Ass, sass and sin. A young assassin does more than befriend people when he tries to get close to his targets. When I assumed my role as Roger Torrent in order to get close to some nasty people who didn't deserve to live I knew I would have a foster-sister. I just didn't appreciate that she would be the resourceful, stubborn type. (See blog regarding Mm content.)
Mel Austin didn't want to be just a farmhand for his brother, so after the Army and World War II, he attended college on the GI Bill. After graduating, a wartime friend asks him to join his ragtag midget auto racing show, Mel figures it's a better job than pumping gas until school starts. In love with the thrills, action, and a chance to see the country, he spends several years vagabonding with the show through the turbulent and now half-forgotten world of the early 1950s.
I suppose we've all done it--fantasized about various ways and places to retire if we would ever hit that one bit lottery ticket that hits you like manna from heaven. Here's my take on how retiring--and staying busy--might be.
Bobby, a 16 year-old boy, learns the value of doing a good deed for a busty woman, stranded when her car breaks down. (WARNING: This is a long and careful story that plays out slowly, but pays off in the end. Not for the impatient.)
A Master's Project Story (4) Hiram and Mildred were stuck in the 1920's, captives of a tradition that would make the Puritans proud. When they asked Bob to help save their marriage, they had no idea what they were going to get. Who'd have thought that you could introduce the concept of marital pleasure by watching Walt Disney movies?
A Tale of Misspent Youth (3) When Terry messed up delivery of the ice cream shipment, it was in danger of melting. But finally, it was Terry's heart that melted, instead.
A One Week with Heather Story (2) Sequel to One Week With Heather Aaron gets married and Heather decides to tag along and teach Aaron's new wife some things about handling Aaron