Stories

Vanus Kaufman has diamond eyes; everyone thinks he's a daemon. Three days before he is to turn eighteen and leave the orphanage, he discovers he is the heir to a powerful dynasty. In the blink of an eye, he finds himself surrounded by wealth, fame, and power beyond anything he could imagine. But even for a powerful magician the city of Vaylin is a dangerous and corrupt place. If Vanus wants to keep what is his, he will have to fight for it.

The story follows Kandric and his brothers through a world of magic and danger. Monsters of all sorts dominate this story in a very gritty world full of slavery and other things not mentioned in polite society. Kandric makes his own path. Dare you follow?

Cory read tons about coming out, that one friend who's "more", and those stupid "He's straight, but can I turn him gay?" posts. His life was about as cliche as they came, but sometimes romance stories had to be true... right? Or they were all false advertising. All he had to do was risk telling Elliot he was gay and how he felt about him. Bam! Love!

Two teenagers, lifelong buddies, in college just outside of Bible Belt Southern USA could totally end up both gay, in love, and just not say anything to each other for two years of being roommates. Sure....

Cory might just stay in the closet and keep his best friend instead.

It’s the Sixties and Ronnie is certain everyone in his family thinks he’s a homosexual. The problem is, he’s not too certain he isn’t and he knows next to nothing about sex. Then an answer appears in a little game of spin the bottle.

14-year-old Bryan Padilla is caught between worlds he doesn't feel connected to. Having been abandoned by their birth parents at a young age, Bryan and his younger brother, Caleb, were adopted by a family friend, Diego Padilla, and raised in a culture not of their own. Though it is the only life Caleb has ever known, Bryan inwardly struggles with his feelings about life, death, race and sexuality. Things escalate shortly after the death of his birth mother. Can Bryan come to terms with his situation as a figure from his past tries to upend his entire life?

Conversations are short vignettes in sets of three that check in on members of the Sanitaria Springs universe. They frequently happen between other stories and may reference events that occur in other stories.

Eli is part of circle of friends whose lives are filled with unrequited love, first love-awkwardness and doubt. Can the second-love ever trump the first and is it ever fine to settle for what's convenient?

Conner is the Dirty Blond with a great group of friends.

Benji is his best friend.

What happens when one simple chance of fate brings out more.

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Written for the Fairy Tales special anthology edition, but I missed the deadline, decided to post it anyway. As the title hints, it is a very modern and high school version based loosely off the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. One of my favorite fairy tales.

'Two hearts beat as one'...or so the song says, but what about three hearts?