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Chiaroscuro by Joe Casey
http://iomfats.org/storyshelf/hosted/joe-casey/shorts/chiaro scuro.html
Without throwing spoiler into the mix, this particular genre of story is not one we see much of on these sites but frankly, I think it's the best gay teen stories I've read for quite some time. Not only is it well written but it opens a door or shines a little bit of the light of understanding into places or thoughts or areas that many of us are afraid to go. Thanks Joe, for this one. Well done. 
“There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is.” - Terry Pratchett
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luvtwinks
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Likes it here |
Registered: August 2018
Messages: 175
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I could tell the genre of this story early on and that really didn't interest me so I stopped reading. However, after reading Teddy's comments perhaps I will revisit the story to see what it has to offer. Never hurts to get out of one's comfort zone once in a while.
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joecasey
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Toe is in the water |
Location: American Midwest
Registered: December 2017
Messages: 44
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I thank you very much for your kind comments on the story. I warned Timmy when I submitted the story that it might not fall within the "guidelines" this site has set for itself and that I would completely understand it if he told me that he wanted to pass on it. For some reason (no spoilers) this is where the photograph took me. I was afraid that the story had landed here with a dull thud; very heartening to see that some people are reading and responding to it. I enjoyed writing it and exploring just a very little bit of that world and I hope I did it some justice.
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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"joecasey wrote on Tue, 14 May 2019 23:04"I thank you very much for your kind comments on the story. I warned Timmy when I submitted the story that it might not fall within the "guidelines" this site has set for itself and that I would completely understand it if he told me that he wanted to pass on it. For some reason (no spoilers) this is where the photograph took me. I was afraid that the story had landed here with a dull thud; very heartening to see that some people are reading and responding to it. I enjoyed writing it and exploring just a very little bit of that world and I hope I did it some justice.
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I'm not really sure why you thought it might be outside the site's niche, especially in a challenge tale.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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