I was offered the opportunity to write a tribute story to one of my favorite authors, Mickey Spillane. Although the characters are my own, I tried to capture the essence of a Mike Hammer story. I hope you enjoy.
Caroline Lyndsey's Mum plays meticulously planned April Fool tricks on her every year but last year her Mum almost went too far and threatened her daughter with a broken family. So this year Caroline early recognises the set up to make her an April Fool once again. Caroline enlists the help of her older brother, confirmed bachelor, Mason. Can an idea suggested by her FWB of an unlikely engagement for Mason and an unworldly beauty really work to trump her Mum's April Fool?
Having his niece show up unannounced turned out to create a series of life changing experiences. None of them were anything but good. Exciting at times, but very, very, good.
A strange man passes through the land. He is honored by those he encounters and he shares a Dream with several. Is it a Historical Fantasy or a Fantastic History?
If you read 'Writers Notebook', you'll see the ties. Neither tale needs the other, however. Writers_Forum is through the eyes if another English teacher, some time ago. I rather enjoyed envisioning how things might seem to someone with different issues. I want readers who enjoy language enough to, as they say, "get it". We're a much smaller sorority than those who just "do it", the mid school verb of choice.