A Jame's Teenage Life Story (1) The life of James Underwood, a too good for his own good Freshman at Wormwood High. Music is his love and girls are his desire. Follow him through the second half of his Freshman year and Summer vacation.
The valley was seething with conflict. At first, it seemed the settlers and the cowboys were the story, but then the sheepherders moved in and the farmers took second fiddle to the war between the Texas Consortium and the remnants of the old Cattleman's Association now tending the flocks of sheep that slowly destroyed the eco-system.
Married couple finds out that sometimes things can go wrong in ways unanticipated. This couple finds that their love and marriage are tested... severely.
A Story in the Shiny-verse Universe
This story stands alone, though it also fits into the Shiny-verse. It takes place twenty years before "The Shiny Ladies" (20BG), when our Kay was still a pre-pubescent girl named Katie Prisk. These events are what shaped Kay into the ball-breaking piece of work she became.
The Epilogue takes place 8 years after "The Shiny Ladies" ends (10YG). Kay's past comes back for a visit.