Stories

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

Conversations are short vignettes in sets of three that check in on members of the Sanitaria Springs universe. They frequently happen between other stories and may reference events that occur in other stories.

At sixty four, Raymond Moore finds himself desperate to save his family, which was ravaged by a tragedy they never faced. While trying to sort it all out, he realizes two things: the pain they all face runs deeper than he could have imagined, and that it's never too late to start the healing process

Asher White was everything Clarke hated. He was half-black and half-Asian, and out and proud. But when Asher actually managed to beat Clarke in wrestling, he just snapped and punched Asher out. Clarke knew this was it. He'd worked so hard to get into New York's elite Stuyvesant High School and now it would be for naught. Grasping at straws, he tells the vice-principle the one secret not even he knows he has. With the help of a new friend, he is forced to confront years of abuse he has suffered at home. After all, bullying starts in the home, and it must end in the home.

Seth and Asher are two boys growing up on New York's Lower East Side. Nearly finished with their first year at Stuyvesant, one of New York's elite public specialty high schools, they’ve become inseparable as boyfriends. Asher dreams of opening a restaurant and looks forward to helping his father open a new Cajun place. As the son of a politician, Seth helps to find a prize location for the restaurant nearby that they can afford. When tragedy strikes and faced with the possibility of it closing before it even opens, the young teens take over and manage the restaurant by themselves.

Prince Noah and the Blacksmith's Apprentice Phoenix are close friends, and to their dismay that's all they can ever be. But when the Prince goes missing Phoenix will do anything to get his friend back. And he realizes he may never be able to let him go again.

Adrian has been yanked out of the rogue life violently. While trying to adjust to pack life, he has to deal with the strange new feelings he has towards the Alpha's son. But life isn't so simple. Evil and madness are afoot, and Adrian has to keep an eye out. Why? Because the very people who caused him to become a rogue are back.

Can one chance meeting change everything? Just a normal day for Miami boy Joseph Tapia...but an unlikely collision on December 17, 2010 would change his life forever.

Thirteen-year-old Simon sits face to face with Father Strathmore, but what has he done wrong... experimented with drugs, kissed a boy, or lied in Confession? The priest has a vested interest in finding out, and it is a deeply personal and troubling one.

Alexander lost his eye in an acident and ever since he has been caged in the castle walls. That was until a hellhound came along. Now he will explore new places and learn new things and find his true love.