The Ladder Down
13 Aug 2025 comments
The Ladder Down – A hustling videographer takes one “discreet” job too many and finds himself sliding into a world of fat envelopes, blank faces, and a hole he barely climbs out of in time.
iampresent
Below you can find the complete collection of stories by iampresent.
Jack's Journey
31 Jul 2025 comments
Jack finally seeks what he needs, and finds it two doors down.
The Long Surrender (ch. 5)
28 Jul 2025 comments
A confidant. A kind of godparent to the life we’ve made. And sometimes—on special nights—we go to the club. We dress the part. We perform. Publicly. Purposefully. Francis often joins us—sometimes as stagehand, sometimes as audience, sometimes simply to laugh and drink and toast what we’ve become.
The Naked Machine
28 Jul 2025 comments
That part I expected. I’d been through regular physicals before. But this one was in the open, right there in the locker vestibule, not even behind the partitions. Just me, the guy with the clipboard, and Coach off to the side chewing gum like it bored him.
The Long Surrender (ch. 4)
27 Jul 2025 comments
I woke to darkness. No noise. Just the shifting sensation of the room around me, cloaked in night. I had no idea what time it was—late, early, somewhere in between.
The Long Surrender (ch. 3)
26 Jul 2025 comments
Curiosity. Hunger. The knowing that what I’d tasted wasn’t just a fleeting moment—it was the beginning of something far bigger.
The Long Surrender (ch. 2)
25 Jul 2025 comments
When he suggested I return the following Friday and stay until Sunday morning, I felt the pull before I even responded. It was both an invitation and a test. The space between the words said more than the messages themselves.
The Long Surrender
24 Jul 2025 comments
The house was set back from the road, barely visible behind a row of untrimmed cypress trees. Porch light on. Door slightly ajar. He was waiting.