coming out - Stories

At an all boys' boarding school, closeted Elijah finds on his bed a strange love note. A small poem. It's not a very good poem, but apparently another boarder at the school is in love with him! On the other side of the paper is an amazingly detailed sketch of the four of them - Elijah and his friends Reggie, Tiger and Owen. When a second poem and sketch sets a recurring precedent, Elijah enlists the help of his friends as he becomes increasingly obsessed with finding whoever is leaving him these cryptic, artistic symbols of love.

When my wife died, I decided to move back to Indiana, to spend more time with my grandson. Noticing that Cliff seemed despondent, I decided that a fall hike in Clifty Falls State Park was just what he needed. Suspecting that he was gay, it turned out he was, but his affect was related to something else entirely. We learned a lot about each other and the path we took turned out to be metaphorical as well.

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.

A shy boy and an online world could be the unlikely path for two gamers to find one another.

Neil and Ralph are brothers who are facing major changes in their lives. One has suddenly become a father and the other is facing the fact he is gay. What these changes will mean is yet to be seen.

Tyler lives in a fraternity and is deep in the closet. He has a secret crush on an openly gay boy named Parker, but he was always too afraid to talk to him in public. One day he discovers a way to finally catch him alone. [Spoiler] Things go horribly wrong from there.

Two boys meet in the late '80s and discover that there are people who feel as they do. Things don't always work out, though...or can they?

Logan, Seth, and Grayson wake up to a nasty surprise. Someone has pictures of them kissing, and the trio must find out who the mysterious someone is in order to discover what they really want.

A long time ago Connor ran away. He thought he was moving on, making a life, making a future for himself but, coming back made him realise that he had been running away because there was no life, not future at least not one without Daniel in it.

A member of the Sanitaria Springs group of associated stories, Dreamcatcher plays heavily with Cynus's characters Logan and Seth - You really should read 'Another Day in Parodyse, The Bearded Bromance and Teammates before this. Then you should read its companion, Underdogs.