Stories

A Halloween special, and a response to prompt 457: Spiders.

Every young man in the Mormon Church is expected to give up two years of his life to preach the gospel wherever he is called. Some make this decision because they believe in the message, some do it because they are expected to, some do it out of a sense of duty, and some are trying to escape the real world for a while. Whatever the reason, being gay and being a Mormon missionary is no easy feat.

When Bryan finally finds the man he wants to be with forever, he thinks his life will be perfect. But it's taken time to convince not only Wyatt that he's sincere, but his own mother as well. Between Wyatt's anxiety to trust again after a brutal breakup with an ex, the ex still trying to wreck havoc in Wyatt's life, and Bryan's own mother's doubts, Bryan is over-stressed. So when Wyatt disappears days after their engagement, he's left devastated and confused.

Halloween parties, zombies, and teenagers. What could happen?

Be careful about taking things home from the cemetery. You might bring home more than you wanted.
This was the case for a ten year old boy named Joe. A marble he found in an old cemetery opened the door to a ruined childhood. As an adult he though he had escaped his torment until he moved back to his home town.

The kids of the Global Explorer and schools throughout the world show that they can make a difference. Armed with science leavened with a touch of magic*, they help bring the Enlightenment to the most closed societies of Earth.
[*It’s magic only until you understand it.]

Tyson Ignacio Curuthers, a ghetto boy gets sentenced to 2 years at the Ogden Castle ranch. What he finds is more than just horses and horse shit.

How Michael and I met and married.

Jason Colby hasn't always gotten along with his Parents. So after an argument that led to him walking out on them and the rest of his life, something changes that brings everything crashing back around him.

A teenager tries to figure out how to deal with his family issues and conservative small-town thinking.