serious - Stories

A short story in four chapters set on the mountainous Italian coast. Michele’s life spirals after a misplaced kiss from his best friend.

Take a glance at the 'disordered eating world' through Seth's eyes, a gay teen obsessed with his weight. Ana takes over Seth's life slowly, but soon has a death grip on his every action. Eventually, anorexia dictates every decision, every move, everything in Seth's life.... but he still has to lose just a few more pounds.

Tom is broken from years of physical and emotional abuse. He believes he is past the point of being fixed. Connor sees the Tom underneath the mask of happiness, the Tom that no one else realizes is there. But can he help Tom while he's falling apart himself?

Tristan Rader and Gavin Munson met as four-year-olds and almost immediately became best friends. However, their time together ended the summer before fifth grade when Gavin’s father got a new job and his family moved away. As the pair grew older, their paths would cross and bring them together in unexpected ways, only to have fate intercede and cause them to lose contact yet again. Will the journey of life win in the end or will fate triumph? Only time will tell.

This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘A Winding Path’

Even the most difficult times are manageable with the help of someone you love, but without that person, what would you do?

This story has been edited and re-worked based on several comments I received when it initially posted. Please enjoy the new and improved version of Without You.

This is the story of Chris, warts and all, from the age of five to about sixteen..

Like all of us Chris has had many experiences in life, some good, some bad. He's also had successes and failures, just like you and me. This is about how he coped with the hand that life dealt him and started to grow up.

It's an emotional story with many ups and downs, so if you can take the pace, have the tissues ready and read on.....

A collection of MrM's short stories and missives.

A collection of Flash Fiction, from both my Flash Fiction February and My upcoming Flash Fiction Fridays. Each chapter is a stand alone story of 3000 words or less.

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 short story in two parts: the first set in 1995 covering the blossoming love between two best friends during a camping trip; the second in 2018, when an older man feels uncomfortable when he is crushed on by a much younger one.