Stories

Two college men who have volunteered to tutor black kids for the 1969 summer in the South grow more and more attracted to one another. But the summer ends before they realize the full extent of their love for one another, and they go separate ways—one to get married and have children, the other to join the military and go to Vietnam.

A story of love, lust and betrayal. Author: WriterRyan

This introduces Jake, the narrator of Moorpark Palms, a funny book of stories about a small Los Angeles apartment building in the 1990s. Jake & Conor is a light little romance, once intertwined with the longer book. I broke it out because it distracted from the apartment stories.

Jake the typical bad boy in many ways; into a lot of stuff he shouldn't be, and raising hell when he can. The only problem is, Jake is burdened with a conscience. Jump in, it's going to be one hell of a ride, if Jake has anything to say about it.

Fred Jamers has been falsely accused of killing his boyfriend, Stephane Thibedeau. Arrested, tried, convicted on circumstantial evidence, and sentenced to five to ten years in prison, the challenges he faces are more than the average prisoner.

Poetry composed for the 2017 Anthology, 'Jagged Edges.'

Adam and Glenn are getting ready for their annual Valentine's party. However, some memories are making it a more poignant event than they had planned. Join them in remembering how special a childhood toy can be even after many years.

Tyler and Jacob were the best of friends, until a misunderstanding tore them apart. After Jacob's revenge, the boy he hurt the most becomes his strongest supporter in an attempt to undo the mistake that caused the whole incident to begin with.

This story is about the mistakes people make in the heat of anger, and the love that will stop at nothing to save them from it, and the overall consequences that follow. Join Tyler as he becomes Jacob's Advocate.

As someone who doesn't get embarrassed easily I sure was in for a shocker of a first day of my last year of high school. Everything was going fine in my boring school, boring town and boring life until HE came along...

I just wanted to get through the end of school and move on to bigger and better things. Apparently, that was too much to ask for. I should have known that life is never that straight-forward for me. Let's put it this way, I'm going to be in for an interesting few years of friendships, and relationships? Wait no - that can't be right. Well I guess it is, so strap in and let's both hope that this doesn't end in disaster!

A story of a teenager coming to terms with whom he is. As he wrestles with the fact that he is gay, life throws him several curve balls along the way from life threatening diseases, cancer to shootings, Jacob finds his way through the web of his teenage years and hopefully comes out stronger on the other end.