Stories

A first boyfriend, loyal friends, a stepfather he could do without, the snakes, frogs and lizards that hang out with a nice guy who wants to be more than friends, and the return of his best friend, who was pulled into a strangers car when they were eight years old and disappeared. No one ever told Jesse that growing up would be easy. When it wasn’t, he was always confident that he could hold his own. But one situation after another reduces even the sturdiest parts of his world to pieces.

2006 Fall Anthology -- needs formatting

A quick story about a boy who becomes the focus of another boy's attention and the destructive way he deals with it.

Perry (A fairly rich kid who always seems to be in some sort of trouble) and Jesse (A poor kid who is a blackbelt and has a bad past reguarding his previous schools and his father) find love for each other after Jesse moves to Perry's school from another city.

In a torn Jerusalem a young Israeli Army doctor falls in love with a Palestinian boy. My God, where does this lead to? Or would it turn out to be just fine, Inshallah?

Despite promises to the contrary a teenage boy finds himself in yet another Juvenile Care home. He feels abandoned by his own parents, as if he was refuse, placed besides the garbage can at collection day. Feeling hurt and rejected, he withdraws and experiences a paralyzing all-encompassing loneliness. Until he receives attention, warmth and affection from another boy. Where would that lead to?

Jackson is deaf, and his boyfriend wants to see what life is like for Jackson. This story is based on the first 2006 anthology theme "A Day of Silence".

Jake is a rebellious teenager, perhaps as a response to his father - the captain of the local police force - who has very strict ideas about how Jake should live his life. A mysterious smile is exactly what Jake needed to show his dad that his life is his own.

It’s the Sixties and Ronnie is certain everyone in his family thinks he’s a homosexual. The problem is, he’s not too certain he isn’t and he knows next to nothing about sex. Then an answer appears in a little game of spin the bottle.

Schools out for the summer! Our heroes from Boyfriends for Christmas are back, and what a difference six months makes.

They are about to take part in Initiation Weekend where they'll make new friends, take part in a local tradition and grow up a little.