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"A Surprise Blind Date"
 by RJ Santos
 A Surprise Blind Date by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Youth Adult, Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (2,109 words)
     Dustin, Adam, and James had always been a trio. Dustin and James were gay, and both of them knew about each other. In fact, they fooled around some. However, they were never able to have anything romantic between them. During a dare on Dustin's birthday party, he finds himself having a crush on Adam who was dancing his clothes off for them. Dustin asks James to set up a blind date for Adam and him, but he didn't know that James also has something up his sleeve.


"Acrophobia"
 by RJ Santos
 Acrophobia by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Young Adult, Fear, Terror
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (1,421 words)
     The apartment is on the fifth floor, fifty feet above the ground, more or less. It has a terrace that overlooks most of the city, but it is of little use since Gary almost never ventures out. Gary thinks about it all the time though. He wants to go there and enjoy the view. But he can’t. Because he is afraid of heights. And the terror begins ...


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"Clowns and Clovers"
 by RJ Santos
 Clowns and Clovers by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Young Adult, Accident, Shrink
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (1,510 words)
     Jake’s father receives death threats all the time. It’s all a part of the job, he says, being the mayor of Manila. But when one turns out to be serious and barely misses his father, Jake decides to play detective and snoop around the city hall.


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"The Conscience"
 by RJ Santos
 The Conscience by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Young Adult, Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (853 words)
     Ron made a hard decision, and is having a little trouble living with it. He confides in Eric.
     I felt something hit my shin under the table. "Are you going to tell me about it?"
     "I saw my sister this morning."
     Eric looked like he had been hit and run over by a truck. "I thought you'd never ..."


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"Fixing a Broken Heart"
 by RJ Santos
 Fixing a Broken Heart by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: High School Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
12 Chapters (46,227 words)
     Fate sometimes deals with us the hard way. That was what Zacarias Ocampo found out when his best friend, on whom he was madly in love with, came out to him. It would have been good for Zack except that his best friend brought a boyfriend with him. Zack finds his life going down the drain from that day on. He has people he could fall back on, but would he trust them enough? Zack came, he saw, but would he conquer?
     "We're gay," he said, and then paused looking uncertainly at me. He turned to look at Max and seemed to gather the courage he needs. He continued, "We love each other ... we're boyfriends."
     I stood up abruptly from the bed, shocked. How could he do this to me? Right here, in my own bedroom? How could my best friend tell me he's gay and that he loves someone else when I've been doting over him ever since forever? This wasn't some joke, right? "You ... you're boyfriends?" I managed to ask, blinking back the tears that threatened to spill out of my eyes. I sounded scared and ... pathetic. Arvin was staring at me, his eyes wide. He seemed horrified, and I was almost puzzled why. He nodded vigorously, and I knew I just had to get out of here. It won't be long before ... God! I ran out of my room and out of the house. It was all I could think about. Out. Somewhere. A sob I had gallantly fought back before escaped my lips the moment I stepped out of the house.


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"Having Put in Time"
 by RJ Santos
 Having Put in Time by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Drama, HIV
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (2,764 words)
     “I’m HIV positive, James. I’m sorry,” he said, and his voice started shaking. “It’s so hard to talk about, you know? But... you’re one of the persons I had sex with in the last six months, and I have to tell you. I’m sorry. For what it’s worth, I hope I got this after we broke up.”


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"The Ones That Are Left Behind"
 by RJ Santos
 The Ones That Are Left Behind by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Drama, Death, Sadness, Friendship
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (2,328 words)
     The tree house was really too dark for Sam to see who was in it. That didn't matter though, because at the moment, he knew that there was only one person who could be up there. He could see a somewhat orange little glow that slowly winked on and off inside it every few seconds, enough confirmation that the person he was looking for was indeed up there. Still, as with all the other times that Sam had gone to talk to his friend-well, former friend-he just couldn't muster the courage to actually climb the stairs up the tree house to give the guy the chance to make some things right.
     In the end, or at least, when Sam could no longer see the telltale glow of the cigarette inside the tree house, he decided to leave. A large part of him was hoping that a cigarette butt would hit him on the head so he could have a reason-other than past friendships-to turn back and climb up the tree house.


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"Option to Live"
 by RJ Santos
 Option to Live by RJSantos
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 Story Notes: Rated Teen 13+, Drama, Young Adult
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (5,585 words)
     Kaizer was a call boy. He had been one ever since he realized that there was nothing else he could do to earn money and live. He didn't want to beg, and he didn't want to dig in garbages for food. He was kicked out of the only home he knew by the only mother and father he knew when he told them he was gay. One night, he waited for someone to pick him up. It was a "slow" night, and it irritated him because his birthday was coming up and he still didn't have any cash. A black Camry stopped in front of him, and the man promised to pay the price he wanted and much more. The man promised him a new option to live. Would he let his doubts get in the way?


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"The Ride Home"
 by RJ Santos
 The Ride Home by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: High School, Drama, Angst
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (3,588 words)
     Thousands of memories assaulted me—Matt and I clowning around, me waiting for him after school hours, him waiting for me, the projects I had procrastinated on and we had completed in a rush right there on the steps, all the daydreaming we had done there, the excuses we had plotted for my parents when I got a black eye from fighting in the school garden. They almost put tears in my eyes. I knew I should've asked my parents to have me transferred, but it's my last year in highschool. I hoped this wouldn't be how I would spend everyday of this year. Then, there's that last memory that I have of him, that last day of our junior year, the one that had made me avoid him the whole summer and today, the first day of our senior year.


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"Signs"
 by RJ Santos
 Signs by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Young Adult, Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (7,808 words)
     I had another one of those episodes where I was just driving around aimlessly until I came to my senses and I couldn’t recognize where I was anymore. But, lost as I was, I really didn’t want to hear the GPS's incessant voice blaring from my speakers, telling me where to go. I guess, like everybody else these days, I just wanted to be ... somewhere.
     I sighed, turned onto another street, and saw a familiar sign in the distance, almost making me step on the brake and stop right where I was. I wanted to make a U-turn and speed away to where I came from. Instead, I slowed down and stared at the sign that I was drawing nearer to, until I was parked, looking at it from the opposite side of the street. I wasn’t just familiar with it; I designed it. More than ten years ago ... for someone special.


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"When in the Light"
 by RJ Santos
 When in the Light by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Supernatural, Young Adult, Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (2,957 words)
     I was a shadow, one of the race that is cursed to lose its free will whenever light shines on us. We always regain our will every time darkness falls, but when light shines on our hosts, we are snatched from wherever we are and whatever we are doing to attach to and follow our hosts and copy their exact movements. But we are alive, and we do our own thing ... when no one is watching, where no one can see us. No shadow would ever say that they like how we live, but it’s either that or not live at all.


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"Where the Heart Is"
 by RJ Santos
 Where the Heart Is by RJ Santos
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 Story Notes: Young Adult, Drama
Rated for Teen and Up Audiences  Rated for Teen and Up Audiences
1 Chapter (1,922 words)
     The house hadn’t changed much. It still looked the same as three years ago, at least, from the outside, although now it was adorned with Christmas lights and stuff. I was tempted to just stop my car in the middle of the street and run into the house, but I restrained myself and kept driving. Since there were other cars parked along the street, I had to park a block away from the house where I had spent eighteen years of my life. I felt my heart start to pound inside my chest. It had been a long time since I last saw it. Three years is a long time.



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