Lonesome for October by Steve Berman

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This is a nice and creepy short story. Scott is a college student and the only gay guy on the dorm; he has a little crush on one of his fellow students, but probably he is too shy to say or do something, and so he is prepared to go through college in completely loneliness. Then his uncle sends him a calendar as birthday present, and Scott eye-dreams on one of the guys in it, Mr. October. Problem is that his daydreamings become even too real when at night Mr. October comes to visit him. But Scott's roommate, an homophobic jock, is not so happy for Scott.

This is really only 16 pages so I can't say much without giving out the story. So let me only say that the story is nice and Scott's character is young and cute, but not a "nerd", he is probably only shy. And his crush on Andre could be something real if he only found the courage to make a move: Andre has not many chances to speak, but from some little details, I think he could be talk in try something with Scott, he is not totally against the idea, even if, I think, he can't be Scott's real love; he can be a nice college intercourse.

I like the twist of the story, both in Scott's relationship with his roommate (Scott decides to not be always the subject of his roommate's nastiness) and with Andre (at least they start to talk...); it could be interested to know what will happen between Andre and Scott.

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