Stories

“We are not free. And the sky can still fall on our heads” – Antonin Artaud

Originally written for The Mentor Program – Fall Writing Project.

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Timothy is the school good boy. It's prom time and he wants to shed his teacher's pet image. So he asks out the baddest boy in school. Will he have the time of his life, or live to regret it?

Cory and Mark are BFFs who have faced all of life’s milestones together. They’re about to travel a dark path, until realizing the light will shine again on a different day. This story is an exploration of friendship and grief, and may be difficult for some to read.

Felicity and Margaret chat over afternoon tea when Felicity announces she's getting married. Again.

There was nothing Bryson and James wanted more than to get away from the stress of college, and once Bryson had convinced him, James was sure that this ski trip was the perfect way to do just that. Their week together in the snow would turn out to be something James would never forget, or the test that interrupted it, and the phone call he gets that night when Bryson was almost home.

When Peter decided he couldn't live the lie anymore, he came clean to his parents. They cut him out of their lives leaving him to make his own way in the world. When you are in college and trying to make ends meet there aren't a whole lot of options. Sometimes you do what have to in order to survive, especially during the holidays.

Communications and miscommunications, between a father and a son.

An episode in Jack Deveraux's life, a story of, loss, disappointment, acceptance, self discovery and circumstance. He starts going into a depression, luckily for him there are some good people around. This is how Jack deals with it, could he have done better? I don't know, do you?

25th May 2023. This story has undergone editing and revision to improve the reader experience. It has not altered in any other way.

There was a meeting in the spring; someone went home disappointed.