Stories

As part of the creative writing course I am taking, a recent assignment was to write a chapter to go at the start of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men - written in the style of Steinbeck. I have decided to share it with you all.

Who knew that a rejection would lead him to something much bigger and better... and his journey would take off like that!

Continuation to "Better than the best" Summary : Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart, otherwise it would all mess up.

Comp and Fletcher, two people trapped in their roles find brief peace with one another.

A man recants his past in a hotel room on Father's Day.

Gordy Belser is coming home, to small-town Texas. This causes John Grant to reflect on his life. Could he have kept Gordy from leaving in the first place? If he had, would they still be lovers? Seems John is not happy with the choices he has made. Being gay was not even considered until he met Wylie; college roommate and eventually his best friend. How they deal with having gay sex is not the best way. But it worked for them. Didn't it?

I can’t remember. It’s patchy. A legend of sorts. He was hardly forgettable but then I just simply forgot…

A new type of Western Story, very well researched, and perhaps a new genre away from the gay cowboy dynamic.