Boys, Beasts & Men

This is a short story collection linked by brief interstitial scenes between two men, with each story offering a separate speculative setup. The stories range across near-future, alternate-history, urban-fantasy, horror, and magical-realist modes.

Across the collection, queer boys and men face family conflict, bullying, desire, loss, and transformation, often under pressure from racism, poverty, homophobia, and institutional harm. Speculative elements include dinosaurs, aliens, mind control, house spirits, body swapping, and mythic or historical reimaginings.

The framing material and the stories themselves gradually build thematic resonance, with many readers noting a coherent emotional and tonal arc. The collection often emphasizes grief, anger, survival, and hard-won connection, while leaving individual stories varied in ending, intensity, and payoff.