Michael Tringe

Shattercane

A rule-following farm teen has his life planned out for him: he will get married to his girlfriend and take over the family farming tradition. But when he confides that he might be gay to his youth minister, word spreads to his family and girlfriend, and his world unravels. He must try to figure out who he is and whether he will ever fit in again at home.

Dirty Love

Naivity. Confusion. Teenage Derik escapes his town for Los Angeles in search of something. Lost in the city maze and seduced by a hustler, he finds himself.