Fiction
TORN
I am depressed. Forlorn. Weary at heart. Devastated. Immensely unhappy. You could even say I am on that thin ice of contemplating suicide and you won’t be far from the
The Pastor’s Daughter
“Everybody, praise the Lord!” boomed Reverend Dan, his inky-black face shiny with sweat. The congregation chorused its “Hallelujah” and in a heartbeat, the entire church was filled with the pious
The KGB Boy
You take a deep breath, trying to calm your racing heart and slow the rush of adrenaline in your veins. When you have achieved a sufficient level of calm, you
THE GOOD WIFE
My hands shook but the rage I’d expected to feel never came. The pain stayed hidden. The tears evaded me. The hurt was a mile away. My heart remained still.
The King of Boys
The first time you met him stirred things inside you that you didn’t even know still existed. You felt like he strummed your strings – heart strings, like one of
THE RAINBOW WAR
FOREWORD: Kito Diaries made a social media post, a series of screenshots where a homophobe wanted to prove that to be gay isn’t natural, and used a test case of
A Best Friend Scorned (Part 2)
Previously on A BEST FRIEND SCORNED… * I’d begun my pursuit of Vince two nights after going over the plan with Cassi. I gained access to a VIP section at
A Best Friend Scorned
My friendship with Cassi Monroe began in ninth grade. Before that point, she’d never noticed me because I was the scrawny gay nerd and she was the popular princess. The
THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO STAND JUDGMENT
It was Christmas Eve. My paternal extended family had a ritual of spending the day before Christmas Day together. Last year, it had been at Uncle Sebastian’s house at Elekahia
Trapped In The Closet
My son Savion and I had been close since he was a toddler; however, when his mother and I divorced and he came to live with me full-time at age
