“Hoist me up!” Marcus looked over his shoulder then back up at the tree he was standing in front of. He held a bright yellow rope and extended his arms above his head to show he could almost reach.

“What are you doing?” Jesse asked, raising his eyebrow.

“I’m trying to string this rope. What does it look like I’m doing?” He tried tossing it over the branch again and failed.

“You know it’s not ...

Liam paced the length of his apartment for the fifth time in five minutes. His black cat circled his feet as he paused at the window and meowed a long drawn out meow. Liam had only been home from work for thirty minutes, but he hadn’t sat down and no doubt Luna wanted him to settle so she could curl up in his lap.

He looked at his watch for what felt like the millionth time and sighed. James was...

Liam strode into his buildings weight room an hour later than usual, ready to lift some heavy things. His favourite pump up jams playlist was already blasting through his large Bose headphones as he dropped his bag on the floor beside the bench. The only other person in the room looked up. Liam had pulled out his gym notebook and turned to a new page for todays workout before he noticed the pair o...

I met my younger self for coffee at 10am on a Friday.

She was early, standing anxiously

at the door. I was right on time.

I wore an over sized hoodie and faded jeans. She didn’t recognize me. Glanced down

at her phone, just as I said “hello!”

Her long, brown hair fell into her face as

she looked up and met my eye. stuttered out an awkward “hi”

it sounded a lot more like a question, than a...

“Faggots!” The word pierced through the noise of the city and I couldn’t help but look around to see where it had come from. Vancouver is a fairly queer-friendly city, so it isn’t too common to hear slurs thrown around from strangers. At least not where I live.

I glanced around as I crossed the busy street and saw an older man crossing the same direction as me and my partner but on the other sid...

_I'm on my way!_ Marcus tapped into his phone as he settled into the back seat of the bus and pulled up his hood. It would be about forty five minutes on the bus to get to the ferry and then at least another hour until he would be climbing into the passenger seat of his boys truck, but he was already nervous. This was the first time making the trip up to the coast and even though there really wasn...

"It was epic! I've never experienced a ride th. at before. Like, the most immersive experience ever! I can't-" Connor’s phone lit up on the table, it read,

_Text Message _

_Melissa Clark_

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He glanced at it, expecting it to be his boss asking him to come in early for his shift like he did almost every Saturday. But when he saw her name, his mind went blank and he immediately started to panic....

You cross your fingers as you unlock the mail box on the first floor of your apartment building. Today is day number sixty three of this ritual, but this is something you have been waiting a life time for. Since the very first time you wrote your name. Of course year parents gave you a complicated name so it took several more months than some of your peers to learn how to spell it correctly. Back ...

The relief came quickly, a weight

lifted from my shoulders, a burden

I wasn’t aware I’d been carrying, but I am

afraid

To face reality. To let down my guard.

To take off the mask I’ve been wearing

I don’t know who I am without it...

They had only been dating for one month when Jake casually laughed out, "this is exactly why I love you."

The second the words left his lips his eyes went wide with panic. They hadn’t even decided if they were boyfriends yet,_ he couldn’t love him yet, could he? _Jake was known for blurting out the most random honest confessions after he'd had a couple beers, his last confession had been about pe...