Slow Stories

Olaf is a computer nerd who inherits a run-down country estate. He sells off most of it, retaining two buildings, the mews and the coachhouse, renovates them, and moves in to working as an IT consultant. Over time he acquires a cat, a dog, and a foster son, but the development of relationships within his environment is not straightforward.

When Hetty headed out west to join her husband, she could imagine many dangers. But somehow she'd never believed bandits might waylay her stagecoach. When they do, she's forced to make some impossible decisions. And the choices she makes will change her life forever.

While on a road trip during the fall season, a mother and son visit a mysterious festival and confront their deepest, most forbidden desires. / (Reviews)

Jake Anderson's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet that he believes is uninhabited. Alie is the only other person on the planet and she hates men, with good reason. How will they find common ground? Can Jake ease Alie's loneliness?

Jimmy doesn't want to be an executive - he wants to be a plumber, so his girlfriend dumps him. A favour for a neighbour leads... eventually... to love.

Arland Hawke was not looking to replace his recently deceased wife, until he discovered a striking young woman who appeared to need rescuing. Was he a dupe or a hero?

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.

Who would have thought just one kiss would lead to all of this?