modern - Stories

Based on a true story.

Jeff accepts another rideshare request, that strays way from his normal experience.

Another weekend, another out-of-town wedding for CJ and Owen. This time, Liebe comes along. She’ll serve as the flower girl for CJ’s high school classmate, Autumn Dingell. Surrounded by the magnificence of Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel and by Michigan political royalty, CJ reconnects with old friends and meets new people who may play a role in his future

For Carlos

When the high school Chemistry teacher Klebber Toledo and the big, hunky billionaire Dennis Ellison met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.

Due to their personal circumstances, Bill and Nate only had a day together. But as they get to know each other, something more than physical attraction developed. What happens when the day comes to an end?

After having his heart shattered to pieces at the painfully young age of thirteen, Noel is convinced he's over Adrian. But with the arrival of a mysterious package on the anniversary of that agonizing day, but five years later, now he's not so sure...A hopefully warm, heartfelt, reasonably short Christmas story following the romance of two young hearts seeking nothing more than togetherness on Christmas.

Vic has gone through the bad and is trying to come out of the other end. Will he be able to put the past behind him for good? Will he be to salvage his relationships? Can he love purely again?

Brian is a gambler, without a chance.

Remember Jeff? Our unlucky friend from To Move Forward? With the help of a couple of friends, hopefully he can find that lasting love he has been looking for all his life. Good luck guys: No Instructions Included.

Bob Ross is a teacher nearing retirement. A sentimental moment has him reading the journals he'd kept during his long career and causes him to remember some of his former students. It also makes him wonder if he could have done more to help some of them.