Stories

David of Hope's First Place Prize-Winning Entry:
What could go wrong during a game of shirts versus skins? (May, 2008)

This is the 11th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background on the series.

2008 Spring Anthology

Two teenage boys growing-up in Georgia during the 1970s begin secretly dating each other so they won't be found out. For revenge they pretend to date girls in their class and end up treating them horribly. When one of the girls ends up pregnant, their lives change drastically. The boy reluctantly ends up marrying this young woman and hides who he really is from his son. As the years go by we learn that his son has the exact same secret, but with a twist.

What do you do when you see a cute boy while out on a routine jog. For William, the youngster takes a much-deserved break, by buying a milkshake in a small plaza, where he sees a boy who catches his interest. What starts off as a curiosity soon builds up to a clumsy mistake and coincidently, ends up making the boys meet face to face. What will be said? Will the cat come out of the bag that William has been infatuated with him for weeks or how William turned up most days at the same time in the court to catch a glimpse?

Confessions of a gay alarm clock!

Based on Prompt 689

First Line: "If you die on me, I'll never forgive you."

This is a story of good intentions and how they don't always work out happily.

After visiting Daglon, the Horus crew is in search of a new job. The Society of Yanara Archives offers a search contract and hires the crew to find out about the origin of the Yanara people. Ancient documents tell of a journey through space and point to an unknown planet. The Horus crew does an elaborate research, finds a possible candidate, and sets out to explore the planet. What they find is shocking.

A love story between two older men, coming together again.

Conrad is desperately bored serving drinks at the gay bar where he works, until one day Kim shows up, and Kim is anything but boring.

Rated for language.