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Losing Kevin

What would you do if you were an identical twin, a carbon copy of someone else, but yet different in one way? Losing Kevin is the story of twin brothers, Devin and Kevin. They shared a brotherly love until Kevin’s love for someone else almost tore them apart.

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Normal

Jake wants to invite his best friend, Dominic, to the prom. However, it isn't the normal thing to do. After a game of spin the wheel, does he finally get the nerve to ask him?

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Taking Off the Mask

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. -James Baldwin

At sixteen, James has an almost perfect life. Then two boys enter his life and turn it upside down. Dion is a shy boy who James can't understand. Donovan is the star basketball player who James admires. Read how an incident with one boy will bring him closer to the other as masks are slowly removed.

Window Stories

I remember my life now as if I'm looking out a window. Streaks of my life flash by me. I try to open the window and catch them, but the window won't open. So, I sit and watch them, and I wonder did they really happen or was it just a dream? Take a journey back in time as 78-year-old Phil Reid relates his life experiences to 

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  Dancing with Madonna

Buddy Ryder is sixteen years old. “Escape the pain of life you know.” Hoping to escape the realities of the world in which they live, he and his best friend, Andre, have been dancing to Madonna’s ‘Vogue,’ since they were ten. “Your dreams will open the door.” * Buddy likes Kyle Caldwell, a boy who attends his school. However, they come from two different worlds that he fears will never come together. Will he be able to open the door and make his dreams come true? * Vogue Sung by Madonna written by Madonna and Shep Pettibone Note: This story is not fanfiction. Only references to 'Vogue' appears.

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Letters fromShakespeare

Garret is a junior in high school. He is required to spend three weeks reading Macbeth in a literature class. Suddenly, love letters signed by William Shakespeare begin to appear. Are they from Maryanne, a girl who has invited him to her party? Or could they be from a secret admirer?

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You Promised Me A Tomorrow

This story begins with Randy crying over TJ's grave. What happens to the beautiful boy, TJ, he meets the first day of school? You will have to read the story until its dramatic ending to find the answer. Did T.J. break his promise?