An overbearing mother made the worst mistake for her son and now to do live with the consequences. It’s a cautionary tale to entitled narcissistic mothers…if they actually read it.
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A soon-to-be mother goes on a journey to the States to get closure and maternal advice, much like her mother before her. However, there is one key difference between the two very spirited women.
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“I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.”
― Never Fade
The duality of a narcissistic collapse
Like many many writers, I can find inspiration for stories in almost any source. Movies, TV shows, environments, conversations, memories, altercations, other literary works, and even the feelings from all of those sources. It’s a very common superpower for artists. Now! On occasion, I find music to be a great source of inspiration for story writing. For example, I used “It’s Quiet Uptown” from the musical, Hamilton as the basis for my 27th short story, The Burden of Parenthood (click here). But, before that, I had a song stuck in my head for the longest time.
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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The duality of soul mates and family obligation
Light To Right Love is one of my favorite short stories for many reasons. One of the main ones is because I got to use another of my galactic races/creations which I plan to use for another project. It’s something I especially like to do since, as I’ve stated before, all LGBTQ+ youths feel like aliens at one point in their life. Another reason for this short being one of my favorites is because of the openness and reality of the storyline. It’s also the first time that I use my twist ending for something good. But, alas, I’m getting ahead of myself because I haven’t told you the main reason why this story is one of my favorites.
The mental stability of a couple is explored after an intense long-overdue fight erupted between the two. However, it stands to reason that one of them is doing better than the other.
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“I fell in love with you a little bit, in that stupid way where you completely make up a fictional version of the person you’re looking at and fall in love with that person.”
― Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
The duality of gay dating apps
It’s the only LGBTQ+ science fiction short story where it was a high school love story. Well…I can’t say a love story per see. “Meet-Cute” is the more accurate term. I’ve always been a fan of that term because we all had it at some point in our lives. More than once for me. So, I wanted to try my hand at creating a story solely revolving around them. That was the sole intention towards Ice Breaker.
“It’s an universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”
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The duality of “str8 chaser
What if the homos and heteros HAD to work together to survive?
Fair warning, readers, this has got to be my subtlest political work in the LGBTQ realm of science fiction. However, I must confess that I took the events of my ex-communication of a friend as the inspiration for this one. I spoke to my brother and best friend, Tyler, about it and they felt that it was a story worth telling. But, as usual, I’m getting ahead of myself so let me dial it back and tell you how Can We Ever Be Friends came into existence. It’s actually one of my favorite sources of inspiration.
“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”
― Someone Like You
The duality of coming out
My Best Judy was always meant to be a cute little story about a teenager being guided out of the closet by a gentle soul. So, I took quite a liking to writing this story after meeting a foreign exchange student from Lebanon who I helped realize who he really was in the community. It was a gentle nudge where I got to answer all his questions without poking and prodding into his mental state. This was the very essence I wanted to compass the story around. The “science fiction” part of it came in the oddest of places.
A Chinese doctor falls for a wonderful foreigner and began a life of blissful happiness. However, their lives get a little complicated when the father enters their home with life-changing news.
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An awkward high school bookworm relies on a unique dating service to learn more about her athletic crush. But, as always, it appears that the service provided was more “invasive” than he originally thought.
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