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In which Ben and William find that sometimes you wish you only had rats in your basement...

Although modern day “Naptown” is very different from Indianapolis in 1972, it's still in the Bible Belt and gay teens face challenges even today. Let me explain what I faced that led me deeply into the closet. (Revised June 18, 2010)

Florence, Italy. On the cemetery of San Miniato young Luca Montori meets Alessandro, the noble lad of the famous family Gondi-Lucertola. Both come from a very different origin, and yet they find a common base. After a mutual spent summer, Luca starts his apprenticeship at a workshop, and Alessandro starts his study at the university of Pisa. But then Alessandro is faced with a very difficult decision that will influence everything he believes in.

Family can bring out the best and the worst in us

You can't please everyone, and sometimes, you just have to settle for pleasing yourself. Matt is forced to accept this when he has to defend the life he realized he doesn't want to live without. The life that has been so carefully laid out for him for the last 17 years is changing, and Matt decides that it must be changing for the better if it includes Jacob, even if along with Jacob comes some hard decisions and some fights he didn't know he was quite ready to fight.

David and Jeremy experience the chance of a lifetime, interning at the White House, while Trevor and Kurt serve as Pages in the Senate, but scandal follows close behind. Leave it to Brad to save the day. (May - August, 2009)

This is the 21st story in the Naptown Tales series, which can also be found at Awesome Dude and Nifty. Please see the Introduction for important background info.

When did what happen? Many people have asked for a timeline for these stories. Here's the best that's available, right now.

A party of boys and teens; elves and humans; mages, clerics, and warriors, follows a quest to bring the Light into places of Darkness. Along the way, the boys meet people who are both Good and Evil, and find both enemies and allies in their quest.

This story is a sequel to “In the Prince’s Secret Service,” and “Knight Templar in Training.” Familiarity with these stories would be beneficial to readers of this story

Two teens—one an Elven mage, the other the Human son of a huntsman—meet as healer and patient, but develop much closer ties. They set out to see World, and find it to be a very different place from the sheltered existence they had led. Their lives are not made easier by the Darkness that seeks to eclipse the Light that has ruled Elvenhold and Arcadia for 5,000 years.

A teen with an earnest desire to become a Warrior-Cleric travels from a small town to the capital city and enrolls in the central temple of Arcadia. It is not long, however, before his skills and training lead him into danger. Along the way, he meets a half-Elven boy who becomes his acolyte and companion.

In which a teen from California meets a knight and travels with him to a world where love is, indeed, magic. This story was the first to have been translated. It's been reviewed in light of new information, and then significantly edited. If you liked the first version, you should like the second, more. Please check it.

Jake Taylor is definitely not gay...

...Except, he might be.

Dylan Summers is sent to live with his grandfather in Meek, Oregon (not a real town). There he makes more friends than he's ever had in his life.

Join Xander as he juggles his blossoming love life and adventures in a world filled with strange powers, ghosts, murders and other mysteries. Does a teenager have the ability to kill his tormentor with his mind or is it just a wacky coincidence? And if what lies beneath the surface is scarier than he thought, how will he deal with it? Rely on humor, go crazy or just accept it all?

Story of a cop coming out in Alberta Canada

Fourteen year old Daniel Murrell finds ninth grade at Riverview High School a serious challenge. Beneath the school's mentorship program is a strong undercurrent of violence and abuse. His year is a rite of passage in which he comes to terms with his bisexuality, forges new friendships and comes to love.

On a lazy Saturday morning, Jim wakes up, showers, coifs (detailed), before unsuccessfully attempting to dodge wife Chris to head out for a haircut. On a previous trip, he had connected with barber Ken (those blue eyes!)… He is able to reconnect with Ken the following week, for just a trim… May appeal to those with a touch a trichophilia (i.e., arousal by hair (on the head)).

The honeymoon phase is over. Way over. Now what?

Alexander lost his eye in an acident and ever since he has been caged in the castle walls. That was until a hellhound came along. Now he will explore new places and learn new things and find his true love.

Quire DeBavarde, a pink flamingo, is summoned by the committee for the welfare of birdkind to their headquarters in an ancient castle. What is the mysterious mission they have in store for him?