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Christmas, family, love, and the unexpected miracles that come with growing up gay. Malachi never thought he’d see the day his dad would walk away from the church that defined their family. He never thought Boxing Day would bring tears, bacon sandwiches, reunions, and declarations that would change everything. But love has a way of rewriting the rules. Set after The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Malachi the Queer, this heartfelt Christmas short story follows Malachi and Noah as they navigate family, forgiveness, found family, and the quiet joy of a life they never thought they’d have....

He’s the Prime Minister’s son. He’s lost the boy he loves. And the whole world is watching. Sixteen-year-old Myles Maxwell-Fox lives in the shadow of a public legacy he never asked for. When he comes out to the world, he sets off a chain reaction that shatters his carefully managed life, and throws him into the heart of Soho’s vibrant, chaotic gay community. Haunted by the memory of his first love, Lewis, Myles is torn between the thrill of freedom and the pain he can’t leave behind. As the media hounds his every move and his father tightens his homophobic grip, Myles runs toward ...

At first, the voices were brilliant. Einstein helped him make sense of the universe. Hitchens taught him how to be himself. But then came Carl. And Carl said things that made Avery’s skin crawl. Sixteen-year-old Avery is a gifted boy with a mind that never sleeps and a voice that won’t shut up. When a psychotic break tears through his world, he finds himself sectioned under the Mental Health Act and plunged into the fluorescent quiet of an adolescent psychiatric ward. There, recovery isn’t a montage. It’s slow mornings, bitter tea, and the quiet, accidental friendship of a boy who ...

A whirlwind adventure packed with magic, mystery, and a dash of chaos! Ollie Brewer might be just a regular school kid, but when a field trip to the British Museum goes terribly wrong, he’s thrust into a magical world of labyrinths, lost wands, and very grumpy Minotaurs. With his best friend Samantha at his side and an ancient curse hanging over them, Ollie has to outwit deadly creatures, solve impossible puzzles, and maybe even save the day. Along the way, he’ll discover the true meaning of bravery, friendship, and how sometimes the best adventures happen when you least expect them. ...

Cathal O’Sullivan wasn’t expecting to save anyone on the last day of school. But when he pulls Elliot Chen back from the edge of a busy road, the moment doesn’t just change Elliot’s life, it rewrites Cathal’s. Elliot is brilliant, sarcastic, and stuck in a body shaped by spinal muscular atrophy and a life that feels like it’s already decided. Cathal is sharp, restless, and broke: a working-class kid with top A-levels and no clear way out. Neither of them were looking for love. But love, it turns out, might be looking for them. Over the course of three extraordinary days, the ...

Jonah Sinclair is starting over. He’s left behind the stage lights of a performative childhood and arrived at university to study art, armed with a sketchbook, a sharp sense of humour, and the quiet hope that nobody here will ask too many questions. But his new flatmates are impossible to ignore: fierce, fractured, and full of feelings, they come with enough baggage to bury an emotional support animal. And then there’s Rowan. Steady, gentle, and far too observant. As Jonah begins to draw the people around him, his sketchbook starts to shift. The drawings move. They change. They reveal ...

Apocalypse, betrayal, and one very inconvenient messiah. When the sky tears open over Harrow, an angel falls, the Second Coming collapses in the street, and Satan turns out to have been running the local parish for forty years. Awanye was born to walk the mortal world and learn pain. David is a career criminal with no idea he might also be the messiah. And Father Benedict? He’s been waiting two thousand years for this moment, and if he can’t kill the Son of God yet, he’ll ruin him the old-fashioned way. From incense-choked churches to streets lit by burning wings, the apocalypse ...

He’s supposed to be keeping his head down – not falling for the man who could blow everything wide open. A rule-breaking detective. A razor-sharp writer. One midnight bagel that changes everything. London never really sleeps. But in the quiet hours of Farringdon, Detective Callum Fraser is learning to listen – to the city, to his instincts, and to the man who might just upend everything he thought he knew. After a very public incident involving a deodorant can and a regrettably flammable suspect, Callum’s been sidelined. No chasing leads. No making waves. Just paperwork and penance....

They wanted to break him. He refused to bow. Fourteen-year-old Malachi is brilliant, self-assured, and quietly furious. He’s gay. He’s an atheist. And he’s the son of a Baptist pastor. When his parents send him to a Christian “conversion” camp, Malachi arrives armed with arguments and defiance, ready to endure, maybe even escape. But what begins as manipulation and shame soon turns into something far more dangerous, a place where control is absolute, obedience is enforced, and violence wears a holy face. As the rules tighten and the punishments deepen, Malachi fights to hold onto ...

What if the world’s not ending, it’s just having an allergic reaction to itself? Step into the wings of the Apollo Theatre with Reggie Porter, the most dangerous man in British comedy (according to Zara, his manager, and possibly MI5). With a biro, a Greggs leaflet, and six pages of forbidden insight, Reggie isn’t just doing a set, he’s detonating sacred cows one punchline at a time. From gay frogs to £6 cheddar, from God to oat milk, The Gig is not a short story, not a manifesto, and definitely not safe for anyone still clinging to certainty. It’s a stand-up sermon. A comic ...

In a world where love is treason, one boy learns the truth about the Reich, and himself. In a fractured future where the Nazis won the war and Britain is just another province in the Reich, sixteen-year-old Wilfred is a model student: loyal, disciplined, unthinking. Until he’s kidnapped by the Resistance. Now, everything he believed: his country, his family, even himself, is in question. Forced to confront the lies of his past and the horrors of the present, Wilfred finds unexpected solace in the rebel who watches over him: Samuel. Charismatic. Tender. Dangerous. As Wilfred falls deeper ...

When you can’t find the right words, the right friends can help you say them. After a disastrous coming out to his parents, Freddie runs away from home with no plan except not going back. The next day, desperate and anxious, he walks into an LGBT youth group in London, hoping for answers, or at least a cup of tea. Instead, he meets Jack and Malachi, two older teens who know exactly what he’s going through. Between awkward hugs, jokes that break the tension, and moments of raw honesty, Freddie learns that facing the truth doesn’t mean facing it alone. Freddie Finds Support is a ...

On a misty Irish hillside, one man’s final journey leads him somewhere he never expected. Michael Sullivan has spent a lifetime working the land, pushing through pain and loneliness with quiet resolve. But when a simple chore goes wrong, he finds himself drawn toward Kilmaine graveyard: a place where stories linger like fog, and time moves to its own rhythm. As nights lengthen and strange visitors pass through the gates, Michael begins to sense that something in Kilmaine is changing… and that his place in the world may not be over after all. The New Job is a haunting, lyrical short ...

He came in a preacher and exited a homosexual. David isn’t exactly known for his patience, just ask the chef who met a crate of crustaceans up close. Ordered to take a year off from the restaurant business, he’s unprepared for the door-to-door sermons that invade his newly quiet life. When Sebastian, a young Jehovah’s Witness, turns up at his doorstep, David can’t help noticing the boy’s wandering eyes. And Sebastian can’t stop coming back. What begins as a teasing encounter quickly turns into a crash course in queer awakening, as David finds himself giving the eager convert ...

Jack’s Diary A novella by Damian Jay Clay “If I don’t write it, if I don’t say it, then it isn’t true.” Hidden behind an air vent, wrapped in plastic and shame, lies a notebook no one was ever meant to read. But Jack writes anyway. About his body, his silence, the bruises he’s told are love, and the God he’s told will never love him back. In the language of scripture, whispered desire, and unbearable confession, this raw, radiant diary traces one boy’s journey through religious guilt, abuse, awakening, and the impossible hope of being known. As Jack falls deeper into self-...

When Michael’s mum falls ill during their weekly shop, she hands her thirteen-year-old son the car keys and says, “You’ll be fine.” It’s the start of an extraordinary year of secret cinema trips, unexpected driving lessons, and small rebellions against the ordinary world. But magic has its limits. And when reality finally breaks through, Michael is left to make sense of love, loss, and growing up far too soon. Funny, tender, and heartbreaking, Days of Magic is a coming-of-age story about a boy, his mum, and the extraordinary moments that make an ordinary life unforgettable. ...

One competition. One castle. One winter that changes everything. Connor Fahey never asked to be the star of anyone’s story. Shy, awkward, and struggling with his self-image, the last thing he expects is to win a competition that sends him to a remote Scottish castle. There he meets Danny O’Mara: a once-beloved child movie star, now hiding from the world. As a snowstorm traps them together, a fragile bond begins to form, one that forces Connor to confront everything he thought he knew about love, identity, and self-worth. But secrets rise with the storm. Unexpected feelings surface. And ...

When Ollie Brewer is stuck in the hottest night on record, he never expected to wake up to snow—especially in June! The magic kicks in with a blast as snowflakes start falling, but it’s not just the weather that’s gone wrong. A whole magical disaster is brewing inside his school, and it’s up to Ollie, his best friend Samantha, and his overenthusiastic bear companion, Urs, to save the day. After accidentally leaving a magical portal open, Ollie finds himself tracking down emotional snow beasts, clingy monsters, and magical mischief in the halls of his school. With his wit, courage, ...

Ollie Brewer doesn’t like his new school. He doesn’t like being called “Frenchy” by bullies who can’t point to France on a map. He especially doesn’t like that books keep falling off his shelf for no reason. Then one day, a snow globe winks at him. Literally. Soon, Ollie’s being flung into a world of impossible towers, singing Nards, and clingy blue monsters who sob when you try to leave. There’s a broken world to fix, a cog-wearing king to challenge, and a bear in his coat who burps strawberry thunder. He didn’t sign up for magic lessons. He just wanted to survive Year 5....

Love can arrive quietly: sometimes over coffee, sometimes with Chopin. Every day, a writer sits at a small café, watching the world drift by with a caramel latte in hand. One morning, a stranger in a rainbow-striped jacket catches his eye. What begins with a smile turns into shared coffees, unexpected gifts, and an intimacy that grows through ritual, music, and trust. Set against the rhythms of London life, Coffee is a tender, evocative short story about love that doesn’t need grand gestures to feel extraordinary. From the first quiet glance to the moment two lives begin to intertwine, ...