love - Stories

A Selection of Robert Jentzsch Poems, Translated in English for the first time.

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A young man is guided by the spirit of his dead grandmother

Russ was blessed with the gift of beauty. The kind of beauty that causes witnesses to stare in awe and fall into an immediate state of infatuation. And while he doesn't have much trouble finding boys who would give anything to be with him...Russ is missing that same desire in his own life. He wants more. He wants the chills, the thrills, the longing...is it possible that it simply isn't out there? Or will someone come along...and finally give him the thrill he's been searching for?

After years of resistance, Loren is ready to start a family. On the eve of their embryo transfer, he gets information that threatens to unravel everything.

No one ever said love couldn’t fall between the cracks. Two people meet by random chance online, and then in person. These fifty poems document the arc of a love affair from first contact to the budding of deep, mutual intimacy. However, one of them is not able to handle the feelings the other raises in him.

Elijah's world is turned completely upside down when he returns home from Montana.
Can darkness be the path to happiness or will shadows overwhelm him?

More twists and turns (and yes, cliffies too!) in the journey of finding out what happened to the hybrid pups.

It's not an easy path. I promise.

(This story is a continuation of Spirit Wolves which should be read first.)

A collection of verse by other people to show we've always dared to speak our love's name.

See here for the Great Mirror's companion collection of prose

Finding love follows Matthew (Mattie/Matt) Jacobs as he enters Sophomore year of High School, just a mere few months after a huge tragedy. While Mattie struggles to move forward someone else from the shadows is struggling with their love for Mattie and an unexpected situation brings the two together.

What if Ryan didn't join the band and never got to leave his mind-numbing job as a topless waiter?

The Obsolete, running out of patience for their manager and each other, are destined to fail. On his 21st birthday, Jasper and his best friend Blake have a drunken adventure to visit as many bars as they can. To screw with their fans, they head into The Grind, where Jasper is surprised to find himself both slightly unsure and extremely comfortable. Especially when he and Blake are served by a man Jasper can't keep his eyes off.

If the band didn't bring them together, would Jasper and Ryan have ever fallen in love?

A collection of prose pieces by others exploring the love that has always dared to speak its name.

See here for the Great Mirror's companion collection of poetry