Author: Cyrus Modestin
I once told my mom I wanted to be God.... she wasn’t happy about that. I don’t think God was either, cause I got electrocuted a few hours later. Coincidence? I think not. So I gave that up on that dream and decided to go with a much safer career path... Being a writer. I build worlds, put people in those worlds, and most importantly, I tell stories of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Dinner
WAIT, BEFORE YOU READ THIS, HAVE YOU READ Made It To The City? The door of the New York City high rise condo swung open and in walked Jasmine. With her duffle bag slung across her chest and Perry’s camera bag in hand, Jasmine entered the penthouse. Despite being smack dab in the middle of…
Double Booked
Carter Adams pulled the blue light blocking glasses from his face, dropping them on the desk. Leaning back in his chair, he attempted to rub the fatigue from his eyes. For the past two and a half hours, he’d been staring at his screen, working on the script for a horror film he and his…
Made It To The City
WAIT! BEFORE YOU START READING, HAVE YOU READ ‘ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun‘ ? Perry and Jasmine made it into the city around one in the afternoon. Making their way through the streets of Manhattan, the couple drove around aimlessly, killing time as they waited for their Airbnb to be ready. “Oh my gosh,…
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
HANG ON. BEFORE YOU READ THIS HAVE YOU READ ‘A Long Time Coming‘ ? Jasmine awoke at seven in the morning, expecting to roll over and find Perry lying beside her, playing with their phone like they usually do. But instead she rolled over to find her partner’s side of the bed empty. Rubbing her…
A Long Time Coming
“So how long do you think we’ll be in New York for?” Jasmine asked as she opened the coat closet and pulled out her blue suitcase. Jasmine’s partner, Perry, sat on the couch, their feet kicked up on the coffee table. “I don’t know, maybe a few weeks. I wanna go early so we can…
Meanwhile, Back Home
Asher Ryan tapped his room key against the card reader, the flashing red light on the reader turning green as a soft beep sounded. Pushing the door handle down, he walked into the hotel sweet, tugging at his bow tie as he went. After undoing his tie, he unbuttoned the first few buttons of his…
Celebratory Kicks
The sounds of hoots and hollers filled the room as Holt Miller stood at the mixing board and let the final song of their album ‘Love Letters To NY’ play. “Damn B. This shit’s about to have the whole city goin’ crazy this summer.” Ace, Holt’s manager, said as he patted Holt on the back….
Sol
Emily sat in front of his MacBook, staring at yet another baby naming website. After a hard back and forth with himself, and seeing at least a dozen different therapists, Emily was finally able to look at himself in the mirror and say the words; ‘I’m transgender’. The first time he said it out loud…
Disappointment
STOP! BEFOR YOU READ THIS, CHECK OUT RICHMEN. Olivia Wallace pulled on her leather jacket before rounding the bar, she met her best friend, Sophie, on the other. “Alright Benny, we’re headed out.” Olivia said as she turned around to look at him. Benny, Olivia and Sophie’s boss, as well as friend of the Wallace…