Slow Stories

A story in the A Tale about Love Universe
James is happy – he is married to the most beautiful woman in his world, her mother adores him, and his secretary isn’t bad at all. Love abounds - mishaps appear occasionally but are soon overcome. Anniversaries and Christmas bring presents, but at the New Year’s Ball, he must defend his life. He is honored as the Main Speaker at Hawaii's Annual IBM Sales Meeting, but then disaster strikes. What can he do now that one of his dreams has ended?

A Mannsborough Chronicle (5)
Marigold Tarr is finally at Harvard, just like she always wanted. More incredibly, she's there with her boyfriend, Thule Roemer. But, now that Thule's out of the revenge business and working on establishing a life for himself, Marigold is afraid he's working himself to death. If only he would sleep instead of worrying about maintaining their relationship, he might make it through this year.

Molly makes a number of bad decisions and ends up pregnant. No one seems to care except her little brother, who becomes her birth coach... and much much more. / (Reviews)

Events can lead to bigger and better things when you help someone along side an interstate.

A couple inherit a country estate due to a kind deed. They start to have fun, but who is really in charge? Is it the man, or is it the woman? Or perhaps the women? Who is ahead of the game? The Player, or is he being played?

He put up with her cheating until she started embarassing him in public. Trying to get away with as much money as possible proved to be more difficult than he anticipated. / (Reviews)

Nathan is in his mid-twenties and is a free spirit who enjoys 80's pop music and assuming Goth dress. One day on a light rail train he witnesses a woman and her littler girl become separated. He steps in to help, only to be mistaken for a child abductor. This sets in motion a series of events in which Nathan finds himself more and more deeply involved with Iris, the child's single mother. Can a non-conforming twenty-something find happiness in the company of a middle-aged woman?

A Simon and Trudi Story (1)
Professor Simon Armitage, in his late middle age and recently retired, sits down on a park bench one summer's day to enjoy smoking his pipe and reading his book. Then he meets Trudi, a fourteen year old who asks him to be her private tutor. He agrees, and life is suddenly full of surprises, not the least of which is Trudi's behaviour...