Preface

Centerfield is a continuation of Something Fishy Going On which follows Feasting With a Silver Spoon and Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy. It picks up the story when school resumes with the new year. If you haven’t read those stories, you’ll have a tough time with this because many of the same people are included and some of their relationships are complex.

A few notes on the story, itself. The events in this take place in 1982, and it all takes place in and around Charleston, South Carolina. I’ve done my best to describe locations but the phrase, a picture is worth a thousand words is true. Some of these locations deserve a look. Google street view helps with some and a lot of folks said they used it for the first stories and it was beneficial.

I had a lot of help from a couple of great and understanding editors. Steven did far too much proofreading and provided lots of input. I learned a lot from him. And Alex, who found lots of mistakes and tried to reign in my blatant disregard for dates and names. If you see a song that wasn’t released until 1983, it’s not because he didn’t spot it. He did and I chose to leave it in because it fit so well. If you think it’s pretty clean without a lot of grammar errors or typos, it’s because of their work.

I appreciate feedback and enjoy the opportunity to interact with readers. If you’ve got questions or comments, send me a note or comment on the story and I’ll get back to you.

I hope you enjoy the story.