Stories

Jake’s Side is a continuation of Jake's Hand, which looks at the same story from Jake’s point of view.

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.

The classic tale about a boy and his dirtbike. You know the one; boy meets bike, boy falls in love, bike hurts boy... yadda... yadda... yadda...

Simon - HIV-positive - tries to sort out his life. It will be a long journey until he realizes that there is more than self-pity and takes Ben's outstretched hand. Both are involved in the chase for an old masterpiece of Michael Pacher, the South-Tyrol woodcarver of the 15th century. Their way leads them to Prague and to the mysterious connections of the Order of the Knights of Malta.

He was never alone. Rage against that which torments him has broken him completely. His fate is decided.

In which Ben and William meet.

In which Ben and William find that sometimes you wish you only had rats in your basement...

In which Ben and William find that home is where you wear your hat.

Drew never expected to meet his true love on the train, but that's okay, he did anyway. Now if he can just figure out who the guy was and find him again...

"Some bad days are better than others"