Category: Stories

James meets the producers of the television programme he has been cast in. He meets some other teenagers who are participating; there are ‘getting to know you’ sessions and some team building. James takes some tests and has a medical. The doctor is a young and attractive man, and James is confused because he didn’t affect a part of his body that he thought he would.

Martin takes a leap and calls Phil, the nude model from his art class, but he doesn’t answer. Later that evening, he tried again. This time, Phil answers. Martin has a date, his first-ever date with another man.

Martin’s art teacher has found a model to pose nude. The class clamour to find a good spot to see him, which leaves Martin languishing at the back. The model is a slim young man called Phil. During a break, he looks at some of the students’ work. He is impressed by one student in particular, Martin.

At the end of the lesson, Phil approaches Martin. He invites him out for a drink, and Martin learns that Phil is also an art student and the teacher’s younger brother.

James has an opportunity to be cast in a new children’s reality show and goes to an audition. The producers want to see how the children interact with each other so they can choose the ones that will create the best television.

That evening, Martin wants to practice for his life drawing class at college and asks his brother for help. James has done some nude acting before, notably in the educational video that was shown to Tony’s class, and he readily agrees. James has no problem getting naked in front of his brother while he draws him, and the experience allows them some time to talk and be honest with each other.

Martin is studying art at college, and James is in his final year of secondary school. Their mother registered the brothers with a model and acting agency when they were very young; she was told they had a look photographers would want. While Martin didn’t enjoy being in front of the camera, James relished the experience and kept up his childhood modelling and acting.

However, an assignment James had a few years ago was shown at his school. A new teacher showed the class an educational video which starred his brother, James. And Tony had to sit through the awkward and embarrassing lesson.

Would you believe it has been twenty years since I started writing and posting my story ‘Three Tears’? It is a story about three brothers, Martin, James and Tony, as they navigate their adolescence and experience the awkward first flush of love. It was my first story of substance and one I was proud of at the time. I am still proud, as I never thought I could finish a novel-length story.

When I redesigned the website, I didn’t upload this story as I wanted to edit and tweak my stories to get rid of glaring typos and poor grammar.

Well, twenty years later, I started editing the story. For those who remember, it took me years to finish it, and it languished into that irrating zone of ‘unfinished stories’ for several years. I hate it when I get into a new story, and then it suddenly stops, and the writer doesn’t finish it. I vowed I would not be one of those writers. (Unfortunately, my website contains some unfinished stories from guest authors).

Tomorrow, I am going to start sharing the story again. Even if you read it the first time around, I hope you read again.

Chris takes his younger brother, Sammy, on a night out to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. Chris knows that Sammy is gay and takes him on a pub crawl. After a few beers, Sammy has loosened up, but not drunk, and Chris takes him to a gay club where it’s ‘Amateur Night’.

Dylan is given an urgent assignment from the agency. He is that rare thing, a male nanny. But this is not the usual assignment; it is for a wealthy family. Freddie is his parents’ pride and joy and he is spoiled rotten; your classic spoilt brat. But when Dylan meets Freddie, he is not the two-year-old he was expecting; he is eighteen and very demanding.

Obie goes on a lads holiday to Ibiza. His friend, Charlie, is determined that Obie will not come home as a virgin. But the first night, Obie gets very drunk and passes out.

The following morning, he wakes with a pounding head and checks his mobile phone. The pictures and videos he sees shock him as Charlie and some other lad they net on the night out play with his limp body.

Obie gets a visit. Another lad they met that night has come to apologise for his friend’s behaviour. They open up to each other and find themselves in bed together.

Owen comes from a large family and is the first to go to university. He shares a room with four brothers so when he gets his dorm assignment at university, he moves in at the earliest opportunity.

A few other students are moving in at the same time, but not in his block. That is until Rory arrives, he finds Rory in the kitchen, who offers to feed him. They settle down over a bowl of Spaghetti Bolognaise to get to know each other.

In the UK, Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawkes’ Night, or Fireworks Night) is celebrated each year on the 5th of November. We are celebrating the discovery and prevention of a plot (of whom Gay Fawkes was one of the plotters) to blow up Parliament and kill the King.

This story centres around a student who has to host an international student, Risa. The family show him British family life and takes him to a Fireworks Night celebration. Will explains why they are celebrating, and Risa misreads the signs and kisses him. Will’s reaction to the kiss humiliates him, and he runs off.

The following day, the 6th of November, Will and Risa talk about what happened, and it turns out to be a night to remember.