Welcome! Here you will find a wide variety of serial and short stories devoted to gay life. Most stories involve teens and deal with coming out, love and growth. Stories in lavender are at least partially written and will appear in the near future. The Naptown Tales series includes 28 serial and short stories as listed on the Naptown Tales page. Please be sure to visit my forum, and let me know what you think.
 

Serial Stories

Love in a Chair

Aaron and Brian are two teens who fall madly in love. Then one fateful night, an accident leaves one of them with a disability. Forced to deal with guilt and thoughts of suicide, they persevere as they face new sexual frustrations and struggle with life's challenges.

Naptown Tales
(In Progress)

A series of 28 interrelated short stories, novellas and novels dealing with life among a group of mostly gay teens in a Midwestern city.
 

Spring Break

Eight teens take off for a week in the nation's capitol, and end up getting more of an education than they’d bargained for.
 

Summer Internship

David and Jeremy intern at the White House, while Trevor and Kurt page in the Senate, but scandal follows closely behind.
 

’Til Death Do Us Part
(Future Story)

Graduation and a double wedding for some while others begin high school, a tragedy brings all home for a final farewell. (Coming in Summer, 2010)
 

Eulogy
(Future Story)

A Naptown Tales sequel set 30 years in the future, looks at the life of the first gay President of the United States. (Starting in Late 2010)

A Fish Out of Water

Danny and David, two Jewish American teens, share a passion for skateboards, music, philosophy . . . and each other. In spite of living in different cities, they become best friends and lovers. Just when they think they’ll finally be together, David's father sends him away.

Conversations with Myself
(Future Story)

What would you tell yourself if you could talk to yourself in th past? Would you try to make things better? What if changing your childhood caused things to spin out of control? (Starting in Mid-Late 2010)

Out on a Limb
(Future Story)

Sequel to Love in a Chair, Jeff must confront the loss of a friend, cancer, losing a leg, and life as a gay teen. (Starting in 2011)
 

Short Stories

The New Job

This fictional story is a semi-autobiographic account of the author's decision to come out to his wife.

The Parallax Effect

Could you make a choice between the life you lived, or an alternative life you might have lived, knowing someone you loved would have to die, either way?

Wishful Linking

Two boys, linked through their 22nd century implants, dream of a brutal gay bashing. But is the past really the past, or was it the future that was the dream?

Double Trouble

When Jason discovers his father is gay and leading a double life, he comes up with a risky plan to end the deception without compromising the life he has with his own boyfriend.