Alex Head: 4 books

This short story about creating a gay family is one of the first stories I wrote, and remains one of my favorites. Toby is nine years old when he runs away from his drunk, violent foster parents. After two days on the street he is foraging for food in a dumpster behind a restaurant when his...

Ethan knew he was gay when, as a sophomore in high school, he fell in love with straight, unattainable Hank, a senior and captain of the football team. He came out in college. The two men he dated each fell in love with him. Breaking up with each of them was painful. Over the next ten years...

Philip is the captain of the baseball team at his high school and the star pitcher. His family doesn’t have much money, so he’s depending on getting an athletic scholarship for college. He is a good student except for math, where he’s doing poorly. His coach warns him that unless he pulls up...

Hank doesn’t want to be a bully. He does it to fit in. In his sophomore year in high school, his buddies are football stars like his older brothers. His father had been one too, but not Hank. Tall for his age and lean, he doesn’t have the build for football. Basketball is his sport, but he isn’t...