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The Mall Walker

Jack Krause is a casualty of war in Vietnam and at home. Is there any hope left for Jack Krause, a war-torn Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD and courting countless demons? He’s a broken man desperate to find peace, if only a fragment. But does it even exist? Incapable of coming to terms with his military deployment, he questions his service in what he now sees as a senseless war. In bitter denial he watches his dysfunctional family and friends implode around him. Then he meets Peter Strong, a Desert Storm amputee. Wounded but not broken, Peter has found the peace that Jack finds so elusive. Jack painfully admonishes Peter for this, and like the ever-changing Boston skyline, there is a deadly storm brewing.

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Joe Glass

When God created the ultimate warrior, he created Joe Glass. From the battlefields of Iraq to the streets of Miami, fractured jaws, shattered dreams, empty bank books and broken lives are the remnants of Joe's renegade lifestyle. Regardless of consequence, his life is an attack on all fronts, as he steam rolls over anything and anyone who gets in his way, until the residue of what he left behind eventually catches up to him--in the strongest of ways.

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The Fish Are Dying

   If Joe spent one more minute in Biloxi, it would be a minute too long, but here he was again, this time surrounded by dead fish, dead cats and dead people.  What part of “no” didn’t Joe understand as his reason tried to persuade his emotion that he can’t save the world from itself, especially one person at a time,
as it seemed he was programmed to do his entire life. The frantic call from his foster-sister Julia, caught him off guard, Julia, was the one remaining member of the only family, that Joe felt he ever belonged, Although it was, but a short two years, before Joe broke away,  he felt an obligation to Julia, one in his heart of hearts he could not deny.  Several hours later Joe was on his way to Biloxi. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER JOE WOULD SURVIVE BILOXI OR WHETHER BILOXI WOULD SURVIVE HIM?
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The Headers

Everything has a price. Sometimes it is clear as a sunny day.  Sometimes it is hidden in a quiet transparency, and other times it comes at us in ways we could have never imagined. Seduced by the charm of the old Marblehead township, Dalton and Rey Roe found themselves wanting to live there. Like several other locations,  within a few short miles of Boston and situated on or near the water, Marblehead real estate comes with a hefty price, but in some ways most people never prepare for. Follow Dalton and Rey Roe, as their paths join with others as they seek to achieve their dream of becoming HEADERS. The question now, is that once they have found their way to Marblehead, whether they will ever be able to call it their home?

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The Dating Game

You never listened to your mother anyway. Now, it may be too late! You’re caught up to the degree that your entire world revolves around him but its un-winding right in front of your eyes and you can’t seem to separate the fly-do from the pepper.
                                  
SOME OF YOUR MOTHER’S DATING RULES

1)     Be selective, not any bad boy will do.  It’s not the time to play the field.  It’s best to seek a quality relationship instead of a quantity of others.
2)     Get to know the guy first through the Internet before physically engaging.  Don’t expose too much of yourself on your Facebook and/or Twitter page.  Don’t give him access to your IDs or Passwords.
3)     Make a list and constantly add to it. But LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN. Remember, this guy is one half of your relationship. Ask the right questions. Don’t be bashful stating your intentions.
4)     Meet in open neutral places until you move the relationship forward.  Be suspicious.  Always be safe.
5)    Each contact with your suitor is a moment of truth. You need to dig in to his core to see if this is the guy you really want to have a serious relationship with or to spend the rest of your life. Is he child or pet friendly etc.?
6)    Don’t go beyond kissing on your first date
7)    Don’t bring him back to your apartment.  Go to his.  He doesn’t need to know where you live or what you have. Then again, he might never want to leave  
8)    Don’t be too available to him.  Make him work for YOU!
9)    Discuss Covid -19 and how it plays out in your relationship. This is serious talk. It could cost you your life.
10)    Frankly discuss and plan out your sex.

IT’S ALL RIGHT JILLIAN.  I NEVER LISTENED 
TO MY MOTHER EITHER 

                                                     

Your Boyfriend, 
Cameron Allen

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Born to Serve

At twenty one Nora Bergman couldn’t wait to leave the small village of Viroqua Wisconsin and start a new life in Boston Massachusetts. With great enthusiasm but a lack of planning, Nora finds herself in the big city without lodging and a job to support herself. Follow Nora, as she decides to learn the skills of a professional bartender, stripping her of her small town innocence, as she finds herself absorbed in a world of alcohol, lies, sex and drugs.  Eventually finding her way back home, she finds that her new life in Boston, has distanced her from the simple, innocent one she once lead and now has been lost forever.

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