Stories

Have you ever wanted to be a better person? You know the simple list of things: have more friends, fun, and fantastic sexual experiences just to name a few. Yet, what if the price is death?

It is the summer of 1839. A 19-year-old boy sets out to be a man. He chooses the sea, or it chooses him, because it is a place where men who love as he does can escape society's pronouncements upon them. The boy unknowingly begins a classic hero's journey of self-discovery – travels 'there,' discovers his task is a deeply personal one, then returns 'home' to find home is not where he wants to be anymore.

Poetry

A Never Goodbye

Fleeing a fatwa back home, young Altaf and his ammi immigrate to America. Befriended by a Jewish boy, will there be fireworks at the Thanksgiving dinner table? (November, 2007)

This is the 6th story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. A slightly modified version more suitable for younger teens can be found at Codey’s World. Please see the Introduction for important background info.

I am dealing with chronic depression and panic attacks. This is my journey to try to make sense of it all.

This short story collection is embracing all the cruelty and beauty of the world around us, highlighting the small details of the development of our feelings and emotions. Sometimes what doesn't kill you makes you scarred for a lifetime, sometimes it is really hard to realize how much you hurt other people, and sometimes you don't realize how much they hurt you. You need a lot of courage and fear to be able to commit suicide, but even to be able to stay alive.

When Mrs. Benson goes to the cemetery to visit her family's graves she finds they have been robbed. The sight causes her to have a heart attack and leaves her two employees, James Trenton and Alice Frank to deal with ghosts that have been shaken loose by this tragedy.

November 1843 to February 1844. In probably the greatest same-sex love story ever told, one man's soul is redeemed by an act of self-sacrificing love, while all the rest are damned by a single man's hate.

Cyberpunk 2077 fanfic. Kerry Eurodyne/V.

He plays for me, humming along with the melody. Waves break lazily against the side of the yacht as it moves along down the bay at a leisurely pace. I lean back in my seat and just watch him, listen to the sound of his voice. Always liked that voice. Always listened when it came up on the radio.

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It's weird, hitting it off with a much older musician you've always admired. Weirder still when you've got his long dead best friend kicking around in your brain...

My take on V and Kerry's relationship from Boat Drinks onward and past the Stars/Aldecaldos ending.