The Power Plant

Fiction & Literature, LGBT, Gay, Short Stories, Literary
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Author: Charles Harvey ISBN: 9781516329243
Publisher: Wes Writers and Publishers Publication: August 16, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Charles Harvey
ISBN: 9781516329243
Publisher: Wes Writers and Publishers
Publication: August 16, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

A young man's coming of age story. Innocent and sweet with menacing undertones. In the Power Plant our protagonist works in his University's boiler and chiller facility typing reports and running errands. He's nineteen and trying to deal with his attraction to men while feeling he should be in love with women.

Harvey's work has appeared in Story Magazine, The James White Review, Shade, Soulfires and other fine anthologies. A great story is kept, shared, and read again for your enjoyment.

An Excerpt:

Bells ring in my head. It's my Mother phoning the Power Plant late into the night, to inquire why haven't I come home. I know what time the night Operator is supposed to make his rounds to read the meters. But he will sleep half the night under the narcotic hum of the big chillers and fudge the numbers on the meter sheets. He'll eat his lunch in the control room up front by the big gaping door of the plant. He'll piss through the grate rather than come toward the tool room to go to the toilet. There's a side door that's always unlocked because the lock's broken. It's a good way for someone to get into the power plant unnoticed and into the tool room if they have a key, like Hawkins has a key. I know Hawkins knows these things too. Because now he's looking at me and the ropes and pulleys hanging from the ceiling. He breathes hard and his hand digs deeper between his legs. He moves the door back and forth.

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Other Stories:

David, Jonathan, and Sylvester--

**taking you on a wild ride in Houston from Jim Crow to falling in love with a transvestite. **

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A young man's coming of age story. Innocent and sweet with menacing undertones. In the Power Plant our protagonist works in his University's boiler and chiller facility typing reports and running errands. He's nineteen and trying to deal with his attraction to men while feeling he should be in love with women.

Harvey's work has appeared in Story Magazine, The James White Review, Shade, Soulfires and other fine anthologies. A great story is kept, shared, and read again for your enjoyment.

An Excerpt:

Bells ring in my head. It's my Mother phoning the Power Plant late into the night, to inquire why haven't I come home. I know what time the night Operator is supposed to make his rounds to read the meters. But he will sleep half the night under the narcotic hum of the big chillers and fudge the numbers on the meter sheets. He'll eat his lunch in the control room up front by the big gaping door of the plant. He'll piss through the grate rather than come toward the tool room to go to the toilet. There's a side door that's always unlocked because the lock's broken. It's a good way for someone to get into the power plant unnoticed and into the tool room if they have a key, like Hawkins has a key. I know Hawkins knows these things too. Because now he's looking at me and the ropes and pulleys hanging from the ceiling. He breathes hard and his hand digs deeper between his legs. He moves the door back and forth.

***

Other Stories:

David, Jonathan, and Sylvester--

**taking you on a wild ride in Houston from Jim Crow to falling in love with a transvestite. **

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