Stories

The Silver Tongued Scoundrel

Containing the last confession of Froderick von Brinsbane - bard, rapscallion, trickster, deviant, infidel, traitor, and thief.

The French Revolutionary War is finally coming to a conclusion, and after eight years of conflict, George Granger is going to have to adapt to a world at peace. While the conflict with France may be at an end, George has his own challenges to face. He has returned home to find himself richer, but estranged from his wife. His best friend and lover, Francis Calvert, has been wounded in the Caribbean and has not yet returned to England. Join George as he navigates this fraught era, which may be even more dangerous than when England at France were at war.

Shawn slips, falls, and dies, but his mind is transferred to himself in an alternative universe. The humans in this universe are far in advance of what he knew. Merged with an AI system, Shawn must explore this seemingly utopian world as he goes off to college only to discover a dystopian reality and military dictatorship. He was given a system that allows him certain skills or abilities and lets him improve those the more he uses the system, similar to a video game; some involve sex. Will he be able to level up fast enough to save himself, his new friends, and potentially the human race? Or, could the stakes be even higher than that?

It is August of 2004, the month that the Olympics were held in Athens. Will Schluter will be there, then he'll start his freshman year at Harvard with his cousin Marie. It's a bittersweet event because the man he loves, Travis Buck, has to remain in Hollywood to work on his acting career, and they'll have to deal with being separated by thousands of miles.

Meanwhile, Will's brother JJ is firmly established in New York City, trying to deal with the inevitable challenges life throws at him, while his father Brad will face a crisis that could ruin his marriage.

A historical Age of Sail story about what it means to try to define yourself as a man on your own terms in a repressive closed world that denies you that self-determination.

Collection of poems and other short pieces

A story of gay life, partly set in San Francisco during the late 1970’s. But all the gay men who moved there during that time came from someplace else, and in this story, Michael, as an adolescent in his home town, navigates the tugs of two conflicting religious strains within his family, while at the same time coming to terms with his sexuality. As you will see, in his twenties he escapes to San Francisco—but is it freedom that he finds there?

In a neopagan theocratic society where gay boys are classified as Dominant or submissive at eighteen, Ivar and Lars are sent to a midsummer initiation on the island of Mandø after being caught together. But as the days unfold, it is Ivar, rebellious, proud, and secretly aching to surrender, who takes center stage. Amid leather, rituals, and strict mentors, he discovers that submission may not mean weakness, and love may come in unexpected forms.

Awkward, introspective, and still a virgin, Bryant is caught between who he’s always been and who he might become. As he navigates adulthood after college, a new circle of friends opens doors to experiences he never imagined. Among them are Greg and Andrew—two charismatic coworkers whose presence both excites and confuses him. Bryant finds himself drawn deeper into a world that challenges everything he thought he knew about desire, identity, and what it means to truly be himself. Now, he must choose between staying safe in the familiar or embracing the unknown—and all the messy, beautiful truths that come with it.

Wanted criminal Hong Shen finally meets his end after being stabbed in the back by a comrade. As he makes his final resting place under a dead plum tree, he submits to death.

Instead, he receives two choices: die, or be given a second chance.

To take the second chance means he must complete a trial in the past in order to return to the present. But what he doesn't know is that the trial isn't only difficult for him, but even more difficult for the person he must be to fulfill it.