Twin Firs

Twin Firs

Ethan Tremblay believes in finding the one perfect man to love the rest of his life. But it hasn't happened after years of online dating, volunteering at Gay Pride events or casually hanging out in the fresh fruit section of Whole Foods. It doesn't help that he's hopelessly awkward. Resigned to living alone he works as a station agent at an isolated train depot in the Cascade Mountains, passing the hours between trains by reading rom-com novels. His one glimmer of hope is the passengers are going to a private gay resort. But they're looking for fun, not love. Until Leo arrives.

Episodes

September 19, 2023 2 mins

A note from Paul Bright.

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Sylvia watched the man laying on his back on the station platform, his legs twitching intermittently. Deep down in her subconscious this human reminded Sylvia of Sylvester after he'd mounted her a couple weeks ago and then promptly fell asleep, his legs periodically kicking the air.

But this human was alone. She wondered what it meant.

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September 5, 2023 18 mins

Ethan and Leo stood in the front row waving their hands in the air, singing along to the encore of Mamma Mia! Behind them were 200 gay men, harmonizing. It was a Sensurround gay men's chorus. 
Kelsey and the rest of the cast took their final bows, the house exploded with wild applause, and a joyous feeling of love and acceptance washed over the crowd. The older men had tears in their eyes. The house lights came up and the m...

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August 30, 2023 16 mins

"I prefer a guy I can grab a hold of," Leo said and cast a devilish glance at Ethan's mother.
"I do too. Ethan's father was very handsome but lean. Part Mohawk.  Ohhh, my parents were not pleased when they met him. They were 'Good Catholics' and when they found out I was pregnant they were beside themselves. Calice! It was bad enough I was dating a patient I met during med school residency, la la. ...

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August 22, 2023 15 mins

"Now arriving at Twin Firs, famous for its hungry hikers who get lost in the woods. Watch out for the bears - they usually gather in the bushes behind the depot. But don't tell Brakeman Ethan that - he says he's regained his virginity. Girrrrl, it don't grow back," Jorge announced on the mic.

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August 16, 2023 15 mins

"Is your name Billy?"
"No. It's Leo Grabowski. Who uses a real name on a hookup site?"
"I do," Ethan said softly.
"I'm a schoolteacher. What if one of the parents found me online?"
"I don't know, Billy."
"Please don't call me that. Please don't ever use that name with me."

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August 8, 2023 14 mins

“I work here. With my now ex-boyfriend. We run two shows a night in repertory. Tonight I'm an egomaniacal diva in Evita. Tomorrow we rip out the Argentina set and load in Greece where I'm an egomaniacal diva in Mamma Mia. Sundays and Thursdays we run Moulin Rouge where I'm an egomaniacal diva with a French accent. How they ever cast me as an egomaniacal diva I will never know.” Kelsey batted her long eyelashes and feign...

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August 2, 2023 19 mins

“You've been let down by a man, too? Life's a bitch isn't it.”


There wasn't much else to say after that. Kelsey's heart was breaking. Ethan's heart had never healed. And Tricos proved she was just as lonely as them. The three commiserated in the afternoon sun.


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July 26, 2023 16 mins

Jorge Hernandez was annoyed.

He was sitting in Roosters Chicken Restaurant waiting for 'Fun in the Sun' – a self-proclaimed nudist with a gorgeous hairy chest and green eyes who hangs out at clothing-optional Rooster Rock on weekends – to walk through the door. Jorge messaged him on Bareback three hours ago and they agreed to meet for lunch in Waltersville before going back to his place.

Jorge suggested Roosters – he figur...

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July 19, 2023 25 mins

Leo Grabowski was terrified.

It's the second time in his life he knew he was about to die.


It was the third night of his backcountry hiking adventure at the Cascadian Western Resort. The first day was bad; with no one to talk with he engaged in lengthy conversations with himself. The second day was better; his mind was starting to settle. He was still feeling withdrawal anxiety from not being around people but when it go...

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July 13, 2023 16 mins

Ethan Tremblay was hungry.

He’d been awake practically all night reading a trashy novel, barely rolled out of bed in time for a bowl of Crunchy Oats and Almonds before catching the 8am train, and here it was minutes before the 12:53 arrives and he was starving.

Crunchy nuts are not enough to sustain his 5’11” frame. No matter how ‘diet’ conscious he wanted to be, he had no intention of starving through the summer tourist season. It...

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July 12, 2023 1 min

Ethan Tremblay believes in finding the one perfect man to love the rest of his life. But it hasn't happened yet after years of online dating, volunteering at Gay Pride events or casually hanging out in the fresh fruit section of Whole Foods.

It doesn't help that he's hopelessly awkward.

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