Stories

An Exploration In Limericks of Those Tricky Tabernacle Taboos

For the 2023 Poetry Anthology: Exploration

Young suicidal, sexually insatiable, Geoff Johnson finds love in a beautiful boy named Tim Chambers, who once forced him into a sexual situation, only to have Tim torn from his presence as a result of Tim’s parents’ criminal activities. Always wondering whether he will see Tim again, Geoff seeks sexual relief from a never ending string of boys who he hopes will become the boyfriend he lost in Tim.

'Teddy was old and battered, and Jamie loved him.'

The tale of a boy and his teddy, and how teddies keep the monsters away.

Gabriel is Nephilim and is trying to make his way in the world. However, if he isn't careful he can easily become one of the Fallen. What is a Nephilim to do?

Sometimes they are the last link to the forgotten. I tried to imagine how it would feel.

Matthew dreams that he is recruited as an Angel of Death.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Geralt of Rivia will plough anything with breasts. This is not entirely correct. As it happens, breasts are optional. Yours truly, Dandelion the bard, knows this both from first hand accounts, and from . . . personal experience. The following manuscript is, of course, for my own eyes only.

New Kid In School's Ryan tells how he met Randy from his point of view.

The future is not what most of the Earth's population thought it would be. The very idea of a global, man-made, apocalypse seemed so far outside the realm of possibility that most of humanity couldn't see what was happening until it was too late. Young Noah Kenner is living in this new world. This desolate landscape. And his love for one boy, and one boy alone, may be the only thing to carry him through to the other side.

Four boys—an Empath, an Illusionist, a Druid, and a Thief—encounter a dragon and find much more than treasure.