coming out - Stories

A series of coming of age stories based in Indiana, the Crossroads of America. Controversy is the rule as the series explores topics such as abuse, homelessness, pedophilia, three-way relationships, aging out of foster care and gay teens dealing with a disability.

It’s been a while since I posted anything to my XXX Series, so without further ado, here is My First French Kiss, or A Boy and his Redhead. I hope you find it a surprisingly sweet coming of age adventure.

**this story contains graphic sexual situations between consenting minors; three of them**

How can you shake up your life's Point of View? Find the truth in the bottom of a bottle.

Never has an attempt at ‘self-editing’ gone so awry.

Noah and Navid find each other and struggle to bridge two cultures.

Kevin Thorne's life was pretty straight forward. With a loving mother and an adorable but annoying six year old brother as family, he didn't think he needed anyone else to make it better. But as usual, just when you think you have it all figured out, life throws a curve ball. And Kevin now has to adjust to accommodate a stranger in his family - a stranger who brings sudden change in how he felt about a lot of things in his life.

A simple poem has inspired generations of women to don their red hats and embrace growing old. However, when James, a husband and father, reads it, he embraces something more.

Matthew is a bullied, overweight 13-year-old boy who wants to pass through his Junior High years without trouble. However, Dallas and his friends find great satisfaction in belittling, verbally, and sometimes physically abusing Matthew because he is a quiet kid. Matthew has an intense infatuation with Jonah, Dallas's best friend, and it can only end badly if the torment wasn't enough. Or maybe... all it takes is one person to stand up to a bully.

Ephraim is an enormous success. He's a well known model, is about to launch his own fashion collecton which is receiving a lot of good attention. But in the middle of that is a gaping hole in his life that can only be filled by going back to the beginning

When your growing up, the choices you make for your life produce effects you may not expect, and impact on those you love in ways you never considered.