Stories

James reunites with his ex, Evan, now a determined law student, and they slowly rebuild their relationship with new boundaries. While James is sent out of town to rescue a failing engineering project, his homophobic family crises erupt: his father’s cancer and death, and his brother Sam’s years of manipulation and financial abuse. Supported by Evan, James protects his mother, pursues justice, and begins to imagine a shared, hard-won future where love, not fear, defines the rest of his life, one cautious step at a time, finally choosing himself.

Rami is a home stager, selling the illusion of perfection. His ex brother-in-law Dan is everything he's not supposed to want: too big, too hairy, too straight, too... Dan. But working together with one sweaty week to get Dan's house on the market proves to Rami that the best things in life can't be curated.

When artist and illustrator Louis leaves London and moves to his late uncle’s house in Northamptonshire, his intention is to simplify his life. He didn’t expect a cute painter and his toxic aunt, a burned-out ex who comes to visit but stays, and a grumpy gay policeman, not to mention men from his uncle’s dodgy past who seem to have criminal intentions and an obsession with an ancient artefact.

Today, with modern treatment and prevention, we often forget about AIDS and the toll it took upon the gay community. At the end of a long trip, Robert's final stopover is Minneapolis. There, he encounters a friend of a friend who had fallen to AIDS twenty-five years earlier. This is a sad story, and was difficult to write, and I've kept it on the back burner for over a year. Dedicated to a close friend who passed thirty-two years ago on his favorite holiday, Halloween.

This story completes a trilogy, following "A Class Reunion" and "Love, In the Ashes of Time."

After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1974, Jody DiFranco joins the US Navy and moves to Newport for OCS and then Norfolk for his first assignment. Having known since childhood he was attracted to guys, Jody learns lots about M2M sex on the varsity baseball squad at UNC. As he makes the transition from UNC to USN, he has great concerns about fitting into military society where he might lose his career if his sexuality becomes known. Join Jody as he maneuvers through his new life in search of belonging and fulfillment.

Journey Home follows Adam as he returns to Vancouver after fifteen years with his new partner, Alex. Haunted by Jamie, his deceased boyfriend, Adam confronts his unresolved grief, especially during an emotional visit with Jamie’s parents, who still cherish him as family. Through flashbacks, reunions with old friends, and Alex’s steady presence, Adam learns that loving again doesn’t erase the past, it honors it. To move forward, he must gently release Jamie, not from his heart, but from the frozen space he’s guarded for so long. Grief doesn’t vanish; it transforms. And love, even new love, needs room to breathe beside loss.

When gay uncle Paul helps his sister on a London trip, he never expects sparks with Rob—the rugged army dad with a commanding presence. From airport flirtations to mile-high hookups and museum trysts, their encounters blaze a trail amid family chaos. But can a layover fling become something more?

I thought this trip to a luxury resort with my five rich, straight high school friends after our first year at college was a rare chance to finally be included. Turns out, they had something very different in mind—and I was about to find out just how far they'd go when there were no girls... and no rules.

Brothers-in-law or what? A simple weekend away releases a welter of surprising feelings and ideas for Gavin and Jason, whilst Gavin’s son Matthew, happily ensconced with his girlfriend, suddenly finds himself dealing with interest from his friend Rory. Rory, in danger of being overwhelmed by discovering he’s gay and being rejected by his parents, finds a new home with Gavin and his family, and a sort of peace in the arms of a burly Czech builder.

For Andy, 4 AM runs are a sanctuary—except for the irritating zoo security guard constantly patrolling his route.

But when a freak accident leaves Andy battered on the asphalt, his "nemesis" is the only one there to catch him.

A first-aid session in the back of a cramped SUV quickly turns into a different kind of encounter, proving that the friction between them was just a spark waiting to ignite.