Stories

Four boys who attend one of New York City's elite specialty public high schools face a unique set of challenges as the year draws to a close. Faced with a lost bet, Asher and Seth have agreed to spend a New Year's Eve together that neither will ever forget, and they've talked their friend, Freck, into hosting a party for the special occasion. In the meantime, Kyle's father makes a surprise offer that will help solidify his burgeoning relationship with Freck. As they count down the final seconds and sing Auld Lang Syne, the four boys will find that their lives have been changed forever.

Every year, I step into the world of the dark and scary.

Or sometimes the funny and halloweeny.

This is the 2019 Halloween Month Collection. Within these chapters you'll find darkness, trips into worlds that are being written or worked on, and characters doing many different things.

"Step into my web" said the Spider to the Fly.

This story is only for those who enjoy medieval, magical fantasy starring boys and teens. It is from The Book of Heroes, the source for “The Translator,” “The Paladin,” and other stories. It is a simple story in which the love between a squire and a young cleric becomes a political liability—because the squire is also a prince.

Celebrating a friend's outstanding headline spot swiftly followed by their victory is just the beginning. A special friendship develops between two people who should never have got close. An unexpected hook-up was never going to be a one-night-stand - that's not really Jenny's way - if it could be helped. Christmas in Berlin is magical and doesn't only bring gifts wrapped in pretty paper, some things are better left unwrapped. There's even the juxtaposition of one who does it for the money and another who does it for real.

Being at the bottom the pack hierarchy, Sasha is conflicted on an everyday basis. He does not feel like he belong, being a different species, being gay. His wolf wishes to protect but his human side wishes to surrender, only adding to his confusion.

When he finds out he is drawn to the pack alpha, it only complicates things.

Tristan knows how to run his pack, even though is has a lot of members, he is respected and no one dares to defy him. Until he comes across Sasha, the lowest ranked pack member who defiantly growled at him.

Sean is a troubled young man. Some of the things he does might be considered to be not all that well thought out. At times all his family and friends, particularly his older friend, Johnny (the narrator of these fragments of Sean's life), can do is to be there for him, and help him to pick up the pieces when things go wrong. Even when, sometimes, Sean himself doesn't even seem to want to pick up the pieces.

A series of stories between main characters Richard and Simon.

Larry was the son of a famous opera singer and a well-known conductor, but his passion in life was to be a medical scientist. However, when the pandemic waylaid his plans to go to the Bronx High School of Science, instead he applied to LaGuardia, New York's premier public high school of the arts. Just as an intermezzo is a short musical bridge, Intermezzo brings together characters from other stories in the New York Stories series while filling in some gaps. Told from the point of view of Larry's girlfriend, Robin, he learns that sometimes the shortest path to one's goals isn't the straightest one.

Two young men become casual acquaintances at a grocery store when Tyler bags Sean’s groceries and loads them in his car. Then Tyler quits his job.

The story begins during an unexpected meeting in the college library a year or so later. Sean is a third-year engineering student and Tyler a first-year business major. Tyler’s problem: he’s in a hopeless quandary over his required calculus course. Sean, being a third semester calculus student, offers to help him. Tyler accepts, and under Sean’s tutelage begins to understand what he can’t seem to fathom in the classroom. He also learns something about Sean’s hidden side.

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Hayden and Nathan May-Morelli are a gay couple, and both have been interviewing for better jobs. They were recently hired by the same company in a different state, and after moving there, they find a house that they like and purchase it. However, they end up getting more than they bargained for, and you might be interested in seeing what it was.