If you are here on the midway then you have come to the carnival seeking entertainment, company and of course excitement. There are a dazzling array of rides suited your every mood. There are gentle rides that conjure up soft memories of youth and rides that lift you from the dreariness of your grind and send you flying ageless through the night. There are also the side shows…
If you are here then you are in the house of mirrors captivated by the reflections around you. They are all curved in some way. Every mirror is imperfect and every mirror draws your attention to something new.
The mirrors magnify or diminish parts of what we think is real. Sometimes you like what you see and sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you believe what you see and sometimes you can’t be sure what has been distorted.
The distortions are intentional and we flatter ourselves into believing the mirrors only stand arrayed like this in such places as the midway. Before you go back to the mirrors of your life, step closer to my gallery and look into my mirrors.
Eliot Moore, 2020
Leave No Trace:
This story was posted to Nifty, October, 2021. Vili Žitnik is on the cusp of a nervous breakdown as he leads his Cub Pack into the wilderness at the invitation of the Scouts. With the law closing in on him, Vili decides to go all in. He strands his group on a secluded island in the North. A daydream old as pedophilia begins to unfold as Vili delays the inevitable catastrophe. Only, there is the problem of Otter to deal with.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/leaving-no-trace/
Fourteen:
This story was posted to Nifty beginning in April 2019. Jeremy Gates (14) is abducted coming home from the August Fair. His safe before life is stripped away, replaced by a sometimes dangerous, always confusing now across a long coming of age journey. It is a journey around the continent and a journey into Jeremy and the people he encounters. A great circle around life and its after consequences.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/fourteen/
Jazzie:
This sequel to my story Fourteen was posted in December, 2021. Affluence rims the coast of the island of Antigua but never touches John Carter’s life in St. John’s, until troubles send the eleven-year-old across the island to Falmouth Harbour and a chance encounter with sixteen-year-old American expat, Jeremy Gates. John’s struggling mother wants a better life for him, but the local gangbangers offer John respect and another way up. Then there is Jeremy Gates, completely something new. The tween has paths to choose.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/highschool/jazzie/
Dark Thoughts Rising:
This story was posted to Nifty in April 2017. Keegan Bressler (14) and his best friends Rey and Davon rape Keegan’s stepbrother Rowan Pense (12) during the course of a drunken party. The three boys embark on a desperate struggle to keep the shattered and confused Rowan from revealing their crime. As events unfold, Keegan and Davon fail to fight their inner demons.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/authoritarian/dark-thought-rising/
Awakenings:
This ghost story was posted to Nifty in November 2016. Middle aged divorcee Jake begins renovating a 1900’s Craftsman home in an old neighbourhood. He becomes entangled with Will, the 18-year old ghost of a Great War veteran and Chris, a 15-year old homeless addict on a desperate quest. As Jake’s failed life is rejuvenated by his love affair with Will, he slowly pieces together the hundred-year-old connection that has brought the three of them together.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/awakening.html
For Your Eyes Only:
This novella was posted to Nifty in November 2010. Simon meets Glyn and his younger brother James one August evening during a neighbourhood game. Simon and Glyn become fast friends but it is Simon’s secret game with James Fleming that helps Simon accept his hidden self.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/highschool/for-your-eyes-only/
A Fragile Light:
This story was posted to Nifty December, 2009. Graham (28) goes to the Christmas Eve service to be with his husband John. He is alienated from his deeply religious family and detached from the warmth of the service. He identifies a kindred spirit teenage Theo and learns they have more in common than he thought as Theo is joined by Jesse. Graham leaves strengthened by the encounter.
http://www.dabeagle.com/stories/eliotmoore/afl/afl.htm
Janus:
This story was posted to Nifty July 2009. Michael (18) is coaxed into attending a summer party by his older sister. He is college bound and uncertain about the choices he has made. At the party he has encounters with Lauren (19) and Scott (20) help him discover himself and make a decision.
http://www.dabeagle.com/stories/eliotmoore/janus/janusdh.htm and https://www.nifty.org/nifty/bisexual/college/janus.html
Hound:
This story was first posted to Nifty the summer of 2008. The first draft was completed in 2005 and in truth I sat on it a long time before I decided to post it. Six-year-old Ethan Yates is abducted off the streets by a pedophile ring. Cast into a nightmare world he struggles to hold on to his identity. Isolated and confused, he clings to fourteen-year-old Peter. As the years pass their mutual need develops into an indestructible bond.
http://www.nifty.org/nifty/bisexual/authoritarian/hound/
Turbulence:
This novel was first posted on Nifty between February and June of 2007. Fourteen year old Daniel Murrell finds ninth grade at Riverview High School as freshie a serious challenge. The school’s well intentioned mentorship program is an abusive nightmare for Daniel. It is a year of self discovery.
http://west.nifty.org/nifty/gay/highschool/turbulence/ (first edition) and http://www.dabeagle.com/storymainpages/turbulence.html (second edition)
The Ship is the World:
This story was first posted to Nifty in the Spring of 2007. Toek Six and his lover Sarf Six are clones living on Gaia, an alien arc traveling away from earth on an endless voyage. What is life like for a community of Adams beset by bioengineered enemies? What is it like in a world where women are a dream that only the first Adam really understands?
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/sf-fantasy/the-ship-is-the-world.html
Summer Blackmail:
This story was first posted to Nifty in the Spring 0f 2007. It was updated Winter of 2020. This is a cautionary tale for young people about a boy who might have fallen into a life of exploitation except for a dedicated teacher and an involved police officer who took him firmly in hand.
Sam falls afoul of his stepbrother Conrad and finds his way out of trouble with a little help.
https://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/summer-blackmail.html
Recovery:
This story was first posted to Nifty in January 2007. Sixteen year old Greg Cox reluctantly joined his father in a small rural village in Saskatchewan. There his life becomes entwined with fourteen year old Seth Patterson. As he is slowly drawn closer to Seth he struggles with the memories and guilt associated with the loss of his mother, brother and sister while coming to terms with his promiscuity.
Body of Work 