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What Else Is There?

   (7 reviews)
Genres: General Fiction, Literary Fiction
Sub-genres: Drama, Coming of Age, Cultural

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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.

Copyright © 2021-2022 by Al Norris. All Rights Reserved.

Story Recommendations (22 members)

  • Action Packed 19
  • Addictive/Pacing 19
  • Characters 21
  • Chills 9
  • Cliffhanger 8
  • Compelling 16
  • Feel-Good 8
  • Humor 8
  • Smoldering 6
  • Tearjerker 13
  • Unique 11
  • World Building 8
  • Like 4
  • Love 13

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Al Norris
  • Popular Comment
6 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Thanks for posting this here, Al!

Enough of you encouraged me to start posting here, and I finally did it!

10 hours ago, totally avid reader said:

So far this is coming across as really polished writing.

I am hoping that story in spite of its restricted status, is not going to end up too much of a tearjerker as I can see a few of us here, easily becoming emotionally invested in it.

I don't know how 'polished' my writing is, but I hope you enjoy the roller coaster ride that is Peter's life in his new home and school.

I restricted access to members only mostly because of the single sex scene and the multiple fight scenes. As for this being a 'tearjerker,' I suppose that will be up to you, the reader!

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Al Norris
On 4/27/2024 at 6:32 PM, JamesSavik said:

Your protagonist must have read the Book of the Five Rings.

Hmm, I had to look that up!

On 5/1/2024 at 10:15 AM, JayA said:

Great story so far.  Interesting build up and interactions between everyone 

To tell you the truth, Until my beta reader told me the same thing, I had never considered that angle. So thank you!

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