Suspend rational thought.Leave logic at the door.Be ready to roll your eyes and pick your jaw up from your lap.The tales in A Likely Story don’t let truth get in the way of telling a good yarn.They might push your buttons or make you laugh. They may make you scoff or spit out your coffee.You might even scratch your head in disbelief.Whatever your reaction, the one thing they are guaranteed to do is entertain you!STORIES INCLUDED:THE BIRTHDAY GIFT Eric GoberA sexy and mysterious stranger . ...

STRANDEDDEFINITION: adjective•(of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore."a stranded whale"•left without the means to move from somewhere."he offers a lift to a stranded commuter"###The boys in this collection of short stories have most definitely been left STRANDED!They’ve been shipwrecked and abandoned.Marooned and cast away.And left helpless and high and dry.But you should never underestimate the tenacity of the human heart…STORIES INCLUDED:CRAVING STAINS Alina Popescu...

If Chad is reticent to drop in on Dr. Fortescue's big annual holiday bash without a date, imagine his horror when he arrives to discover the party revolves around a city-wide scavenger hunt with a two-to-a-team policy stricter than Noah's. Worse, his efforts to pair up with his hunky doctor crush are thwarted, and he winds up being assigned the doofus with an elbow in the punch bowl as a partner.It turns out scavenger hunts are hard -- were they really supposed to dognap the doctor...

Shannon hates Christmas. Mostly because Christmas hates him. It sure seems like it, anyway: every crummy thing that's happened to him since high school has befallen him at the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Every humiliating break-up, every high-rise hotel fire -- heck, a few years back, one guy he had the hots for up and died.Which goes a long way toward explaining why he's a whimpering mess when he meets Ben the barista one Christmas morning at his neighborhood coffee house. It...

Hubert knows he brings shame on himself and on the Lord by being a queer -- his grandad and the pastor of his evangelical church tell him as much all the time. So when he dies in a freak accident, he's as delighted as he is surprised to waltz right through the Pearly Gates, no questions asked. He even gets a beautiful angel named Bartholomew as his very own guide to the Afterlife.But when the angel makes brazen overtures, Hubert realizes his soul may have taken a wrong turn. Hubert...

When button-down biracial lawmaker Cassidy Uematsu meets hardscrabble fry cook Buford "Jax" Jackson, it's lust at first sight. They're only too happy to jump into the sack, and when Jax loses his condom mid-getting-to-know-you, Cassidy urges him forward, damn the consequences. What's the worst that can happen?After a couple weeks of morning sickness and a few months gaining weight, Cassidy learns an unfathomable secret about the men in his family that he's pretty sure he was happie...

Since he first laid eyes on Michael Phelps as a teenager, young Beau has longed to be an Olympian; the better to sleep with as many other Olympians as possible. Too bad he's a flop at every sport he tries.An offhand reference by his European mother reveals a family connection to the world of competitive shooting, and a quick -- if not wholly truthful -- email nets Beau an invitation to Luxembourg to train with Marcel, a dashing rifle champion. He jumps at the chance, and, when he l...

Santa Fe attorney Danny Hanrahan loves life in his adopted hometown. He's got good friends, a great job, and a gorgeous home. The only thing he's missing is someone with whom to share it all, but when his trusty assistant Monica sets him up with her sexy son Ashok, Danny quickly considers the "boyfriend" box checked, too.Ashok is fit, charming, and dynamite in the sack; falling in love with him is a piece of cake. Embracing Ashok's alter ego, celebrated drag diva Raima Reason, prov...

Unassuming music major Brent Callahan has the crush of a lifetime on frat boy George Cortner. When the opportunity to offer George a ride home for the holidays crops up, Brent has to dig deep for the nerve to seize it. He'd been planning on hanging around campus for Christmas, but George doesn't need to know that.They're on the road before Brent's even sure he'll be able to keep his hands to himself with George in such close quarters. Not that George has asked him to ...

When Richard is invited to join Colin for Christmas in Cancun, he's on the next flight out of Winnipeg faster than you can say Feliz Navidad. He'll take sun and sand over shoveling snow any day, but more importantly, he believes the invitation as an obvious sign Colin has at last chosen him over his rival Joaquin. Now they can get on with the business of being a couple.But life with Colin is full of surprises. Not only has he also invited Joaquin to Cancun, but he's hatche...

Samir is a lot closer to forty than he is to fourteen. For all the good it does him -- when he's around cutie-pie Kerry, a waiter at his favorite happy hour hotspot, he feels more like a tween girl backstage with a boyband than any kind of upstanding professional.Especially when he's drunkenly inspired to write a letter to Santa Claus, in which he asks to find Kerry under his tree on Christmas morning. A wish that verges on coming true, even, until Kerry breaks their Christmas Eve ...

Five stories. Eleven men. The countless joys of coming together at Christmas. Whether they're spending treasured time with friends, showing up for forced family fun, or making good their escape from the shopping throngs, the men in these stories are all about to make the same discovery: love makes a terrific present.Contains the stories:The Gift of the Gay Guy: 'Tis the night before Christmas when Derrick Halvorson catches Lee, a hot one night stand, emptyi...