A Take Me Out to the Ballgame Story Sam was a rookie pitcher for the Orioles. He was 12th man on a twelve-man staff, but he was holding on. Now, he was to have a Japanese roommate who knew no English. The new guy was also a pitcher: A starter, more experienced and more highly regarded than Sam. But there would be more than just language barriers. And then there was Amy...
A mysterious vintage Leica begins delivering photographs Alex never took—intimate moments with a woman he hasn’t met. Each image pulls him deeper into the city’s shadows and toward Maya, a poet with secrets of her own. As the camera reveals glimpses of a perfect future, Alex must choose: follow the vision—or step out of the frame and into something real. A story about love, fate, and a life unframed. This is the draft prior to final edit, which reduced it from 6,500 words to 1,700.
A story about a pair of fraternal twins who live out in the sticks and become very close growing up. A new kid moves in near them and Kathy suddenly has a new friend to play with and Mike gets jealous when he finds out how they play together. Mike will do anything for Kathy, anything at all, but telling the new girl their secret? That takes some thinking about: And the new girl has a terrible secret of her own.
Matt's life is good. He's got a posh pad, flash car and a great Job. He worked hard and he's got his rewards. But an invitation to his school's ten-year reunion, brings back memories of a torrid time and a hidden love he did nothing about. His friends persuade him to go against his better judgement and when he gets there his love has a surprise for him. A surprise that will change his life forever. Written in 2004, this is the slightly extended 2005 version. 12 Chapters, 1 a day
After returning to college in order to qualify for an important promotion, Peter Saunders discovers his wife having an affair with a work colleague. Devastated, but afraid to confront her with the truth, he instead embarks on a relationship with a young student. Torn between both women, he must decide whether to try to salvage his marriage or risk all to pursue a possible future with his new love.
Alice failed to show up at work one morning. Her roommate thinks she's headed cross-country to her childhood home on a now non-producing ranch in Montana. Her parents receive word that Alice's pickup truck was found on a remote corner of the ranch. Inside is no trace of her; however she has left behind her journal that describes a strange encounter she experienced ten years earlier when she was an unhappy girl in high school.
This Story is Part of Jake's Universe
Cancer ended his happy marriage. Now he is lost. But someone is even more lost. A romance with minimal sex.
While NOT directly tied to Jake, please read Jake Joyfully or with Ganda first. There are no footnotes here and no explanations. The story assumes you know this already.