A Story in the Middlebury Chronicles Universe
J.A.M. Aluminum is a successful company with a unique, yet naughty, incentive program for its executives. But, the administrative support staff for these executives seem to have gotten together and linked all the clues that lead to their discovery of this incentive system referred to furtively in whispers as 'The Program,' involving sex on demand. But who would take serious any rumor that is passed along by someone who is 'just a secretary?'
A long-awaited trip to a resort and theme park is turned upside down when relatives unexpectedly invite themselves along. Jeff Allen worked hard to graduate high school and earn his last real family vacation with his parents before going to college. At the last minute, his mother's twin sister, his farting uncle, and their three teenaged brats invite themselves along. What promised to be a relaxing vacation is twisted by circumstance and family secrets.
Tom Carter, who discovered after an accident in high school that he now had the ability to influence people, heads off to college, still trying to understand his new skills.
Ryan Blackstone is a lonely trucker who stops to help someone stranded on the Alaska Highway. That one act of kindness changes his life in ways that he could never have imagined.
A Chinese-American telepath recounts experiences between 1985 to 2010 as a citizen of a secretive society of similarly gifted individuals.
Readers of Gould's "Jumper" and Cormier's "Fade" will encounter some familiar names and faces. Please note the codes apply to different chapters in the story.
"Where's Jackie Jimbo?" "Him gone walkabout boss." Walkabout. An Australian Aboriginal term. Our protagonist Tony sets out on an odyssey and meets a few surprises and a change of direction along the way
A girl jumps off a party barge to escape a fate worse than death. She's picked up by a single guy, and neither of them had expected that was about to happen! / (Reviews)