Strokes Series

Original Fiction Series:
Strokes
This is a series of several original character series set around a gay nightclub called 'Strokes'. It started as a simple story titled "Escape" which spawned a sequel that took a year or two for me to finish. Then many more characters and sequels were born from those, forming this ongoing series.

All stories contain homosexual references, so please consider this a blanket warning for that. Some contain sex or strong language, so please observe the ratings as you read.

PG/PG13	Material with suggestive hints or strong language
18+	Strictly adult material

Introduction Series-
Introduction of various characters through similar means. For each of these stories, I played with a lot of ideas concerning the name- the main character's real name is not mentioned until the end and then not until someone else says it, as one example, but I don't want to ruin them by explaining all of it.

Sweetie's Story PG	Formerly titled 'Escape', this is an introduction to Sweetie, one of the club's owners. Here, one depressed cutie has a bit more to escape from than just his cold. What's that line about if you love something, set it free? :-)
Turbo's Story PG	An introduction to Turbo, the club's stage manager. He's a brooding artist and bit of a control freak... in more ways than one. And he's not having a particularly good day after a long, late night.
Rich's Story	An introduction to Rich, one of the club's security guards. Because sometimes the tough guys can be the biggest babies.
Olly's Story	An introduction to Olly, the mansion's resident doctor.
Coyote's Story 18+	An introduction to Coyote, a musician and performer at the club. This story also serves as a bit of a summary for some of the characters using the typical "new guy on the scene needs an introduction" formula.

General Stories-
As the "everything else" sequential series, this follows the boys during the general twists and turns of life.

BookCrossing PG/PG13	Olly has an encounter while out at lunch one day with several of the guys.
Moving 18+	Jamie decides to move into the mansion to be near Sweetie.
AIDS Walk 18+	It's time for the annual DC AIDS Walk and the mansion and club teams are battling it out for donations.
Camp PG13	Coyote realizes that he should have stayed at a motel.
Home Sick G/PG	Olly's rarely sick, but when he is he's forced to stay at home for a whole weekend.
On Ice PG-13	Jamie has a hard day on the ice.
Survey PG	Very short follow-up to 'On Ice' in which Jamie becomes emotionally involved with a survey.
Lunch Date PG	Marty and Coyote meet for a lunch date one spring day.
Lunch Date II G/PG	Coyote is persuaded to have lunch with (and be evaluated by) Marty's roommate.
Fatherhood	Olly and Sam discuss fatherhood and Olly recounts a recent experience
Withdrawal G/PG	The mansion residents start to notice Jamie's bad mood, and Sweetie tries to explain.
Alone 18+	Tragedy strikes Coyote and he needs some help getting through it.
Quixotic PG	Marty and Coyote go out on an evening date in DC and ridiculous romance ensues with terrible results.
Bad Day	Jamie's away with the team and having a pretty bad day.
Morning Routine	A short piece describing Marty and Coyote's morning routine
New Year's 18+	It’s New Year’s Eve at Strokes and Nik’s a bit under the weather but doesn’t want to go home.
Moving On- Valentine's Day Fragment PG	Part of a larger, unfinished story entitled 'Moving On'. Coyote’s spending Valentine’s Day brooding
Balance PG	Ducky finds a place of balance among the different parts of his life during Valentine's Day.

Movie Nights-
You can't have a huge house with a bunch of people living in it and not have an entertainment schedule.

Movie Night 1

An introduction to the mansion's traditional monthly movie night, using one of my favorite movies of course.