"I had to get it out of my system."
Well, where do I start? I've never written this sort of thing down before. I'll write what I'd like to read myself and go from there. This is a story about a straight guy who in his early thirties developed...
"If a married man, who loves his wife, meets a male carbon copy of her, what should we expect?"
When I met my wife, I fell in love immediately. I loved the way she looked, the way she thought, her character. I felt her parents had done a great job of raising her. We dated, I met her folks,...
"A young veteran stops for the night in the desert town and steps into a life-changing experience"
September in Southern California is often the hottest month of the year, easily outstripping July and August. The sky can be devoid of clouds with the start of the rainy season still a couple of months in the future. The...
"Norm is about to fulfill a fantasy and find out just how convincing he is as Natalie."
The music was loud. The bar was crowded. Norm had a good buzz going, and hadn’t paid for a single drink all night. Actually, Natalie hadn’t paid for a drink all night, because that was the name he used –...
"Even when faced with dire dangers, unexpectedly beautiful things can happen."
Life in Paris for the past four years had been horrendous under the Nazi occupation. Guy LaSalle and his family had managed to scrape by and remain one of the families the Germans had not prosecuted.However, between the walls of...
"What can happen when a homophobic bully grows up and comes face-to-face with his adversary."
When we’re young we do some really stupid things that we regret for many of our adult years. When I say “we” I’m talking about myself, of course. I don’t like to think that I was a bully, but I’m...
"If one gives a gift and it isn't appreciated, can one take it back and use it for one's own pleasure"
We all know that we should do good deeds, but not because we expect to receive a reward in return. However, if we do unexpectedly get back more than thanks, that’s a great bonus. And if our bonus reward far...
"When does fondness become love? When does straight become gay?"
I’d just entered high school when my mother died. She’d had breast cancer and hadn’t caught it in time. It had metastasized to other parts of her body, and although they fought it, there was no way there would be...
"When a roving sailor settles down, he discovers unexpected treasure."
When I tell people I’m a sailor they immediately think I’m in the navy. I’m not. The same thing if I call myself a seaman. I’m one of those thousands of guys who work on cargo ships. I’ve worked on...
