Cultural Fiction - Stories

Ark II is now on the new world and life begins for them.

When artist and illustrator Louis leaves London and moves to his late uncle’s house in Northamptonshire, his intention is to simplify his life. He didn’t expect a cute painter and his toxic aunt, a burned-out ex who comes to visit but stays, and a grumpy gay policeman, not to mention men from his uncle’s dodgy past who seem to have criminal intentions and an obsession with an ancient artefact.

They say that those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. With that in mind, what would lead Martin Niemoller to write a version for today?

At the elite St. Patrick's high school, Ulises is a king by birthright: wealthy, adored, untouchable, ruling a court of teammates and pacts of silence. Fidel is everything Ulises is not: a knight without armor, battered by words and fists, surviving on grit and a body that has learned to endure. When a forbidden moment pulls them together, fear turns the king into a coward and leaves the knight to bleed alone.

In 1969, two boys from opposing nuclear-armed nations along the banks of the Amur River met. This is their untold story with the backdrop of ideologies, rhetoric, and national priorities.

(Part of the 2025 Prompt Team Event)

Elisha has struggled mightily and unsuccessfully for years to make peace with his faith and his flesh. It’s a battle Marcus knows all too well. When they are brought together unexpectedly by a mutual four-legged friend, each sees something of themselves in the other which leaves them both uncertain and unsettled on a day destined to impact many lives forever.

The Sons of Mayhem MC, based in the Pacific Northwest, has deeply embedded itself into the soil of their hometown, Ironridge. Their word is law, and law enforcement has little to no power to fight for their place at the table. When fate reunites two high school sweethearts, Lynk 'Leviathan' Lennox and Ever Warren, they are pulled to each other like honey to a moth, but danger lurks. When the President of the SoM gets assassinated in cold blood, there is only one way to find peace: vengeance. With tensions rising within the club, there is only one thing clear: the Leviathan will tear the town apart in order to bring justice.

A straight friend, an artist who the narrator has known since college, compliments him on the definition of his muscles. The narrator has always considered the straight friend very attractive, The narrator is concerned his friend is not aware of his own good looks and is not keeping himself fit as they grow older. The narrator has a strategy for helping his friend.

Being the oldest and growing up in a large family can be hard, especially when you are gay and the family is extremely homophobic. You are constantly being compared to your deceased father. A man whose stature and deeds are always increasing, as time goes by, and are held up as your goals. Anytime you reach those goals, your mother moves the goalpost further away.

You never seem to measure up. You are always being told that you are worthless and will never amount to anything since you cannot measure up to your father. It never mattered that you were a straight "A" student and that you were an athlete.

Just because you believe it’s right for you doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. The trends of today are not new or even the right thing to do. Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s good. Meant to open up minds as well as eyes.