Happy Endings: Shorts

Résumé

The short story collection Happy Endings: Briefs is combined here with the single-title releases of What, Yours Forever, Oscar’s Soul and Come Cuddle Me to create Happy Endings: Shorts, available exclusively in paperback.

MY BALCONY – Jasper has known Ryan for the ten days of his vacation. Today, Ryan goes home, and it’s breaking Jasper’s heart to have to let his much younger lover leave. Can he ask him to stay?

BEST HANGOVER – Jeff had too much to drink, came out to his friends, and… Wound up sleeping with his best friend Aaron? Wait a minute. As much as he’s dreamt of this happening, how did this happen and what’s he supposed to do now?

THE LUCKY ONES – I come home to find you fresh from a shower, still toweling off. We don’t need words as we come together, making love like the lucky ones that we are, but we say them every chance we get just the same.

BLOW MY SNOW – Garland Stewart detests shoveling snow. He’d really do just about anything else to get out of the back-breaking, frigid chore. Surprisingly, that includes giving Carter Crowe a blowjob on the porch in exchange for a snow-free walkway. Who knew he could be so scandalous?

JENNER’S NEEDS – Viktor can’t forget the hate crime that nearly killed his boy Jenner. He can’t forget and he can’t go back to being the master who gives his boy pain. Tonight, Jenner’s act of rebellion to get what he needs is Viktor’s last chance to prove himself and save their relationship.

YOURS FOREVER – Rick knows his lover Danny has a secret and has been lying to Rick in order to keep it. He’s pretty sure this secret has something to do with seeing another man once a month for three days at a time. Determined to show his boyfriend that he can be everything Danny needs, Rick hatches a plan that ends up revealing way more than he could’ve imagined.

WHAT – Sam’s life changes completely when his boss Jeremy finally reveals the secret he’s been keeping from Sam since the day they met: They’re mates and not only is Jeremy a panther, but so is Sam. With rules to follow so they can be together, Sam has to step up and be the patient lover his formerly straight mate needs him to be while learning about his new self as a panther.

BALTASSAR’S DARK SIDE – Baltassar is an angel tasked with keeping demons in line amongst the humans of his city. When he happens upon a young demon who looks like he could use some assistance… Well, it’s Baltassar’s duty to give the little demon everything he can and guide him in the right direction. The direction that leads to Baltassar’s bed anyway.

OSCAR’S SOUL – Satan has discovered love in the form of a beautiful young man whose soul he’s been forced to reap. The poor devil’s desperate for sweet Oscar’s affection, actually does get it and more, but then The Big Man Upstairs wants Oscar up where he belongs. Satan can’t say no to his boss…or can he?

PEN’S JUDGEMENT – A Medieval man discovers he likes Medieval men and, before he can come to terms with that, he finds himself spirited away to a place of blank whiteness. Stark blackness. No, white. Black again. Could this be how the powers that be judge his immortal soul?

COME CUDDLE ME – Tucker naively posted a half-naked photo of himself on Pronblr and requested that someone come cuddle him for the night. He really did mean cuddling, but he didn’t mean for his friends to reblog his request since it also had his address attached. Now he has his neighbor Bill pissed at him for being so stupid while a parade of strangers answer Tucker’s plea…whether he wants their attention or not. Tucker needs someone to save him from himself and Bill might just be that guy.

HE’S DOWN THERE AGAIN – There’s a guy in the alley below John’s fire escape. He’s been there before but, this time… Well, he’s showing off the anaconda he’s got between his legs and making it pretty darn clear he’d like to come up and visit John. A little peer pressure from a friend on the phone has John hollering his apartment number down to the guy, buzzing him in, and discovering this could be a lot more than just an afternoon’s delight.