A farm boy from back east moved out to Oregon after the civil war. He brought new skills with him and pursued his love, an Irish woman that owned his rooming house. Her resistance to his suit was the stuff of legends.
Hardboiled P.I. Nick Carter is given a really bad gig when a psychologist's wife suspects her husband of cheating. This is my take on a hardboiled pulp fiction tale for the modern age.
John Palmer and Kim White became world famous songwriters and singing duo, stemming from the worst of circumstances. Against all odds they reached for the stars and attained them, yet couldn't get their faces on their own album covers without a fight. This is written in Australian, so be prepared for another idiosyncratic story from mthommotoo.
The sun decimated our ecology. Man has expressed into distinct mutations. Despite being an eight foot tall ranger always on the move I gained the love of my life.
Once a year, round about the anniversary of her death, Craig went out to have a quiet meal in her memory. This year, she gave him something to remember…
After years of academic competition with her throughout elementary and high school, he encounters his nemesis at a far-away sports bar two years later. Her strange behavior and stranger request bring out an aggression of a different form in him.
Jane's in attentive husband has died and she is in the pits; it's a job for the Marines---her nephew Jaime comes to the rescue and Jane is not the same afterward.