[This Chapter is an experiment to test readers' reactions. There are several more chapters to follow.] ***** Chapter One Life as a Bodyguard King Arthur VI of Gaylandia did not play a major political role in the government of his kingdom. He played a minor diplomatic role in representing his nation on the world scene and every afternoon of the week and m...
Still going through those letters. Fitz seems to have been one of the only one of Oscar's friends to commit this much detail to paper. Others, notably a chap I'll call Fitz and another called Wood, don't do it as often, while Oscar's cousin Litton, a complete rake, tended to go through so many he couldn't remember many details. But Fitz is down for the blow-...
I hadn't seen Worboys for years. I hadn't thought about him for longer than that; he'd been a year below me at school and then two years below me at Oxford, thanks to some illness I'd never cared enough to find out much about, though my friends knew him. He'd been a slight, black-haired chap then, hidden behind spectacles, always toting a book. But he'd been...
The shadow by the stairway to the Helios deck of the MS River God drew back and sheathed the blade that had been held at the ready lest a moonbeam cast its damning light on dark intent. Just moments to a death now. The increased intensity of the groaning and moaning from the only occupied lounger on the rooftop deck of Rhine River luxury cruiser told of th...
1 Hannah's Bar was a trendy, spacious high street club/live music venue between the city's popular nightclub spots and student bars. One damn good reason for me to feel out of place, at least while I was by myself. I'd rushed into town and bypassed the possibility of food as I didn't want it getting in the way. Not that I wanted to be d***k but I wasn't he...
After getting through my freshman year at college with a degree of success, I wanted to get out the 'charming little college town' which was more than just a couple of hours ride from Chicago and get all the gay action I wanted. Yeah, sure thing, I was having fun at the campus, too. Lots of it. But there was no cruising, no challenge, no scoring, hardly any...
Folsom was stunned and immobilized. He shook Tiho and looked into his eyes, willing him to be alive. But Tiho was already gone. His eyes, full of amazement and hurt, just stared back at Folsom in glassy emptiness. There was no room to maneuver out from under what was now dead weight in the confessional booth. Folsom twisted around and eased Tiho's body down...
"What the hell...is this?" The moment I walked in, my best friend Jackson started staring at me dismayingly. He was pointing at the LCD TV on my living room, sitting on the couch placed direct opposite to it. "What's wr-" The scene I saw destroyed the composure I needed to complete my sentence. There was a footage playing, footage of two naked people partic...
My story began 6 months ago at my daughter's 19th birthday party. Really it began when my wife, Chris, passed away nine and one-half years ago from an undetected brain aneurism. We were vacationing in Corpus Christi Texas. After a long day at the beach we were all tired and went to sleep around 10 PM. We kissed her good night, and never spoke to her again. I...
PART EIGHT: CLOSE TO THE EDGE "Ahhh, I'm getting very close to the end now. I can feel it in my water. I reckon another couple of chapters will sew this story up. Anyway, in Chapter Eight Rayne gets to be the top for once. Thank you to everyone who has been so patient and stuck with this rambling epic, & especially for your lovely feedback. This is for you....