Slow Stories

Reluctantly I accept my Executive Assistant's 15-year-old daughter as a summer intern. Events and a devious imagination combine to result in a most intensive -- and invasive -- education for my new protege.

A Story in the The Criminalization of John and Jane Smith Universe
For more than seventy years Smith's Garage had been a fixture in the town. Someone decided that a house would look better at that location.

On an exploratory road trip to the east coast I found the perfect home in New Hampshire. Now, if I could buy it I'd be happy...If I could find someone to sell it...If I could find out who owns it...and what about the fine red lines surrounding the house when it's foggy? Why do most of the old men look alike and why are the women young, buxom, blond and beautiful. But, most of all, what casts the shadows on the windows?

Cathy is obsessed with her best friend's mom, Mrs. Glist. While her best friend showers, Cathy stares at Mrs. Glist as she dresses in the morning. Neither of them speak, but Cathy knows Mrs. Glist is letting her look at her. After Mrs. Glist has a baby, their relationship becomes more charged and Cathy admits to herself what her feelings really are.

Miles and Zoe White have just moved across the country to start their senior year of high school. But first, they have to survive Band Camp. With new friends, new enemies, and a myriad of potential romantic interests to welcome them to their new environment, what could go wrong?

On a far away planet at a far away time, humans colonize a world full of dragons, protected by powerful gods known as the Seven Serpents, who gift the power to control dragons to a few known as Dragon Tamers. Never thinking she was one, S're discovers the truth about herself quite unexpectedly, throwing a wrench into the life of her unwilling Guardian, Roscrow. Together, they must navigate their political world, unravel the meaning of their visions, and maybe get into some trouble along the way.

The story of a dream come true. Not my usual type of story.