Below you can find the complete collection of stories by Craig W.
19 Nov 2021 comments
When Jackson spots Shane in the ante room and homes in on him, Shane's first thought is that he must have done something wrong. It turns out Jackson isn't an ogre though, and Shane & Nathan soon find their schemes growing wings. There's a visitors' dinner to host too after sports afternoon and Nathan finds he's been listed to sit on Jackson's table. Someone else though may have designs on Jackson.
14 Nov 2021 comments
It's Armistice Day and Craig has an important duty to perform, but will he manage to get to school without creasing his uniform or scuffing his boots? More importantly, has he mastered the bugle calls yet? Across the pond, Nathan is trying to sort out some travel arrangements...
12 Nov 2021 comments
It's Monday and Craig receives an unexpected visitor whilst he's working at the garage after school. He's just been volunteered for a task. Over in the States, the guys in the dorm are summoned to Weekly Orders by Nat, and he has bad news for them regarding their drill assessment...
10 Nov 2021 comments
It's Muster Sunday, the day the guys in the dorm go through their first test of Military Skills. Two reputations are riding on their performance: their own, and Craig's as a tutor. Unfortunately, someone is hell bent on ruining things for them...
4 Nov 2021 comments
It's early in the morning and something has woken Nathan up. Are Shane and Travis still asleep in their beds? It's rumoured they sometimes slip out of the dorm at night but he's never managed to catch them... Later in the day it's time for the guys to go into town, where Noah makes an astute observation.
30 Oct 2021 comments
It's time for Craig to make that video call, to re-establish links with the guys in the dorm. But he hadn't counted on having Mandy gate-crash on the call... What will she think of his American friends? What will they think of her? More specifically, what will Nathan think?
25 Oct 2021 comments
Back at Allegheny Alcatraz, Nathan has news for the guys in the dorm: they are going to need to get their act together, and pretty fast too ! Can they rise to the challenge? And maybe Craig can reach out to them, re-establish the bonds that were broken so abruptly, help them...
14 Oct 2021 comments
Now back in the UK, Craig returns to school and has to face up to his friends. They are eager to know what really happened over in America and why he got sent home to England. On top of that, Nathan has been talking to his dad...
8 Sep 2021 comments
Things are quiet in the dorm, then the door rattles and bursts open, much to the annoyance of Cadet Sergeant Bauer. Who's making so much noise? And what have they brought him?
19 Aug 2021 comments
It's Sunday evening and Craig has questions for his dad. Like just how did dad know mum was the right one for him, and is Nathan right for Craig?
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27 Jul 2021 comments
Back home in England, Craig is settling down to do his homework after school when his messenger pings. Somebody over in The New World wants to talk to him.
24 Jul 2021 comments
Just a short story, but one that I hope will you all entertained.
9 Jul 2021 comments
I met Kurt at the "Freshers' Fair" on the first Wednesday of the new academic year. I was a final year Sports Science student, out recruiting members for the University Gay Society. It's a tough job, being the first to grab all those fresh young guys and separate them from their joining fee but it has its benefits - not least of which is getting a chance to chat up all the new prospects on campus.
3 Jul 2021 comments
Sometimes the right decisions are the hardest to make. The most painful. Will Craig have what it takes to do the right thing, and this time for the right reason? His isn't the only future resting on it.
29 Jun 2021 comments
It was just after five-thirty as I gently closed Nathan’s bedroom door and crept down the corridor back towards my bedroom. As I turned around to close my bedroom door after me, a slight noise further down the corridor drew my attention. Jackson’s bedroom door had opened and he was standing in the corridor.
22 Jun 2021 comments
After the barbeque ends, Craig heads back up to the house for his usual Sunday evening video-call with his dad. Except, of course, this isn't the usual call. It's that call, and Nat wants a third item added to the agenda.
19 Jun 2021 comments
The afternoon was full of games and general good fun enjoyed by all the cadets but, as evening approached and we sat down for a meal, Mrs Bauer and Jackson started to ask a few seemingly innocent questions about Nathan and me.
10 Jun 2021 comments
When Craig and Nathan get back to the boathouse, the grills are sizzling and the guys from college have arrived, and not just the lads from the dorm: quite a few Cadet Officers have turned up too. After lunch is eaten, Will suggests Craig should demonstrate his skill with a shotgun.
6 Jun 2021 comments
Before the upcoming barbeque, Nathan takes Craig along the Allegheny River in a classic 1920's speedboat. After the adrenaline rush is over, Nathan drops anchor and asks an awkward question.
4 Jun 2021 comments
After staying overnight in Nathan's room, questions have to be answered when the bedside phone rings. Do I want breakfast in bed? And what are the plans for the remainder of the day ? Nat thinks it would be a good idea to invite Jackson and the other boxers over to a Sunday afternoon barbeque...
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29 May 2021 comments
Nat’s standing there, looking at me. Those big sparkly amber - hazel eyes. I’ve forgotten what I was going to say. I don’t think I actually knew what I was going to say. Words didn’t come into it. Well, not my words anyway. But Elizabeth’s words were still ringing in my ears. ‘Punch him or kiss him’.
20 May 2021 comments
After the opening of the exhibition at the gallery, Boots heads back with Nathan and the Bauers to spend the rest of the weekend at their house. After Mrs Bauer has retired for the night, Nathan once more tries to get Craig alone and suggests they try out the jacuzzi...
12 May 2021 comments
Boots begins to realise that people regard him as just a commodity, something to be used and then discarded once his usefulness is over.
10 May 2021 comments
Craig and Nathan are staying overnight at the country club before heading off to Nathan's house. Craig learns that Elizabeth is going to be there too but before he has to contend with that Nathan appears bearing a bottle of whisky. It seems bootlegging is a family tradition...
2 May 2021 comments
As the clock counts down towards Craig's expulsion from Allegheny Military College, Nathan takes him to the opening of the pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Carnegie Gallery. Craig has no interest in paintings. Nathan, on the other hand...
30 Apr 2021 comments
As the sun sets over the pond, Boots reflects upon his conversations with Jackson and the Commandant. It's time to make a decision. Should he grasp the opportunity that Allegheny College presents to him? Can he maintain his honour ?
25 Apr 2021 comments
For Sunday Nathan had managed to arrange an extra military training day for us. He's played a real blinder too, getting the permission for us to use the college's Humvee for driver training and then for us to be allowed onto the ranges for some shooting tuition.
20 Apr 2021 comments
Craig's past is now catching up with him. All actions have consequences, as Jackson confirms when Craig asks to see him. The news is strangely comforting: Craig knows what he has to do and that, if possible, he has to minimise the collateral damage, try to ensure no-one else gets hurt.
16 Apr 2021 comments
It's Craig's first experience of the US army's cadets in field training, and he's determined to make a mark. Plans are laid. The Commandant and Captain Jackson Davis are due to inspect their achievements. After a morning on exercise, he goes to the gym for boxing training but first Jayden and then Coach have a message for him, one he doesn't want to hear...
12 Apr 2021 comments
Whilst the search parties are out in the cold and rain, scouring the woods and fields, Craig is trying to come to terms with his thoughts for Shane.