modern - Stories

After his very first college semester away from home, Mike is coming home for the holiday season to spend time with his family. Including his younger brother, Andy, who is probably the most excited to have his big bro back in the house for a while. However, it seems that some things may have changed since Mike went away, and certain things come to light when Andy and his new 'buddy', Devon, think they have the house all to themselves for an afternoon...

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Jason Whitlock has a job to do. He needs to serve some papers, so he's traveling to a small island on Lake Superior to accomplish this task. Things pop up that make him start thinking about his life, who he really is, and what it means.

As Caden and Hunter are well aware, you've got to take your opportunities whenever you can find them. On a random, lazy, weekend afternoon...a new chance to get together pops up.

He discovered artifacts that no one can explain--twin stars and a solar system carved thousands upon thousands of years in the past--that are just now being photographed and sent back to Earth by a space probe that has gone farther than any other man-made object before. So how did those early people know? Professor Trestan has to go back, but is the grant offer too good to be true?

A dark story for Halloween...

Brett Davenport and César Abelló convince their Georgetown neighbors to combine their 4^th of July celebrations into a block party. With their segment of Prospect Street closed off, children play on the street and adults cross from one house to another undisturbed by traffic. CJ and Owen ensure Carson Sawyer, part of the group being assembled to propel CJ to public office, meets one of the block’s wealthy and connected residents. Liebe has a flashback to the park shooting and a friend from Mexico City visits.

He walked almost through the whole of the tiny little town he lived in, exasperated, sad, desperate! He wanted something for the two most important people in his life; it just frustrated him that he couldn’t find anything: nothing at all!

Uppendham Boys School has been rocked by scandal. The cause is the Pyxides, Uppendham's version of prefects.

A midsummer festival in the middle of winter, a warm tropical Australian night, and a forced acquaintance with a stranger.

Fourteen year old Daniel Murrell finds ninth grade at Riverview High School a serious challenge. Beneath the school's mentorship program is a strong undercurrent of violence and abuse. His year is a rite of passage in which he comes to terms with his bisexuality, forges new friendships and comes to love.