Rick Beck does not write fluffy bunny stories. At times, they are gritty and very realistic. Yet they are always about love. Many of his stories are about the struggles we gay folk have had in times past. Rick is a terrific writer and knows how to pull your emotional strings.
Growing up gay, in small town middle-class America, hasn't gotten much easier today than it was 20 years ago, when this was first written. The question is, as it always has been, can a teen or young adult survive being who and what they are?