A story in the The World Turns Universe
Another story in the 'World Turns' universe created by bigbustgazer. This time focused on Jonathan and Michael who both go through the change independently but meet, fall in love and get married and then grow old together. Oops, I've said too much. Read the story and get the rest of it before I say too much.
Marriage is a bet that you make at an age when your decisions are rarely informed by common sense. Hence, marriages succeed about half the time. This story is about those other times— the times when love and respect turn into the desire to trade up. Read on, and you will discover an era populated by some of the most interesting characters in American history… and a love that was meant to be—even if it DID involve violating the laws of time and space to make it so.
Ethan and Daniel are freshmen at college and very good friends. They connect with Jasmine, a black girl. Both boys have feelings for her beyond friendship. The three of them try to find a way to keep everyone happy and end up together in bed, where Ethan and Daniel get closer to each other than expected.
A short story about a man attempting to start all over three years after a tragic event in his life. Originally written for a story festival on the Friday Knight Writer's Lounge.
Karen discovers a dark, addictive hunger for servicing anonymous young men through the partition of a college town adult arcade. What begins as a marital experiment quickly spirals into a solo obsession, driving her back to the gloryhole day after day for the thrill of the unknown. But when a pair of familiar sneakers appears under the wall, Karen realizes too late that her secret world is about to collide with her real life in the most forbidden way possible.