First Stories

Toby Adamson, now almost 18 years old, has been best friends with twins Andrew and Natasha Stevenson ever since they met in kindergarten, when they were all just 5 years of age. Toby was totally in love with Natasha by the time that they reached the age of 10. Sadly for him, she couldn’t ever seem to see him as more than a best friend. Indeed, she isn't even going to be at his 18th birthday celebration lunch, as she is spending the Easter break with her first serious boyfriend, Rupert......

What would you do, if after a college party, you find yourself intertwined with a woman (who just happens to be your best friend), and you don't remember what had happened the night before? Especially if you were both virgins?

Sister Juliet is the nice nun all former Catholic school kids remember, the one who tried to protect you from the ones who wielded their rulers like swords. So when she finds a boy trapped in her room at the convent late one night, naturally she doesn't turn him in. Naturally, she tries to make him feel at ease. Naturally, things just keep going from there. (Celeste's No. 3 story for all of 1997!)

A young man gives his teenage sister a very special birthday celebration.

The girl next door grows up.

Jeff Dugan's life is drastically changed after a Friday night high school football game. He's at the wrong place at the wrong time or is it the right place at the right time? Some violence toward the beginning of the story, but nothing extremely graphical.

Captured by Indians as a boy, he grew up as an Indian. When a white woman and her three children are captured by his arch enemy, endangering the tribe, he undertakes getting them back to where they belong. Along the way, though, they must abide by his customs, including his attitude toward sex. Rape is part of the story, but not a code.

Ethan was born and raised from birth to be a man of action, capable of handling any situation. This is the story of how be became that man...

Now, who the heck would be giving me an old clipping about someone I don't know? Not to mention a photo. I unfolded the letter, expecting an explanation. I got more questions, instead. The date at the top of the page was Nineteen Sixteen!

A Life in Paradise Story
Kyle Martin has to follow in his valedictorian, class president, year book editor older brother, Will Henry's very large footsteps. Kyle works on finding a way to meet the lofty expectations at school, make a name for himself in football, deal with the adulation and girls his on-field success brings and finding love with his friend and neighbor Penny Edwards.