Thursday, October 29, 2009

Fishing

Fishing

happyhugo

Romance, Getting even

9,060 Words

Copyright (c) 08/30/09 

Readers score 7.20

Fishing brings about a revelation one day about
his wife. He takes it from there and, never hurrying,
deals with it. This brings his life to a happier time.
She was lucky to survive.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

This Old House

This Old House

happyhugo

Romance, history

14,250 Words

Copyright (c) 03/08/09

A Brattleboro, Vt. Tale

Readers score  8.43

A writer goes up to Vermont looking
for ancestors. He finds one still alive.
He rescues him from a nursing home.
This is a story of lost love during
prohibition in the last century.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

My New Life

My New Life

happyhugo

Romance/ESP

28,637 words

Copyright (c) 09/24/09

A Brattleboro, Vt Tale 

Readers score  7.29

Widower is asked to go on tour with his former
sister-in-law. He doesn't like her much, but as a
favor, does go. On the trip he discovers why his
wife never got along with her sibling. He comes
to understand the animosity that happened over an
incident when they were teenagers. They rescue
a woman for a friend of theirs who is despondent.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Barbara

Barbara

happyhugo

Romance, cheating

11,212 Words

Copyright (c) 06/13/09 

Readers score  6.53

Barbara cheated on her husband for
many years and couldn't understand
why Mark wouldn't forgive her.
I don't think she ever understood. This
is about Mark though, and his happiness.

Flatlander

Flatlander

happyhugo

Romance

13,909 Words

Copyright (c) 05/26/09

A Brattleboro, Vt. Tale 

Readers score  7.36

Widowed Vermont writer
goes out into a snow storm.
He finds victims. Will this
act bring him happiness?

Flatlander: Derogatory term for Connecticut or
New York City people with pockets full of money
who come up to Vermont and start changing the
very things they were looking for in the first place.
         

Candy

Candy

happyhugo

Romance

13,002 Words

Copyright (c) 04/26/09

Readers score  7.67

Man finds unauthorized
tenant in a home he owns.
He hires her as a house
sitter. Things develop.

Greek Salad

Greek Salad

happyhugo

Romance

18,791 Words

Copyright (c) 02/28/09 

Readers score  8.09

Truck driver picks up a hitchhiker
that is escaping her former husband.
Love ensues.

If you categorize a person’s life: Baby, preschool, grade school, high school, young man/woman, middle age, old age, and cut it into slices, you could write about just one slice. This is a slice of the life of Roger Thomas.