Stories

Cameron MacKenzie and Kevin Stolz had been best friends and almost brothers their entire life. When a series of bad things happens to their families, the boys find themselves getting closer than they ever considered before.

After a huge row between his twin brother and their father, Russell’s mother sends him off to stay with her cousin in Europe, with no explanation. Reluctantly, the shy nineteen-year-old faces the issues which have kept him in his brother’s shadow for the past five years. It’s a twisted path of denial, anguish and unexpected joy, as Russell struggles to deal with long buried emotions and hopes.

James, an American closeted teen follows his parents to France, Paris to be exact. Alone and incapable of saying anything coherent in French how will he manage?

The valedictorian and his boyfriend face a future of attending colleges on opposite coasts.

A year after moving to Washington, D.C., CJ Abelló’s a much more confident young man, ready to challenge the world.

He and his friend Harley embark on a road trip soon after the end of their sophomore year in high school, spending time in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh.

Leaving his yellow Jeep, Defiant, at home. He travels to Australia on his own. A second road trip has him visiting the Blue Mountains and exploring Canberra.

Following a stop in Miami, he returns to the District, where someone he meets at a party will influence his future.

Little side stories from the EPIC-verse

There are lots of differences between Ryan, the Nebraska Marine, and Clayton, the buttoned-down engineer ... but perhaps more in common than either man suspects. Ryan's rebuilding his life after a tour of duty created major changes, while Clayton, at loose ends after the death of his lover, still has secrets that shape his life.
Can they build their strength--and find common ground--within the lion's lair?

Past disappointments have led Joseph to go his own way. Will meeting Kelly, who has faced his own woes, help Joseph see he doesn't have to go it alone?

When a man known for his luck picks up some unexpected cargo, he may find he's lucky in love. His possible lover hasn't had much of the good kind of luck. His life has been controlled with fear and pain. A chance meeting may change his luck for the better forever if he can figure out how to embrace it. [M/M, slave, abuse, hurt/comfort]

Hiding from his past, Roman is doing everything he can to stay free and safe. His version of safe is just doing high speed drag racing and gambling on his wins. Roman can count the number of friends he has without any fingers and he's happiest that way. When Roman is offered a job he can't refuse, he must own up and deal with his past while trying to have a future.