About The Unstable Structure: A Gay Romance and Midlife Drama Short Story
New Orleans architect Elias Davis designs buildings for a living. He just can’t seem to design a marriage that will last.
Elias has spent years building a flawless life with his husband, Luis, in the heart of the city—a life structured by ambition, perfectionism, and the careful suppression of his own past. But success has a cost: the structure of their marriage is now a beautiful, elaborate facade built over a foundation of silence.
When Luis gently suggests a trial separation—a suggestion that shatters the fragile peace—Elias finds himself adrift in the humid New Orleans air, searching for the first crack in the foundation.
Driven by a sudden, desperate need to understand how his life became so unstable, he is forced back to the one memory he spent years trying to pave over: a devastating moment from his past in Austin, Texas, when he first learned what it means to build a life on unsteady ground.
Can Elias dismantle the past before it brings down everything he has built in the present, or will he discover that the most beautiful structures are often the most unstable?
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Author Bio:
Kojack Davis is a writer whose work explores the intricate and often volatile architecture of human relationships. A devoted enthusiast of the Gulf Coast, his debut short story, The Unstable Structure, is set against the timeless, complex backdrop of New Orleans, Louisiana—a city known for building beautiful things on unsteady ground. When not writing, Kojack can be found enjoying the unique history and culture of the region.