A Story in the Jake's C&W Invitational Universe
A guy comes to a point in his life when he starts to wonder whether he made the right decisions when he was young man. Written in response to Jake River's forth C&W invitational.
Set in alternate modern universe the Inquisitor Marie is sent to a hostile city to research series of murders of supernatural beings. She quickly meets with the mysterious and efficient yellow eyed killer called John who is on unstoppable rampage through the city, and finds that meeting him only inflamed her curiosity and deepened the mystery.
Retired Captain Scarlett was appointed Martian envoy to the Western Alliance. Then the President of the Western Alliance promoted him to Vice Admiral, and recalled him to active duty. Then he was kidnapped. And that's just the start of his problems. Fly with his wife, Pandora Vermillion, as she flees to Mars in the NSS Naha while a crazed madman in a dangerous, stealthy spaceship hunts her down. There's also Captain Scarlett Saves Mars! and Captain Scarlett vs. The Scrapper. Old-school Sci-Fi!
The topic is "The End of the Affair." My problem is that everybody from Ovid to Henry Miller has had something to say about that - not to mention a few million folks on this site. So, I took a slightly different interpretation of "the end" here. My hero makes a bad choice. But he has decent instincts and with a little help from an unlikely source he eventually learns how to be a good person. Some of you might find this a bit allegorical. If so, I couldn't possibly comment. / (Reviews)
A The Chronicles of Dan Hayward Story On this day, Dan and Cathy join Lisa and the girls to attend John's viewing. Dan unexpectedly gets the opportunity to possibly buy the muscle car of his dreams.
Karen has just moved to a new home, a new town, a new school. By chance meets a boy who becomes a friend. Over the next few years their friendship grows and becomes much, much more. / (Reviews)
Harry is a salesman and he uses his Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow as a prop to help him attract new business to buy his screws, nut and bolts. Then he meets a female managing director, rare in 1975, named Mrs Gina Tremblett, who decides to use him as an escort to help cope with the prejudices of a male dominated business world. Harry agrees to help in the spirit of altruism, but will the Spirit of Ecstasy intervene?
After Jacob rescued eight year old Hollie from a terrible fate, he presented her as his daughter from a previous marriage rather than turning her over to state authorities. Neither of them realized how this would change their lives. Why had Hollie runaway? Who were her parents and why weren't they looking for her? Also, who was this man who had rescued her? The answers eventually emerged, surprising everyone.