House on Glass Beach

Raw, graphic, candid portrait of two young gay men whose love affair is deeply affected by the scars they sustained from childhood sexual abuse. Tammy and Jamie are soul mates, but their love is thwarted for years by bad timing, fear of ridicule, and the damage that lingers long after childhood. Along with the internal, there are external forces that threaten to separate them forever.Can love overcome any obstacle?Can it erase the shame and horror of the past?Can it triumph against hatred, even the hatred of one's self?In a small California town, a young boy loses his innocence when his manipulative uncle molests him.Only a few miles away, hidden from the outside world and subjected to cruelties beyond imagining, another little boy pleads for mercy.When the two children meet in a supermarket, a lifelong bond is forged - one that is fatefully reinforced when they fleetingly cross paths again in high school.The years pass, but they cannot forget each other...An old enemy watches and waits, eager for an opportunity to destroy them,igniting a bitter, wrenching battle in the war between love and tolerance, and hate and bigotry.***Brimming with raw intimacy and erotic catharsis, CRUSH is the terrifying and revealing journey of two souls and their determination to live and love, in freedom and without fear. Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22 A series of stories and novels by Laura Susan Johnson

Nectar tells of the atrocities of the Armenian genocide through the story of one young woman's lifetime-the family she lost, the love she found, and her determination to survive. Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22 A series of stories and novels by Laura Susan Johnson

A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday AnthologyBOYFRIEND GOES HOMEby LAURA SUSAN JOHNSONAs a family scrambles to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, they discover that the greatest blessing of all is just being together and being alive.* * * * *ABOUT BOUGHS OF EVERGREENBoughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.Proceeds from sales of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22 A series of stories and novels by Laura Susan Johnson

"They walk in artificial enlightenment, and it's so limiting, so miserable, and they can't even see it. It's so bright around them that their shadows cover everything, and it's so dark in their shadows that if you find yourself there, it's very hard to know where to go to be able to see again."Monty and Walter are an unlikely couple who meet under the most extraordinary circumstances. They dive into a passionate secret relationship, and though they appear to be polar opposites in personality and lifestyle, they discover that they have a lot more in common than they realise.Their love changes both of them as they navigate the rough and rocky terrain of sharing a home with Walter's judgemental stepmother. No matter what tries to tear them apart, they come to the painful conclusion, again and again, that they are soul mates.Book Two of 'The House on Glass Beach' (all stories are stand-alone). Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22 A series of stories and novels by Laura Susan Johnson