Stories

A short tale of someone's last journey.

The further adventures of Jamie and Miles

Following graduation and a double wedding, joined by their younger brothers, the newlyweds honeymoon in Europe. Upon their return, the younger teens start high school, but then tragedy strikes, bringing all Naptown Tales characters home for a final farewell. (June - August, 2010)

This is the 28th and final story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background info.

Sam Baker had three ambitions. He wanted to get through his last year of school with good grades. He needed to keep his head down, so as not to be the focus of the school bullies. And finally he wanted to be free from school, and free from Dane o’Hanlon.
Not that Dane even knew that Sam had the biggest crush on him, in fact Dane barely knew of Sam’s existence.

Most people, at some point, meet someone who brings a complete change to their lives and makes a huge mess. Usually it is their true love, and they never part. But sometimes this person just vanishes, the only trace of their existence being the trail of destruction and reconstruction they have left behind. Oscar met that someone in the school's toilet. This is how it turned out.

Jimmy had arrived recently from the Pacific islands of Kiriwati. Then he starts working in a building site in the island of Cambria where he met another boy, two years older Dave, who shows a proverbial bulge in his trousers. Then, after some days of Dave wooing Jimmy, they passed their first night together in the single bed of a rent room. The day after, they had a conversation that is the stuff of this story.

Reginald and his friend Orson explain why they do not agree with Plato’s essay and why they think that Plato’s concept of love is the reason for deep-rooted prejudices in contemporary Europe.

King Edward and his favourite men. Story. 15 Chapters. England, 1314. The liaison between King Edward II and his favourite Roger d’Amory enrages Queen Isabella and the peers. Isabella and her confidant Sir Mortimer seek to bring the king down. They devise a plot. Will their plan work out? Edward is a weak regent and king.

A tryptych of poems based around a fascination, or a love, depending on how you define the two. It's only by taking a leap of faith into the unknown that you ever find out which of the two it is. If it's not worth taking that leap, it's only fascination. If you can bear to not take that leap, it's love.

A young man was forced to attend a school away from home by his parents. At first, it seemed like the idyllic school for him, but things turned for the worse. At the end, he'd learn more about himself and life in general.