modern - Stories

When private investigator Killian Kendall takes on two new cases, he expects challenges — but not the kind that cut so close to home. A murder tied to his boyfriend’s past threatens their future, while a friend’s secret life drags Killian into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As lies unravel and loyalties are tested, Killian learns that in a world built on secrets, the truth of yesterday becomes a lie tomorrow.

It was meant to be a break, a few peaceful weeks in Ireland and a chance to reconnect with his brother. But things don’t go according to plan. Businessman Russ can cope, just about, with his football-mad nephews, but add in a punishing encounter with a group of yobs, and the results are not quite what anyone expected. Though his brother has difficulty accepting Russ’ rather different personal life, ultimately the two bond over shared memories, Josephine Baker and bad poetry.

When the gods are bored, the world becomes their playground. For Mason Hill, deific whims turn his world upside down. What is a disabled homeless man to do when the world is ending around him?

Kate Bell got reported missing.

While Violet and Dust try to find the young witch, Nathan gets hired by the parents to "control the narrative".

The Bell family is old politic - and full of drama, scandal and more?

Or is something brewing within the secretive coven?

Well, that the non-existent bell in the old Monk Tower starts ringing surely looks like a bad omen...

In a world where everything is not as it seems, a hotshot young police officer has been posted to an inner city station, just prior to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Was his appointment a political one, with his superiors knowing more about his past than even he cares to remember? Or is that past about to catch up with him? What comes next? Only time will tell!

Dean had spent most of his life pretending not to feel. It was easier that way, easier to fight, to fix, to fuck, than to face what was underneath. His father taught him early that softness got you hurt. So he built a life of noise and distraction: engines louder than his thoughts, nights that ended before morning could ask questions.

Kris had spent his life quietly holding things together. After his father died, it was just him and his mother, small home, smaller dreams, and the fear that one more break would undo them.

Neither expected love to expose what they’d buried, loneliness, guilt, and the need to be seen.

Mac and Devin are back from their treasure hunt in the Ozarks and now they’re ready to start their Senior (4th) year at Colorado State University. What new incidents will they become involved in?

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.

When high school Chemistry teacher Klebber Toledo and the big, hunky billionaire Dennis Ellison met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.

Jessy is someone you have to believe—quite literally. That's his superpower. Without uttering a single word, he can make anyone believe absolutely anything.

In a world where everyone with even the slightest superpower is labeled an "Aberrant" and forced to live on a so-called reservation, Jessy is left with a choice: He can do what the law requires, or he can be a supervillain. There are no other options.

He and his boyfriend choose supervillainy.