Category Archives: + Love is an Open Road

Shelter from the Storm by Mia West ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The photo for this prompt shows a muscular young man wearing a cowboy hat, bandanna, leather work gloves, jeans, and belt. He is looking at a white horse, whose bridle he grips. The man’s eyes are shielded by his hat. See the photo here STORY LETTER: Dear Author, I’ve never thought much about taking a wife. Eligible women… Read more »

Ink and His Shadow by Beth Baxter ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Two black and white photographs of men. The man on the left has dark hair, cut above the chin, and wears black. The man in the picture on the right has short dark hair, scars and tattoos. See the photos here STORY LETTER: Dear Author, See the guy on the left? He felt people close to him always… Read more »

Binding Hearts by Cassandra Carr ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Three young men sitting on a cobblestone street with their arms around each other and melancholy expressions. The man in the middle is kissing the cheek of the man on the right, while the man on the left is resting his chin on his knee. See the photo here STORY LETTER: Dear Author, All three of us met… Read more »

How to Catch a Cheetah by Liza Kay ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: In the picture we see a cheetah in full run, chasing an ostrich through a steppe-like landscape. The ostrich’s wings are spread, his feathers ruffled, as he tries to escape the faster, but physically weaker, cat. Above those two, we see the line SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT. See the photo here STORY LETTER: Dear Author, The ostrich is a shifter; the… Read more »

Matters of State by A. Phallus Si ♥ ★

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Black & white of two naked males in profile, passionately embracing. Musculature denotes that one is older than other; he hungrily leans in, teeth against the youth’s neck. The younger male grasps his lover; one hand fisted in his hair pulling him in and the other spanning his ribs, and as he arches backwards his lover covers him…. Read more »

St. Andrew’s Bay Chronicles by Lila Leigh Hunter ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A vintage portrait of a pirate at a beach with the water in the background. The pirate seems to be in his early thirties, with long hair held back, and a muscular physique. With one hand he’s holding his pistol which is in his chest baldric, and in the other hand he’s holding a bloody cutlass. See the… Read more »

This We’ll Defend by Leona Windwalker ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Two young soldiers squeeze onto a small single bed. An open wardrobe to the right gives a glimpse of where at least one of the BDU shirts has been discarded. To the left, the open door of a second wardrobe helps provide them with a modicum of privacy. They are sound asleep, still otherwise fully dressed. See the… Read more »

Pull Down the Sun by Danni Keane ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The black-and-white photo shows two handsome, well-built, bare-chested young men, kissing passionately as they lie in the shallow waves on a beach. Still wearing their jeans, they look like they have tumbled into the water, so caught up in the moment and their love for each other they are oblivious to the world around them. See the photo… Read more »

Aniki’s Garden by Claire Cray ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A young Japanese man, naked except for a drenched white button-down shirt, slumps face up in a large, round wooden tub surrounded by flowers. A large red octopus is settled between his splayed thighs, its tentacles winding up the man’s bare chest. The man is gagged with silk and bound in black rope that makes red marks on… Read more »

Rock, Paper, Scissors by Shannon M. Kirkland ♥

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PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A man is leaning forward, holding a child piggyback-style. He is kissing another man who is leaning out of a sliding glass doorway, bracing his hands on the frame. The child’s eyes are looking over the man’s shoulder, observing the exchange, with a smile that looks to be the beginning of a giggle. See the photo here STORY… Read more »