Our narrator hopes to maintain his new relationship with the talented musician Bobby James, who is handsome, charming, and twenty years his senior. But then everything seems to change when they head off together to spend the entire summer of 1976...
Two baby boys are born on the same winter day in a small city in North Carolina. On opposite sides of town. When they meet--at university, not in their hometown--they fall in love and start planning a life together. Kit, the white boy, is rich; Ga...
A large, beautiful tattoo piques the narrator's interest one day at the gym. And then he realizes the tattoo is but one feature of the young man who wears it. He decides the rest is even better. Clement Tyler is forty-two when reade...
When narrator Julian Harcourt, on his way to the Met Opera, is knocked down by a taxi in front of Lincoln Center, he has no expectation that a handsome young man—a tenor—will help him up. But Stuart Kreisler happens to be right ther...
If the narrator, Oliver Hartmann, hadn't been walking through Central Park one glorious October afternoon, he'd never have caught the ball. Nor would he have caught the heart of the man whose young son lobbed the long-distance pass. But O...
When editor Dan Blackwell invites writer Caleb Bromley to stay in his back bedroom, Dan already anticipates that his heart will be in danger. When Caleb turns out to be even handsomer than his photo suggested, and when he exhibits quiet charm a...
Narrator Paul Cornell thinks he is sailing smoothly toward his fortieth birthday when the sudden appearance of an old flame rocks his boat. Paul knows he has never forgotten George, but he is still unprepared for the rush of emotions and the wa...
When photographer Ken Garda flies to Montana to photograph a celebrity wedding, he has no expectation that his heart—and his life—will turn upside down. But when he meets the videographer assigned to assist him, Ken develops a keen ...
INDEPENDENCE DAZE is the third in Bruce K Beck's Holiday Novella Series. Narrator Jerry Darnley has been nursing a broken heart for years, so he is slow to consider a new romance. Slow until he meets a very cute, very energized young guy ...
Gallerist Tim Hart has recently faced the sudden death of his long-term partner—with uneven success. Sure, he can keep his gallery running and keep his dog cared for. But what about the possibility of a bright future which includes new love? Ti...
Welcome to Book One of my new Four Seasons Series of short story collections. In SUMMER TALES, you meet seven sets of characters I find irresistible—so much so that I decided to stay with them for the coming seasons. You'll discover...
Welcome to AUTUMN TALES, Book Two of the Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers get to follow the seven sets of handsome couples from SUMMER TALES, and the people who love them, as they all experience the wonder that is Autumn ...
Welcome to WINTER TALES, Book Three of Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers get to revisit the seven sets of handsome couples they first met in summer and grew to love even more deeply in autumn. Seven se...
Welcome to SPRING TALES, Book Four of Bruce K Beck's Four Seasons Series of short story collections. Readers revisit the seven sets of charming characters we first met last summer, as they strive to build better lives and stronger relationships...