John Jolly is recently divorced, homeless, unemployed and depressingly unemployable. Doing voluntary work at the local Manor has opened up possibilities, a roof over his head where he can at least have his 9yo daughter stay with him overnight. It’s Friday night, he has worked voluntarily in the Manor gardens all week and Her Ladyship has insisted on rewarding his efforts, to borrow a suit and immediately drive to her local restaurant for a meal at her expense. Reluctantly he agrees.
Evan had been hot for Jane for years, but had suppressed the feelings. An opportunity arose for them to spend the summer together at a lake. Still, they maintained a polite distance, friends, but no sex, although he was dipping seemingly at-will. Finally, circumstances allowed for a single interlude, and they agreed, just once. SUUURREEE! Read the story and see how that worked out!
Embracing Autism Gleefully is the first story in the life of Robert A. "Glee" Gleason, an amazingly intelligent young man afflicted with a unique brand of autism that allows him to communicate in a startling way, culminating with a graduation speech for the ages. Winner of CAW #24 writing competition, he becomes romantically involved with his tutor, Barb. The follow-up story is The Life and Times of Robert "Glee" Gleason. You can view reader's comments over at Bookapy.
Muffy visits her cousins on the farm every summer, but this year something's different. Her cousins are hiding something. When she finds out what it is, she wants to join in. Then they all find out there's much more to their ancestry than anyone would have thought. What they learn brings new meaning to "It's a family affair".
A story in the Immortals Universe
A terrific Canadian novelist, Lynsay Sands created the Immortal series. Not vampires, exactly. I love her books! Her scientific immortals require blood to fuel "nanos", medically engineered healing nanobots created in Atlantis ages past. Here, I've borrowed her "not vampire" theme, creating a short story of an encounter in the Victorian era.
When Eric and Shannon Rogers went to the airport to pick up their son returning home from basic military training, they knew that he was bringing a friend home with him for the two weeks. They had assumed that, like their son, Private Miller would be a teenager. They were wrong.