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Open Novella Contest 2025Abraham Brewer surpassed everyone's expectations. As a troubled boy, his only support came from an imaginary friend who gave him the confidence he needed to succeed in life. Now a successful oncologist, he meets a patient who forces him to question reality and everything he has ever known as an adult.Abraham never believed in guardian angels or fairy tales......until his imaginary friend returns in the flesh, perhaps a former angel who chose life, death, and love, over immortality and fairy-tales.Prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns-only this time they're real.Prompt 120: The door that closed to you many years ago has reopened, and now it's up to you to take a chance once more.…

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[ONC2024 Longlister]Embarking on a second career at the age of 32, Percy Richler is well aware that love between a therapist and client is not only forbidden but unethical, even as a clinical intern. But there is something endearing about 24 year old Judah ("Jude") Prak that makes him irresistible. Jude comes to the community health clinic, seeking a cure for his strange affliction, unsure if what he experiences is real or a deeply disturbing delusion. He is assigned to clinical social work intern Percy and within fifteen minutes he is convinced Percy is the one who can help him. In the end, Percy discovers Jude is the one who saves him from himself.Lost and Found is a story of accidental love between two men, Jude and Percy. It's a tale of adventure, trust, and enduring love.Prompt 54. "Only when you meet someone you're not supposed to fall in love with-and who knows how to time travel-do you begin to really test your limits."…

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Juniper Blue Doiron is a loyal, genuine, and dutiful son. He's a people pleaser who puts everyone else's happiness first. His siblings all left the woods of Maine to build different lives for themselves, leaving Juniper to care for their ailing father and ensure that their thriving farm and campground continue to thrive. Juniper isn't unhappy: During the offseason, he teaches third grade in a nearby elementary school and works as a white water river guide in the warmer months while making some of the best blueberry pies the state of Maine has ever tasted. But Juniper never realizes how lonely he is until he meets a handsome stranger in the most unusual way. His inner conflicts are exposed and he faces a dilemma for the first time in his life.…

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Submission for LGBTQ+ 2023 Halloween Vault contest. Nothing happens in the small rural town of Lancaster, Massachusetts. When a group of friends rent the infamous Loiselle mansion for the Halloween party of the decade, things start to change. At one time--before the existence of J.P. Rondeau and his friends--it was a vibrant estate with rows of corn fields, vegetables, and the biggest pumpkin patch in Massachusetts. In a house full of history and mystery, the five friends discover a relic--a diary of one of the deceased family members--that reveals a first hand account of the life of a gay man a hundred and six years ago. To J.P., it reveals something far more. At this discovery, peculiar events start to occur, making J.P. question everything, including his own sanity.…

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SUBMISSION FOR THE LGBTQ SONGFIC CONTEST.Lifelong friends, Zander Burke and Holden Moran never thought they'd never say goodbye. Zander had hoped Holden would join him on a year-long adventure, but Holden acquiesced to his parents' wishes. Just one day Zander hoped he'd follow his heart and not do whatever everybody else wanted him to do. Will Holden ever find that strength? In the end, Holden discovers life is about taking risks and following your heart. This story is inspired by Brandi Carlisle's "Wherever is Your Heart."…

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[ONC2023 Round 2 Ambassador's Pick and Shortlister] Getting over a loved one's death isn't easy. For Eric Gagnon, it's near impossible. A year after losing his sister, he's still struggling, questioning the meaning and purpose of life. He goes through the motions every day, not sure how much longer he can go on. With nothing to lose, he takes the advice from a neighbor and gets in the taxi that he'd only heard about but never seen. When the taxi drops him off, he enters a place he never imagined, stumbling upon someone he never quite expected. Through this journey, he discovers something that goes beyond meaning and purpose.Prompt 9 "There's an urban legend that's been circulated for years about a taxi cab that doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go. One night, you stepped into the cab."OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2023…

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Entry for FreetheLGBT June 2022 contest. Choice C Prompt 2Anderson ("Andy") Ellis was once an all-star athlete who had it all. That's what everyone believed, anyway. But shame and fear held him back, preventing him from being truly happy. Two weeks after Andy graduates from college, he opens the front door to find a card on the top step. For once, he decides to confront his fear and say goodbye to shame forever.…

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In post-Vietnam America, a lonely high school history teacher, Patrick Gauthier, puts the final touches on his Halloween costume. After everyone leaves for the night, the high school's haunted hallway speaks to him, leading him to a once familiar shadow, a man who would forever be a Joker.Entry for the #FreeTheLGBT Trick or Treat contest 2021.…

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ONC 2021 SHORTLISTER. An orphan at ten years old, Ezra Green spends the next fifteen years guilt-stricken and yearning to be with his parents again. In addition to the guilt and sense of abandonment, a mental health disorder affects his life in a way that prevents him from reaching his full potential and letting go of the past and things he cannot change. He navigates his world through music, sent over the edge whenever his life strays away from his well-organized playlist. Levi Blum, a twenty-eight year old musician, challenges Ezra and his way of thinking. Unexpectedly, their blossoming, yet somewhat volatile, friendship turns into something far greater.ONC2021 Prompts 28 and 29…

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SUBMISSION for the flash fiction freethelgbt contest.River Sweet and Noah Carmichael have been neighbors for years. As a drummer, River has an annoying habit of disturbing the entire neighborhood, especially Noah. When Noah confronts River at his house, Noah is surprised with what he finds.…

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SUBMISSION FOR THE LGBTQ SONGFIC CONTEST.Geeky, shy, and awkward, the three words Simon Duffner has heard (about himself) since the onset of puberty. From the onset of puberty, sixteen year old Simon is convinced he will remain geeky, shy, and awkward forever. His parents and grandparents referred to him as the modern Buddy Holly, whatever that meant. Simon didn't have a clue. Adam Durgin is the perfect golden boy, the all-star athlete for nearly every year of his life, the boy everyone loves to hate but can't. He sees something in Simon that no one else can see. He sees beyond the geeky, shy, awkward demeanor, beyond the dark-framed glasses. Sharing the same homeroom for the past two years, Adam notices Simon way before Simon ever notices him.Or does he? When Adam becomes the talk of the school after he is seen with Simon, Adam's response is, "I don't care about that."…

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When Jordan Cameron was ten years old, his mother stopped speaking and was never the same again, going from one institution to another and ultimately to a group home. While his father explores the world as a well-renowned geoscientist, Jordan's older brother, Tim, is forced to raise him.Tim, eleven years older than Jordan, never had a normal childhood, living with their schizophrenic mother. Jordan lives in his own world, or so that's what it seems to the average person. No one, not even his brother, has ever given him a chance. That is until Tim's best friend comes along. Jamie Perron has a history of bad relationships, alternating between men and women. This last time he is kicked out by his girlfriend and has nowhere to go so he turns to his best friend, Tim.Jamie only knew Jordan as a child, but never did he think he would develop an unusual relationship with Tim's weird, quiet, and sullen (although cute) nineteen old brother through the course of one exciting and interesting summer.Warning: This story contains gay sexually explicit content and language that may be offensive to some readers.**** This story is no longer on Amazon.…