Stories

Elsie breaks her vow. She promised to never love him, but fell for the man she married.

Eleven-year-old Simon has a chance meeting, and spends time with an out couple. He is forced to deal with society's fears, and his own prejudice, on what Gay people are supposed to be like. This is pitted against the reality of Greg and Joey as a happy, and ordinary pair.

written from ages fourteen to nineteen

A gifted teenager meets his match on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Starting High School is tough no one can argue that. Especially when you have spent the last summer being hospitalized for a failed suicide attempt. All Nick wants to do now is try and put the pieces of his life back together and regain some kind of normalcy despite having a reputation as the school freak and through his efforts coming to learn that even someone as damaged as he is, is still worth being loved.

'I collect pretty boys. Whenever I see one—slight and effeminate, with long lashes and rosy lips—I want to own him. I want to make him want me. Adore me. Love me.'

A rather odd young man's life, summed up in less than 2000 words.

Love returned. Love rejected. Ecstasy and obsession.

...some old entries I stumbled upon in the course of my research...

Zephyr never had any friends before he started started high school. He was always "that weird chick". Now, he has lots of friends, but only a few who he can really identify with- the other transgender kids. One of them, a girl named Jenny, introduces him to Peter, the fourth, and maybe the last, boy he's ever loved.