Stories

Write 30 poems in 30 days

Every so often, you meet someone who turns your world upside down, screwing with your psyche in ways you never thought could happen and giving your imagination those shockingly detailed images and thoughts that rattle your confidence in your own identity. That's what has happened to me with one particular co-worker. Chad is his name, and Jim is mine, thus you can begin to see what some might consider to be a problem in a mostly "straight" world. . . .

For John a picture in a magazine brings back memories of his time at an English Boarding School

The story of a teenager named Aedan Jackson as he grows up bisexual. His interests include sports like basketball and he enjoys art a lot. In fact, he's probably an art prodigy. He has a best friend named Jake Grant.

Most people, at some point, meet someone who brings a complete change to their lives and makes a huge mess. Usually it is their true love, and they never part. But sometimes this person just vanishes, the only trace of their existence being the trail of destruction and reconstruction they have left behind. Oscar met that someone in the school's toilet. This is how it turned out.

((this story is not finished)) Before attempting to fulfill his destiny, Bard & Loremaster Cy goes home to relax and have a wee bit of a holiday. What he finds is something extraordinary, and will change his life forever.

In synopsis,the convoluted plot which is liberally sprinkled with dramatic irony and black comedy centres around five main characters. Duncan is all set to marry his boyfriend Grant but before the big day he confesses a guilty secret which sends shock waves through those closest to him.He reveals that he has been having an affair with his best friend Maggie's husband but Maggie has problems of her own. As if the news of her spouse's bisexuality..

When writing the fictionalised biography Camp Echo I had to make choices about what to include and what to leave out. Rather like a director's cut I decided that some of the story omitted deserves its place, for those of you wanting to know more.

When all is said and done --- it doesn't matter.