Sunday Shorts – Sock it to Me, Santa! by Madison Parker

Ryan is assigned to Jamie Peterson for his class's secret gift exchange. If word gets out that he has to make a handcrafted gift for flamboyant and openly gay Jamie, Ryan will be the laughing stock of the school. It's a good thing no self-respecting boy would be caught dead in a craft store, because …

Handmade Holidays: Third Christmas

If you picked up my wee Christmas Novella, "Handmade Holidays," you may have noticed that over the course of the book, a few years get skipped. The third year—where the most famous of all the ornaments was up for grabs—is one of those skipped years. If you'd like to revisit the Misfit Toys, here's "Third …

Sunday Shorts – “Rebound Remedy,” by Christine d’Abo

As I'm sure I've mentioned a few times, I listen to audiobooks around the holidays, and I often try to listen to holiday-themed audiobooks, too, to make it possible to try and restore some smidgeon of my holiday spirit after two decades in retail. It's February now, but this latest story, Rebound Remedy, was the …

Sunday Shorts – “Teddy Bears,” by Brandon Witt

I've been a fan of holiday novellas since I first stumbled onto them. For queer folk, the holidays can really, really suck, and anything that manages to put a bit of cheer back into a time of year I find difficult is fine by me. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, I have to really …

Holiday Reads (Part One)

Okay, yesterday I fell short of my "try to post something positive once a day through December leading up to Christmas" goal, and I'm not going to let myself beat myself up about that. It wasn't a great day, that happens, and when my husband suggested we go see The Arrival, I jumped at the …

Making Your Own Path

You can learn things from huskies. For one, I learned that if you're pretty and fluffy, people will randomly compliment you as you walk down the street. Okay, maybe I already knew that one. But I have learned just how smart a dog can be. My childhood dog, Chopper, was a lovely and loving dog. …