The Sky at Night

By Wayne Mansfield

When Armand happens to look down into his new neighbour’s yard one night and discovers him lying on his back, staring up at the night sky, he doesn’t know what to think. It doesn’t happen every night, but it happens often enough for Armand’s curiosity to be piqued.

When they finally meet, Armand falls instantly in lust with Ben, a dentist with an interest Armand can only describe as out-of-the-ordinary. As they get to know each other, Armand’s feelings towards Ben blossom into love. Yet Ben reveals he has recently come out of a six-year relationship and isn’t quite ready for anyone special in his life. Armand is disappointed but learns to live with the fact he and Ben might only ever be friends.

But the future is a strange and wonderful thing. When Armand starts to show a fondness for Ben’s unusual interest, it leads to more than one surprise event.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: May 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781634863865

Wayne Mansfield

Wayne Mansfield is a Western Australian writer. He has been writing for nine years and has been published in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Additionally, he wrote a monthly erotic story for the German publications Macho and Dreamboys for two years. His novellas and stories usually have a horror, futuristic, or fantasy theme, although he does write contemporary stories such as The Hiding Place, which received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.

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The Sky at Night

By Wayne Mansfield

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Copyright 2017 Wayne Mansfield

ISBN 9781634863865

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Published in the United States of America.

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For Susan Summers, who inspired a similar interest in the strange in me.

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The Sky at Night

By Wayne Mansfield

Chapter 1

From Armand’s large, front-facing bedroom window, he could see the lights of Bankstown in the distance. It was a breathtaking view and one he enjoyed bringing friends upstairs to see. Living on the outskirts of town meant a longer drive to work—one of the downsides of buying a property so far from the centre of Bankstown. Yet his was a two-storey, brick and tile home, both affordable and peaceful, since it was located at the end of a street backed by hectares of untouched natural forest. Beyond the trees lay dairy farms, and vast crops of wheat and barley.

That night, however, he was standing at the smaller, side bedroom window, which looked out over his new neighbour’s back yard. Shrouded in darkness, he’d hooked his finger around one edge of the curtain, holding it open a crack. The reason for his vigil wasn’t entirely due to the fact his new neighbour was the most handsome man he’d ever seen, though he couldn’t say it wasn’t a contributing factor. No. The reason he’d taken up position by the window was because his neighbour, for the third night running, was lying on his back lawn, staring up at