When Corey James rescued a young woman from drowning, he set off a long train of events. He never wanted recognition or payment. But running from himself came close to wrecking four lives. Resolution came in an unforeseen way.
In medieval times, a gleeman was a strolling player (in today's terms, a kind of street performer). With echoes of the Pied Piper in this updated version of the folk tale, the Gleeman of this story has a grim purpose hidden behind the jester's mask. But this time an opponent -- a young woman -- arrives to try and thwart his aim.
There is no word in English to describe the relationship between me and my children's in-laws. However, there are at least two ways to solve the problem. One is to use the invented term “kinlaw”. The other...
Santa Claus is forced to carry out market research on how families enjoyed Christmas. (Note: this is set in a Southern Hemisphere country, where Christmas is celebrated in summer.)
Rachel Mears – a promising young athlete – has her life turned upside down when a drunken driver knocks her off her bicycle, rendering her a paraplegic. She faces a fragile, long journey on her way back to wholeness. (NOTE: No sex, but there is a brief discussion about intimate marital relations.)
As the owner of a flourishing construction business, Roy Burke had little time to look for a wife. So his secretary and mother decided to take matters into their own hands. No-one foresaw the chaos that would ensue.
This tale is based on a time in 1969, when I hitch-hiked from Sydney to Perth, some 2,500 miles (4,000+ km). This, in the middle of a very hot Australian summer. The main road, a lot of it unsealed at that time, runs across the Nullarbor Plain, a desolate land inhabited mainly by kangaroos, with a few small settlements along the way. I must have been mad, but I did actually complete the journey, taking only 3-and-a-half days. The latter part of the story is fiction, but the majority was true.