Stories

Brad Carson is a thirty-something single gay nerdish bear-chub who lives on a farm in the countryside near the small city of Pleasant View, Kentucky. Officer Jack Albertson is a presumably straight police officer in Pleasant View who is close to Brad's age and is secretly the object of Brad's hottest fantasies. The simple fact that Brad does not know how to swim leads to an unlikely friendship which will eventually turn into so much more for both men and change their lives forever.

"Where it ends, yo, usually depends on where it starts." But not always.

A glimpse into my mind in verse.

When Noah's partner of twenty years leaves him for a younger man, Noah finds himself single and starting over.

Evin and Ben were boyfriends for over two years in college, but their lives went in very different directions after they graduated. Now, years later, they meet again in a new city when Evin hurts himself. Ben is an emergency room resident when he'd always planned to be a hot shot plastic surgeon. Evin has a son, and his entire demeanor is different. Can they bridge the gap years placed between them or was their first parting destined to be repeated?

Three months on from his fateful phone call. Eric's life continues to evolve and change with help from his new friends.

A lonely, older man has spent his life hiding his sexuality. One day, by chance, this changes. Then a young man arrives to help him widen his horizons, as he slowly comes to terms with life as a gay man.

Kyp had enough smothering to last him a lifetime. He overcame so much to graduate high school. Now that he's finally at college, he's finding that the start is harder than he thought.

He has a roommate for the first time in his life, and people who would like to be his friends if he'll let them in. Kyp wants to be independent, but circumstances beyond his control will teach him that sometimes the second half of the race is the hardest part.

Peter Morticelli finds himself thrust into a ghoulish mystery, along with the rest of his small town. Strange sightings and happenings are leaving many to beg the question: is somebody tampering with the spirits of the dead? While a mystery is afoot, Peter is more interested in solving the mystery of Simon Chernosky, an unfriendly loner at his school.

I am dealing with chronic depression and panic attacks. This is my journey to try to make sense of it all.