Slow Stories

Beauregard DuVahl was one of the last Confederate soldiers to return to his home in South Alabama. By this time, his home, his fiancee, indeed, his whole former life was lost. On the advice of a friend, Beau travels to the fabled West where he becomes a bounty hunter until he finds something better, and then he finds something even better than that. This is the story of how Beau recovers from a personal disaster.

A story in the George series.
George is a widower and he is home alone in the cold Danish autumn. Out of the blue, or out of the creek more like, Melissa - his oldest daughter Emma's friend - shows up. Melissa has been invited to spend the week studying with Emma while her parents are out of the country. Only Emma isn't there - she's on holidays with her siblings visiting relatives. What is George to do?

A Life in Paradise Story
16 year old Will Henry takes his girlfriend Abby's virginity. His sexual prowess leads Abby to ask about his sexual history. Will tells the story from losing his virginity to his first love in the Canadian wilderness on a camping trip with older youth, to dating a nymphomaniac, to popping the cherries of some girlfriends as well as assorted other sexual escapades in the past two years.

John White Wolf Oglethrope is half Indian by blood but all Apache by temperment. His parents died at the instigation of Cyrus Harkins. White Wolf is trained as an Apache warrior and vows revenge on Harkins when he becomes an Apache adult at the age of 13. Outwardly, White Wolf becomes a White man as he works to exact his revenge and make life better for his Apache extended family. His village needs money, so White Wolf becomes a bounty hunter.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
Set in the Pinwheel universe, Dennis is overjoyed to accept a job as the first human ambassador to Earth on Borealis, but gets more than he bargained for when he realizes his position might not exactly be a promotion.

A man in a hurry barges into a young woman who is concussed. He notices an old but large bruise on her cheek. He follows her to A&E who confirm that she has been brutalised. The man and his daughter offer to provide food and lodging. Things do not go to plan.