Chris Kent's Novellas

(In addition to his novellas,
Chris Kent is the author of the best-selling
The Boys of Swithins Hall
Boys In Shorts
The Real Tom Brown's School Days
The Ram Stam Boys

BRAVEHEARTS (Published as part of Bravehearts and Memories)

Scottish Novella by Chris Kent

A tale of boys coming of age and responsible adults in the Scottish Wars of Independence and finding that not only their heritage but their love for each other can cause conflicts in their opposing ranks in the struggle between their nations.
Jamie, described as "a well-formed youth of fourteen" at the beginning of the tale, has three brothers ("brithers"), which might seem a good ("guid") thing when it comes to boyhood flirtations and explorations, but sometimes these boys found themselves in opposite political camps. In the days of King Edward, who seemed to think Scotland was a vassal to serve him and furnish taxes for supporting his affairs, Scottish blood ran hot in political discussions as well as in the bedrooms, and sometimes the tops in one situation were the receivers in the other. And Jamie's unbidden love for Robert, a bonnie boy with golden hair and green eyes and an important English Lord's son, who came to visit them in Dunmore, the Scottish estate, was only the beginning of a tangle of relationships that would twist his lifeline forever.
Finding themselves on opposite sides at times was not enough to separate the two boys. Young Robbie was kidnapped by Jamie's older brothers at one point ("I am young but no milksop!"), which tended to estrange Jamie from his family. This was a time of loneliness with only Robert's half-coin talisman around his neck to comfort him.
Jamie's good sense and amicable qualities led to his inheriting Dunmore at his father's death, but at times his position seemed a prison separating him from his English lover. There was no question that his allegiance to Scottish freedom took precedence over his personal relationships, and he played a significant role in the skirmishers and worse conflicts that marked that period.
This novella traces a period of history that is not widely remembered and places gay love where it belongs, squarely in the center of the interrelationships that made history. It ends with the restoration of the Cross of St. Andrew by Robert the Bruce and Jamie's return to his ancestral castle in Dunmore.

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Bravehearts

LUVERBOY'S MEMORIES (Part of Bravehearts and Memories)

An English schoolboy novella by Chris Kent

From Chris Kent's introduction to this novella: "I think Luverboy's Memories is a serious piece of writing. I haven't shirked the graphic sexual content but I have tried to approach the theme--the destruction of innocence--in a serious, sensitive, humorous, wry, honest way that seeks to tell the story from a pubescent/adolescent boy's point of view."

Kent recites some experiences that shaped his development, both the good times and the not so good. E.g. the boy he met in the cinema over the popcorn and later on the beach; since his father disappeared when Chris was six years old, his mother had come to rely on him, calling him "luverboy," and then the school coach took a liking to her, and to Chris; Sean appeared as a third participant with Chris and the coach--and also the video camera; Harry appeared to take the coach's place with his mother--and with Chris; getting coached in algebra by an older boy could be fun when the books were tossed away... and there's much more.

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Luverboy's Memories

JOSHUA

An English Schoolboy Novella by Chris Kent

It wasn't that Rob had anything against making love with another sixteen-year-old boy — in fact that was becoming one of his more favorite things in the world — but Joshua's approach was pretty different. It had all started four years before that when Joshua was 12 years old and Joshua's father got in bed with him and stroked him and lapped his nipples and his bumhole and the inevitable happened. Of course hearing this recited in some detail while Joshua was doing some of those same things to Rob had a similar effect. The stories became a repeated accompaniment to similar activities between the two boys, even though Rob's reactions were mixtures of horror at the incestuous relationship and cravings for the same for himself.
It became apparent that Joshua enjoyed the power of his sexual prowess over Rob as his father had over Joshua, but it was impossible to turn away — until one night. Rob was icoited to join them. That was the beginning of the end — but you'll have to judge for yourself.

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Joshua

LITTLE BIG MEN (Published as part of Boys Will Be Boys)

Novella by Chris Kent

There is a little resemblance between this rollicking boys' story and the famous Fagan boy-thief operation of old, but not much. New Carthage was a school for boys, financed by shadowy characters with dubious intentions — "Turn around" Truan gave a low whistle. "Don't worry, they'll have you. Uncle Blacky always send nice boys." That didn't stop Adam from learning just about everything about everything, and he managed to teach a few nuances himself from time to time, especially since it seemed he was better endowed than usual for his age, about fifteen. Of course he wasn't too sure how old he actually was, having been orphaned early on. By that age he was an experienced street musician but, while he could have fiddled all day with his violin, it was fiddling with the other boys that was more interesting.
It seemed there was always a trip to the woods for picking berries or something, that usually ended up in a grassy glen with their pants down. And there were other interesting variations, too, he found. Once, Master Myles, feeling obliged to punish Adam for fibbing, insisted on Adam delivering the cane strokes to the nude Master rather than vice versa, which added to his education about the fleshy differences between men and boys.
Eventually Uncle Blacky returned to add to the educational program, of course, and to pick out the boy who could best be trusted to make money for the operation. But a disastrous fire, probably the only thing of more interest to boys than sex, brought an unexpected conclusion — some would say it served the blighters right — to this humorous and sexy fairy tale.

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Little Big Men

CORAL ISLAND BOYS (Published as part of Boys Will Be Boys)

Novella by Chris Kent

Based on the author's perhaps twisted interpretation of Ballantyne's famous boys' tale of courage in the South Seas, The Coral Island, this novella determines to set straight (excuse the expression) the obvious error that a bunch of boys shipwrecked on an island would not have sex with each other. He certainly succeeds.
Jim Cracker was borne on the coast of the Atlantic and was never comfortable far away from the sea. When he reached the age of fourteen he enlisted as cabin boy on the good ship, Venus, under the tutelage of a mess-mate of his father's. There he met a few other boys who were similarly enchanted with the sea-faring life and their young companions until a disastrous South Sea shipwreck (without which this tale would never have been constructed). Fortunately most of their clothes were also lost which may have facilitated the future events. Apparently there was another fortunate development, their finding of a mild aphrodisiac in the juice of a "nut" — are you surprised?
Exploration of the tropical island was an engrossing task, interrupted only by sexual forays between buddies; their times were described as "months of balmy bliss" until two canoes of boys and men icoaded their paradise. Their extraordinary sexual equipment made for some fun times, cut short by the appearance of a pirate ship engaged in slave trading, but it wasn't long before the Royal Navy sailed to the rescue with cannons booming. The Captain of the ship seemed familiar — but you'll have to discover the rest for yourself!

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Coral Island Boys