A year ago, I started posting my first story on SOL as Wayzgoose. (I have 34 stories on SOL as aroslav.) City Limits was well-received, even though it wasn't a sex story. (That's the difference between Wayzgoose and aroslav.) It was released publicly in June last year and has done well. But many people have asked, 'Is that all?' No. It was never intended to be all. Certain significant story threads were left open specifically so the second season could start. That season has begun today with the beginning of Wild Woods.
City Limits was a brand new story but I continued to post three more stories from my backlist. Today, I'm back with Wild Woods-the new sequel to City Limits.
In City Limits, Gee Evars wandered into Rosebud Falls just in time to dive into a river to save a toddler from drowning-and to lose his memory. City Limits is mostly about a man struggling to understand his identity. Are we nothing more than the random collection of our memories or is there something innately inside us that makes us who we are? Gee's personal struggle is played out against a backdrop of a power struggle in Rosebud Falls in which he inadvertently becomes a major player as the City Champion and fiancé of a Family heiress.
In Wild Woods, Gee is back in the aftermath of the election that expanded the city limits. His love of the Forest has expanded his role as City Champion and he must provide leadership for the enthusiastic teens who tore down the fence between the well-maintained and productive Forest and the aptly named Wild Woods. The city still needs to resolve some issues. Evidence points to someone having used the Wild Woods and its lethal nuts to run drugs and child trafficking. The answers to the city's questions lie in the densely overgrown Wild Woods. Who knows what else is hidden there?
Despite the outcome of the election, the power struggle in Rosebud Falls continues. Each player, of course, claims to be the one supporting the city and its denizens, and Gee must walk a cautious path between the religious, political, Family, and corporate powers in play, while striving urgently to save the trees, the children, and the city. And against this backdrop he continues to search for his own identity.
Welcome to Wild Woods. The chapters are long (8-9,000 words each) and will post on Fridays for fourteen weeks. I hope you enjoy the story!
NOTE: Wild Woods has been fully edited and proofread, but as we move toward publication, we continue to discover minor errors that I'm fixing. If you spot an error, please help me improve the quality of this work by reporting it to me. Your help means a lot!