Stories

While on holiday with his family, all Scott wants is to read, watch the ocean, and have some quiet time away from the pressures of being a straight-A student and captain of the rugby team. His pesky younger brother isn't helping things much, always butting in with questions Scott would rather not answer. For Scott has a secret. As Easter looms, conversations between the brothers grow darker and more poignant as Scott's family deals with emotional wounds that have isolated parents and children from one another.

Tanner has just won the best prize ever - an opportunity to meet one of his favorite singers, Jonathan White. Little does he know that the prize includes more than he bargained for!

Making amends to someone is more than simply telling them "I'm sorry." It's acknowledging your flaws to someone that you wronged, admitting exactly what your wrongs were, and promising that person you will live your life trying your hardest to not hurt someone else like that. You're promising them you will try to live a better life. After Scott hurt TJ, his life quickly spiraled out of control. Now, he has an awesome sponsor, an awesome boyfriend (who is his sponsor's younger brother), and working The Steps (until he reaches The Eighth Step). Will he find the strength to try and contact TJ again to make amends for what he did?

Frankie loves his job. He's good at it too. But events conspire to set him adrift.

Grid & Dice prompt: A neurotic tollbooth operator hides in an inner city one-star no-tell motel because: "Fuck, they saw me!"

Time has passed since Daniel's mother has died from cancer, he has come to rely on his best friend's Luke and Shelly as his anchor. While he weathered an abusive relationship with an alcoholic father.

Wes Carter is an accomplished and successful banker. He's attractive in his own unique ways. In his eyes, nothing beats the golden Adonis; the blondies. They are the perfect human species. Wes finds himself unable to resist their smell, temptations, and body. However, what if… these Adonises bring nothing but bad luck to Wes?

This story was written for National Math Story Day, 2017

Jake is a firefighter that gets promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to a new Station. He meets Peyton and falls head over heels for him almost immediately

Caleb lived on the streets for the past two years after being kicked out by his parents. Finding his estranged older brother Matt and his husband gives new hope to have a loving, supporting family.