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Graeme A Down Under Australian 6 Recommended Works The Tarheel Writer - On the Web since 24 February 2003. Celebrating 21 Years on the Internet! Tarheel Home Page |
I am a forty plus year old Australian, who is married with two young boys. I'm also gay. While I've always realised this (well, for as long as I can remember), I've only really accepted it recently. My wife has been extremely understanding and we are working together to ensure we continue to have a loving family for our boys to grow up in. One of the primary drivers in my accepting myself was a succession of quality gay fiction that I had found on the internet.
Recommendations are presented in alphabetical order.
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"Falls Creek Lessons"
by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/Graeme/ on 6 July 2023
High School
10 Chapters with an Epilogue and an Afterword (111,463 words)
Completed March 2005
Added 29 Sept 2012 (archived-word)
What starts out as a fun skiing trip for Greg, turns into something totally different. When his sister's boyfriend inadvertently announces to Greg that the two guys he's sitting in the back seat with are gay, Greg panics ... not because he's freaked out being that close to two gay guys, but because they might figure out he's gay too. Then Greg meets Dan, a towie on the slopes. Greg thinks Dan is cute, but probably straight. Dan thinks Greg is cute, but probably straight. Will they ever figure it out? Read and find out. This is an excellent story from a gifted author!
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"The Gift"by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/Graeme/ on 6 July 2023
High School/Young Adult
1 Chapter (5,498 words)
Completed December 2004
Added 19 September 2024 (archived-word)
I lay on the operating table, trying to calm myself down as I waited for the anaesthetist to come in and knock me out. This was a nightmare that I wished I could just wake up from, but real life doesn’t work that way. All I could do was pray that everything would work out in the end. The one question that was constantly running through my mind was whether I was doing this out of love ... or guilt?
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"Heart of the Tree"
by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/Graeme on 6 July 2023
Young Adult
32 Chapters in Four Parts (195,721 words)
Completed November 2007
Added 29 Sept 2012 (archived-word)
The Tree was old. It had watched over many generations of local inhabitants. Settlers moving west from Sydney, recognizing that the area was suitable for farming, had formed the small township of Mourton around The Tree. Even then, the residents recognized something special in The Tree and preserved the land around it as a park. Their discovery of land nearby that was suitable for grapes assured the prosperity of the town.
The children enjoyed clambering through the gnarled roots, up between the multiple, twisted trunks, and along the huge, curving branches. The middle of The Tree, between those trunks, was a safe haven, a fort, the room at the top of an enchanted tower, the meeting place of a secret society, the cabin of a sailing ship, or the centre of a wild forest – whatever the children imagined. Without knowing it, The Tree became a part-time babysitter, as it entertained the youngsters while their parents performed their strange adult rituals.
An educated man once declared The Tree to be a magnificent specimen of Ficus Macrophylla – a Mourton Bay Fig Tree. That name said so much about The Tree, but left so much more unstated.
Young lovers enjoyed the cool shade the spreading canopy provided. Many a tryst took place under the protection of The Tree.
Slowly, a legend grew.
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"New Brother"
by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/Graeme on 7 July 2023
High School
22 Chapters (171,681 words)
Completed September 2005 - January 2006
Added 29 Sept 2012 (archived-word)
You're going to like this story. You're going to like this author. He's talented ... very talented. This story kinda starts off slow, but you'll be hooked by the second chapter. If it wasn't good, it wouldn't be here. Now, on to the introduction ....
It was Friday morning near the end of March. Adam sat dejected on the ground near where he had been dropped off. It was another day of school, but certainly not another normal day for him. He had stayed the previous night at Gary's house, but Gary's mum had made it quite clear that he wasn't welcome back there. The night before last, he had been at Aiden's house, but Aiden's dad's displeasure at the situation had been painfully obvious. Adam's arm was still sore from the blow he had received. Who could he stay with tonight? Aiden and Gary had both said that they wouldn't say anything to anyone, but he didn't know how long it would be before word got out. As Adam looked up, he saw the Johnson twins getting off the bus. Maybe ...
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"The Price of Friendship"
by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/graeme/index.htm on 18 September 2023
Young Adult
19 Chapters (118,055 words)
Completed May 2009
Added 18 Sept 2023 (archived-word)
Take one socially awkward Rick, who hasn't had one single friend in over two years, and move him to a new town. Now he's the new kid at school and scared to death. Then he meets Drew who introduces him to his friends. Suddenly, Rick has a whole lot of friends. Then he finds out Drew is gay and Rick is his new boyfriend. Does he deny he's gay and possibly lose all his new friends? Or does no pretend to be gay?
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"Temporary Dads"by Graeme
Link verified to awesomedude.org/graeme/index.htm on 18 September 2023
Young Adult
18 Chapters (65,095 words)
Completed - February 2017
Added 19 September 2024 (archived-word)
Alan Thrush watched as the coffin was slowly lowered into the grave, his vision blurred by tears. Craig had done a stupid thing, but it was too late for recriminations—four days too late. Driving home in the heavy rain after a Saturday-night dinner with friends, Craig had tried to overtake a slow-moving vehicle, had lost control of his car…and with that his life.
“Daddy ... ”
The soft whimper from his left recalled Alan to his duty.
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