A city boy returns to his hometown to find out what he's missed. Please note that when it comes to the dialogue, you'll see a lot of words that are deliberately misspelled and some speech that isn't grammatically correct. This is my way of representing the regional dialect of the main character's hometown in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Peg has been dancing around holes her whole life, and not those in the sidewalk she plays on. Faced with danger, she ventures inside the very thing she fears most, discovering complexities she can't comprehend. As the dangers mount, and her home becomes unsafe, will the holes in her life make her whole, provide an escape, or consume everything? Are they a blessing, a curse, or a sign of imminent mental illness?
A Naomi's Journal Story At the county fair Naomi and Nils have great fun, and what could be more fun at the end of a perfect day at the fair than to be stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel? Illustrated.
King Minos tasks the hero Leandros with slaying a terrible beast that lurks in the depths of an inescapable labyrinth beneath the island of Crete, but all is not as it seems, and the King is hiding a dark secret that could cost him the throne.
After five years, following a divorce and a stressful, high-stakes job in New York, Lillian Broughton returns to her ex-husband and her adopted nephew, Paul, her late sister’s son. Paul has now grown into a man and the three embark on an exhilarating and passionate journey together.
I’ve noticed that my Hilley stories attract some interest, and I have a final one to adapt. This is Hilley’s coming of age story. So, it doesn’t have the convoluted plotting of the later stories. Instead, it focuses on her development. She isn’t the ass-kicker you find later. In fact, she has all the insecurities that any late teen girl would have. This is novel length. So, I will post chapters every week. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did writing it.
Captain Scarlett was recalled to active duty from retirement to do what he does best, make the solar system safe for travel and commerce. Armed with a deadly weapon, a criminal known only as The Scrapper can destroy any ship, station, or asteroid mine and pick them clean of valuables. His target: the riches of Mars. Can Captain Scarlett, Pandora and their army of volunteers stop The Scrapper? There's also Captain Scarlett Saves Mars!, and, Captain Scarlett, Martian Envoy.
Summer, 1990. Eric and his twin sister Abby are working at Summer Lake, a beloved but outdated lakefront resort in the North Woods. The guests are geriatric and the management is out of touch. Eric and Abby naturally gravitate toward the outcasts of the teenage staff, fellow victims of the in-crowd bullies, but they’re determined to have the best summer of their lives anyway.