This is the first two chapters of an unfinished work. I want to see if it's something that y'all would be interested in, before I put my full attention on it.
A Story in the Middlebury Chronicles Universe
A single mom and her sixteen year old daughter have reached the end of their rope. They are penniless, unemployed, and a week away from being evicted. It’s a situation of their own making. They are lazy and amoral and now society’s largess is about to run out. So they plan a theft from a man whose house mom once cleaned. He catches them and offers them an alternative to prison. This is a simple little tale about second chances.
Deanna had Tom's number. She'd been in love with him since she was eight. Eight years later she convinced mom to leave her with Tom when mom had to take a work assignment offshore. Tara knew the score but she also knew Tom. Dee gets what she wants, then decides to share - a lot. The violence tag is for completeness - please read story note in the intro. Like a melodrama you'll stand and cheer when the black hat gets what is coming to him.
A Sarah and Greg Story Sarah and Greg finally get married. They had to travel to a state where they could get married legally since she is a pre-op transgender woman. [No sex in this story, but plenty of it in the next one, when they go on their honeymoon.]
Does out predisposition to fall in love change as we get older? Do we listen any less to what our friends think about whom and how to date? Here's a short romantic tale about one mature couple and the journey they go through before getting together.
These stories have a theatrical basis, either straight or musical
Michael is a fifty-year-old man who lost his wife four years earlier. They had met in the theatre, got married, having two girls. He, in a change of pace, went to an audition and since then, his life started to change. All because of the young girl he met. Her name is Karol and at first look appears only seventeen years old. This is their story.
A Story in the Naked In School Universe
Mira is a girl with a secret. When she finds herself taking part in the Program, she has to come to terms with herself and how others see her.