Stories

The follow-up to the first part of this story: The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor.

Jules Ross is a detective who loves a mystery, whether it’s on his own time or the police’s. He is very good at his job and always gets his … man?

An evening, two playing a game of basketball— and the boy coming back alone.

What follows is a life shaped by quiet endurance: grief folded inward, desire hidden between careful gestures, love practiced in whispers. Years later, when the possibility of living openly brushes against him like light through a cracked door, he must decide whether it is safer to remain unseen — or braver to be known.

The Discipline of Silence is a tender, intimate novel about loss, queerness, and the slow, aching courage it takes to choose yourself.

Studying psychology while getting firsthand experience from his ‘college boyfriend’ isn’t the college experience Ace wanted. Luckily, a frat leader Carter hates offers to help break the abuse cycle Ace’s been gaslit into. Leo's only rules?

"Tell me if anything changes, or if I go too far."

"Don’t go back to Carter. If you need toxic, call me.”

Messy hook-ups are to be expected in a frat. When a chaotic freshman drags Leo into his on/off relationship, Leo uses a little consensual tough love to help Ace leave Carter. Ace's only rules?

"No sex.”

"No kissing."

Will the unspoken rule be broken first?

Don't fall in love.

Coach Hunt ate in comfortable silence. Sterling had the ability to stand so still, people would easily forget he was there at all. The master’s thoughts wandered and took him back to the night before. It was like a movie playing in his mind. He saw himself looking down at Lance’s face as they stood at the foot of his bed. The bedroom was quiet and his whisper had filled the space. Coach Hunt reached for the button on Lance’s jeans.

"Hang on." He said and he reached down and undid his laces and pulled his work boots off. “I want to make out first.”

You are the Nameless Hacker and Brandon is writing his story for you. Gay, confused, and deeply closeted he shares his struggles and his triumphs with us here. Despite all that goes on he always manages to smile and shine on through. Share Brandon's smiles and his tears.

Love doesn’t end. Its role changes.

Lonnie doesn’t stop loving Leo.
He stops trying to live inside that love.

After a cruel encounter on a late-night train, a disabled old man and the loutish teen who mocked him wake up in each other's bodies. But this isn't a lesson in empathy—it's a punishment. Professor Taine must navigate Charlie's disastrous life: a gang debt, a racist father's political campaign, and three furious girlfriends. As Taine races to undo the swap, he discovers an unexpected ally in Charlie's sharp-tongued sister—and an even more dangerous connection with Tyler Cole, the son of his father's political rival. But the demon is watching, and every choice comes with a price.

In a salt-worn coastal town, Elias Voss has built a life of routine and uncomplicated arrangements. His closest bond is with Camille Leclair, whom he once dated and now calls his best friend.

But when Camille's estranged son, Rowan, is forced to move to Wrenhaven after his father's death, what arrives is not a young man but a lit fuse: beautiful, furious, and sharp. What begins as mutual hostility between the two men slowly turns into something neither of them can avoid: a consuming, intense, secret love affair.

Wrenhaven is a story about desire, lust, and a town too small to keep secrets and too proud to forgive them.

Medellín follows sixteen-year-old Hunter, an American dragged from D.C. to Colombia for his dad’s diplomatic post. Angry, lonely, and carrying old scars, he stumbles into the chaotic energy of local teens—and into Miguel, a boy who’s magnetic, mysterious, and hiding dangerous secrets. As their connection deepens, so do the risks, pulling Hunter into a world of love, loyalty, and choices that could break them both. A gay coming-of-age romance with a sharp thriller edge.

Matt and Valerian spend an evening with their oldest sons.