Literary Fiction - Stories

Nicolas, a 14-year-old teenager living in a housing estate, starts smoking occasionally after being approached by a dealer named Khaled. After accumulating a debt with him, the boy finds himself forced to negotiate repayment methods he could never have imagined. The teenager will very quickly have to face a downward spiral that he will need to learn to manage and control.

Domenico Martini is entering high school at a boarding school, necessary due to circumstances from earlier that summer. He learns a lot about school subjects, life, himself, and a whole lot more. He'd always liked boys more than girls, but never had a chance to do anything about it - maybe not totally gay, and he wouldn't be sure if you asked him about it, until arriving at the school, that is.

This story originally appeared elsewhere. It has been updated to make the characters meet GA's guidelines. Additional enhancements may appear as I go through revamping it.

As a wolf born of mixed blood, unaccepted by his pack, how does the gray wolf Richter come to understand his power, get discovered by the Council, and ultimately get involved in a conspiracy that concerns the fate of all life in the solar system? Every story has a beginning...

It is August of 2004, the month that the Olympics were held in Athens. Will Schluter will be there, then he'll start his freshman year at Harvard with his cousin Marie. It's a bittersweet event because the man he loves, Travis Buck, has to remain in Hollywood to work on his acting career, and they'll have to deal with being separated by thousands of miles.

Meanwhile, Will's brother JJ is firmly established in New York City, trying to deal with the inevitable challenges life throws at him, while his father Brad will face a crisis that could ruin his marriage.

After a long period of emotional distance and self-reflection, Jim, a middle-aged man recovering from a divorce, is learning how to navigate life and fatherhood. When he meets Jon, a younger, confident man with whom he shares a mutual interest in fitness and running, Jim feels a spark he hasn’t felt in years. What begins as a casual friendship soon develops into something more, but Jim’s hesitations and fears about his age, his past, and his responsibilities as a father complicate his emotions.

Granddad Tom Rules is the sequel to The Education of Grandpa. The story tells the adventures of the two grandfathers, Geoff and Tom, and their teenage grandsons during a recent summer at the lake house.

The boys are back! We return to Parborough to catch up with Brian & Gordon after an eventful year, what with new jobs, new relationships and new friends. Brian, his soon-to-be husband, Gordon and son, Toby are discovering life as a family, along with working out just what their relationship is with the rich and sexy Russ Kahn.

But life isn't all roses and Toby's relationship with his friend Noah is called into question whilst his Mother's boyfriend remains a worrying threat.

Welcome to Philpott Towers! Ten years apart in age, living different lives, the Philpott brothers are not close. Their Father’s death brings them back to their grandiose family home. Gray Philpott, a successful poet but less successful human being, & Vince, his solicitor elder brother, now living together in their Father’s shadow, what could go wrong?

Close proximity forces both brothers to reassess their lives, and the Summer wreaks remarkable changes as the two settle into a new relationship, both their lives and their emotional lives going in new directions.

A sixteen-year-old boy wrestles with his sexuality, hormones, and obsessions innocently unaware that his world is surrounded by murder, mayhem, and tomfoolery. Swirling around him, a supporting cast of boys, girls, men, and women, indulge themselves and each other in a series of erotic, tawdry, and sometimes humorous encounters.

“Taking Teddy Home” follows Carter on a cross-Canada journey to fulfill a promise to his late husband, Teddy. Along the way, memories of their love, struggles, and dreams unfold. A chance encounter with a kind stranger in Newfoundland brings Carter closer to letting go, as he prepares to scatter Teddy’s ashes in the Atlantic—a final act of love and closure.