The Picture of Dorian Gray:

The Picture of Dorian Gray is not part of the Gay Youth Chronicles. It is a hard-edged, graphic tale along the lines of Altered Realities, so I knew better than to use any of my usual characters. Brendan does make a cameo appearance, as do Jen and Janet from Temptation University. Gabrial Diaddio plays a somewhat larger role, but the main characters are all new. You can rest easy in the knowledge that no harm comes to any characters you know and love. The same cannot be said for other characters in the book. The story is one of depravity and moral decay so it is far more sexual graphic than any of my other books. I do not recommend it for readers under 18 or anyone who finds sexually graphic material offensive. I've even added a content warning to the beginning. This is not an erotic novel, however, and there is far more story than sex. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. Those who have read the original, written in 1890, will know this is a tragic tale, but I have departed a great deal from Oscar Wilde's book so that my version is more...hopeful.

Boy Trouble:

Percy DeForest Spock has a successful writing career, a new boyfriend, and is just settling into life in Bloomington, Indiana when a knock at the door turns his world upside down. Waiting on the other side is Percy’s fifteen-year-old nephew who has just lost his parents, his home, and his been ripped away from the only life he has ever known. Can the mis-matched pair make a new life together or are they doomed from the start?

Tyler is excited to meet Percy’s nephew, but Caspian is nothing like Tyler expected. Caspian is rude, angry, and a complete and total jerk. He hates everyone and everything and soon the boys are at each other’s throats. Just when Tyler begins to hate Caspian with a passion an incident occurs that has the potential to change everything.

Scarecrows:

Halloween is a spooky time of year in sleepy Verona, Indiana, but when a local high school wrestler goes missing the season takes a sinister turn. Soon, another wrestler disappears and Marc and Dorian make a grisly discovery. A long-forgotten local legend comes to life and soon all fear to approach the one-time benevolent guardians of the field for fear of what they might discover. The disturbing situation soon takes a personal turn for Marc Peralta. With the help of his friends he begins a desperate search to find his boyfriend before he too is transformed into a scarecrow corpse.

Fierce Competition: A Novella:

Curtis sets his sights on the heartthrob of Camp Neeswaugee, Cody Studebaker, only to discover that another boy, Elijah, has an eye for him too. When Curtis finds out his dream boy is gay he begins a campaign to impress Cody, but Elijah keeps getting in the way. Curtis and Elijah are locked in a competition and Cody is the prize. Each boy uses dirty tricks and sabotage to eliminate the competition, but they soon begin to suspect that Cody is playing his own game.

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