Stories

Teddy Chen, a young man who talks to insects after a mysterious accident, returns to school and tries to resurrect his dead ex-lover.

He is aided along the way by the ghost of Steve McQueen, inhabiting the body of a mantis.

Bizarre? Well, stranger things have happened.

Includes some drug use and how to cope with suicide

The ex-gay movement has hit the headlines recently with the films The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased, but what is it like to live by that belief, what price does it demand of an individual?

The story, in four chapters, set 1991, looks at how difficult it is to live a life denying your sexuality, and the cost the ex-gay life takes from a person.

Where Charles Wentworth is now, I do not know. I thought he was dead. It took decades to get over the heartbreak of his disappearance. And yet now that he has sent me a message, I feel not relief but horror… because, if my interpretation is true, then we are all in danger. The message in the sky is clear. Humanity may be about to go extinct.

Todd falls into Erick’s arms at the LGBT Halloween Dance at the College of William and Mary. Thus, begins their romance. They explore their burgeoning love and life together as a gay, interfaith couple during the Advent, Chanukah and Christmas seasons. But what about their brothers, Eron and Tayloe? Are they destined to fall in love also?

Devin Whitlock just got back from an 11-month tour of duty in Afghanistan and is leaving his base in Upstate NY to visit his parents, who live outside of Atlanta. Shortly after he enters GA his car breaks down and a pickup stops to help, but it’s not exactly the sort of help he needs. How will this turn out?

This story is part of the 2012 Winter Anthology - Desperate Ends.

With just a few days to go before their cinema closes down, Ray and John try to recover some of its former glory.

A young man must move leaving his boyfriend

Jimmy thought there would be plenty of time to decided who would ring his bell. He felt no compulsion to date, male or female, he was happy. Until the new student became a friend just before graduation.

Jimbo is serving his final year as a counselor at Camp Falls. He has just graduated from high school and will enter University in the fall. Everything is going smoothly until a troop arrives without a Scout Master. Jimbo is assigned to the role and meets Mason, a scout having his first experience at Camp Falls. The frisson between the two leads to a them entering a partnership. The challenges of Scout Camp, their parents and larger forces shape who they are as a couple.

I'd crushed on other guys before, my cousin Jericho was my first experience with pure, unadulterated love.