Stories

Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

They are both very inexperienced when it comes to topics of love and sex, however, they belong to a generation of a lot of exposure to the theoretical part. Coincidence brings them together, and they are eager to make it work. But that means, they have to overcome some sciolism. Can they do that and where will that lead them?

On a hike up the creek to a waterfall, Benji finds an unusual treasure.

A teenager suddenly finds out he is gay and falls for the hunky playboy star quarterback, of all people. The quarterback seems interested with him, or is he just fooling around?

The story of high school life in Ukiah continues, and again romance takes a rocky turn as homophobia and teenage angst threaten to ruin the day.

A short, one time, story about a boy's obsession with a former close friend as they begin to grow older. Keeping track of someone on social media can, occasionally, be just as much of a curse as a blessing.

Benji is invited to an exclusive retreat for incoming high-school freshmen.

Josiah Banners is being bullied at school, and things only get worse when the fact he is gay gets out. As events come to a truly frightening head, help comes from an unlikely source.

Peter's adoption is nearing completion, and he and Benji are officially going to become real brothers, but not without a rough spot on the way.

Boccaccio's Decameron, a story of renewal and recreation in defiance of a decimating pandemic, relates how ten self-isolated Italians pass the time regaling each other with tall tales during the Black Plague. While Covid19 wasn't nearly as decimating, the opportunity for such entertainment did exist. As a takeoff on that idea, this short story might well be a modern version of one of the tales, recounting events of earlier, less stressful times.