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Spearfish Lake Tales

Jason Samson 🚫

So I've read a few of Wes Boyd's excellent stories and there's kind of a pattern:

Some of them, like Broken Axle Road and Rocinante are gentle tales of normal people having believable adventures that I love to follow along with (even if I don't much care for huskies!).

Others are about extraordinary people who keep meeting unbelievable people and overachieving in an alternative way!

Thing is, I'm finding I can't really spot one or the other from the blurb without actually digging into it. And then I get half way and find Tanisha and Jon discovering that everyone is a river rat or something... argh!

I'm wondering, which stories would you bucket into the first type, where believe doesn't need too much suspension?

Am eager to binge! :D

Replies: hiltonls16 Derek Smith Argon

hiltonls16 🚫

@Jason Samson

I don't see that distinction, and happily suspended disbelief for all of them.You might consider the following as extraordinary people:
Jennlynn Swift (Magic Carpet)
Jon and Tanisha (Alone Together and Growing Together)
Jennifer Evachevski Walworth/Jenny Easton
Bree Gravengood (Reaching for Wings)
Cody Archer (Stray Kitten and The Spearfish Lake House)
Susan McMahon (Susan and The Spearfish Lake House)
Crystal Chaladek (Dawnwalker)
Michelle Rawson

The 13 stories, plus 3 as Sandpiper, here on SoL and 4 on FineStories (only one not here) are a good selection of the 64 books on his own site.

To binge, head over to his site, start at the bottom of the page with Rocinante and work your way up in publication order. Alternatively look at the Spearfish Lake Tales wiki to find the sequence within each series.

Replies: samuelmichaels Dinsdale

samuelmichaels 🚫

@hiltonls16

I've been to a few towns in Upper Peninsula, and kept thinking "Wes might have written a story about this town event" or "Wes would have taken pictures of this and posted them". I miss him as well.

Dinsdale 🚫

@hiltonls16

https://storiesonline.net/a/Sandpiper was Wes?

As to your list of extraordinary people, what about Randy Clark?

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Keet 🚫

@Dinsdale

https://storiesonline.net/a/Sandpiper was Wes?

Yes.

Derek Smith 🚫

@Jason Samson

I have to disagree with you Mr. Samson. In my opinion all of Wes's books were about normal people. Perhaps Jennifer, with her exceptional voice, could be considered an over achiever by some but really she just had an exceptional instrument (yes, the voice is an instrument) but really she is just a very gifted musician.

One of Wes's great strengths was that he could write interesting tales about people who could be your friends or acquaintances. This is what drew me to his books and lead me to join his editing team, of which I was a member from about 2007 until his untimely death. There are two of us still alive and active, working on what is yet unpublished.

His passing left a big hole in my life. He was one of those good friends that I never met.

DS

Argon 🚫

@Jason Samson

In general, the over achievers in Wes's stories have their hang-ups just like everybody else and one can easily relate to them. I even like the stories about Nancy, and organized religion is an anathema to me! I also enjoy the slow build-up of relationships. Nobody in Wes's stories falls in love within five pages of meeting someone, and the relationships are always balanced between the partners. They need each other, complement each other, combining their strengths.
Damn, I miss Wes!

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rustyken 🚫

@Argon

While I have not read all of his stories I've certainly enjoyed them. I've reread the ones I have several times with as much enjoyment as the first time.

Cheers

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