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Young Chase meets a new friend, but wants to be so much more.

The Diary of Chase Burke, age thirteen. Sunday, July 24th Dear Diary, My adventure began today. As always, whenever we went sailing, I was up at the bow, letting the ocean spray me and get me soaked. I wasn’t going to miss a feckin’ moment of this adventure below deck. The priests rarely took me out on their adventures ever since Ma died. I don’t know why. I hated being cooped up in that…

In light of International Women's day, I wanted to put out a short story about a heartfelt scene when Lorelei was growing up.

It’s been months since the girl showed up on our shores, and she has certainly come a long way. Her rage has mostly subsided to acting out on men that ask for it, which is something I can handle. I was training her in basic self-defense today—stances, blocks, punches—and that hair of hers kept falling into her face. She’d blow it away with a pfft with every movement and it was driving me…

A day of boredom turns into unbridled excitement. Getting a little Valentine's day steam. Enjoy! #fantasy #actionadventure #originalstory #shortstory #romance #lgbt

“Twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight…” Inventory days. They were the absolute worst. “Thirty, thirty-one—” Ding-a-ling-aling. I nearly jumped out of my skin at the sound of that bell. Most of the island was still fasting, so customers were extremely rare. I spun around to the door. There was a teenage boy, panting like mad, his whole body pressed up against the door, and I couldn’t help but…

The end of Chase's diary entries. For now.

The Diary of Chase Burke, age thirteen. Wednesday, August 3rd Sorry I haven’t written in a while diary but… everything went wrong and well… I just didn’t have the strength to write about it.  We’re back in Royal Derry now. Back “home”.  This isn’t home anymore. It’s a prison. But, let’s go back a little. What Father Moumou did was unforgivable. I need to write it down so I will never…

Nothing's going to stop Chase from seeing his Desi.

The Diary of Chase Burke, age thirteen. Saturday, July 30th Dear diary, I just had the best day of my life. Nothing can bring me down today. Let’s start at the beginning. The day didn’t start great. As soon as I woke up today, the priests set me to work. It was so boring. All I got to do today was hand out the rest of the rations. No one wanted to talk. They just took their food and left. I…

Things are going well for Chase and Desi. Hopefully nothing gets in the way of that.

The Diary of Chase Burke, age thirteen. Friday, July 29th Dear Diary, This was—without a doubt—the best week of my life. My hands are raw, my stomach is empty, but I have never been happier. Every day this week I helped Desi out in the woods, and afterwards we would visit that mirror. Desi brought a few things one day to help us clean it up, and it looks a lot better now.  While we were…