are just as debilitating. Can two wounded young men find the path that reaches out beyond their own scars to find each other?