Stories

These angels aren’t the frilly, flowing robes wearing kind. They work hard, mess up and have strict bosses. But they still manage to have fun.

Being the doorman for a sleazy little strip bar isn't the most glamorous job, but Johnny's life takes an unexpected turn when one of the dancers taps him on the shoulder and asks for a cigarette.

Shiro keeps fighting the cook at Waffle House who makes his eggs wrong.
Keith doesn't even work at Waffle House, but he's never had so much fun outside a kitchen as he does throwing punches out back.
Adam is really fucking sick of this nonsense and wants his boyfriend to grow up.

...poor Adam, we won't miss him.

Three poems that explore what happens to a soul between death and rebirth.

They think that there is something wrong with Chris but there isn't. He's just in the wrong place; the wrong life. In fact, he isn't Chris at all

Freck and Kyle are both seniors and they’re out and proud. They’re also protégées, as Kyle just turned eleven and Freck is about to turn thirteen, on the day after Christmas. Kyle wants to get his boyfriend something special, but the watch Freck likes is way out of Kyle’s price range. Maybe with help from friends and family, and with a lot of self-sacrifice, he can swing it, but they’ll both learn the greatest gift is one they already share - the love of family.

With Darren's parents away for several hours, Simon and Darren have planned a fun filled day of sex. Unfortunately, things start going wrong almost immediately...

In an England without potatoes, Tim is a spudhunter. The best. Really - the very, very best.

Reed and Kristos have a fight, and Reed is worried that they might lose their perfect life. A snapshot glance into an ordinary relationship, with extraordinary moments.

Chandler Drake is in middle school and rides the school bus that Bob Bell drives. They’re also neighbor’s, so when Bob sees that Chandler is being bullied, he wants to help. Bob does what he can, but he would like to do more. When he discovers a second boy, Nick Morenus, who lives nearby and rides a different bus, is going through a similar situation, Bob attempts to offer a solution to help both boys. Chandler has devised his own solution that works even better when combined with Bob’s proposal. Will this strategy solve their problem?

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘An Unconventional Gift’.