Butler

Posted on February 16, 2012 8:04 pm under Story Ideas
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For years, Windy Bay had been home to fishing and boating enthusiasts. Now it harbored a thief. Locals and tourists had been victimized, but none could identify the stealthy perpetrator. When police are stumped, Detective Sam McAllister is summoned.

After two months, McAllister’s sterling reputation begins to tarnish. Despite his best efforts, he has found just one common link. All the victims recall the presence of a black dog. The town explodes in laughter, when McAllister points his finger at the canine. Sam renews his efforts, determined to find the person behind the dog. Read more »

Mandy’s Life

Posted on February 2, 2012 6:11 pm under Story Ideas
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Mandy Hawkins was barely twelve, when she caught the eye of a wealthy businessman, who was passing through the small shantytown. Before the day was over, her father was hiding a wad of cash in the plot behind their shack and Mandy was the bride of a fifty-year-old man.

Lisa Auburn is a freelance writer, struggling for recognition. Searching for inspiration, she decides to record her great-grandmother’s story. Mandy recalls Read more »

Hidden Depths

Posted on January 27, 2012 6:59 pm under Story Ideas
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Sandy Thomas knew her parents were crazy, when they decided to adopt. Not a baby, but a thirteen-year-old girl, just one year younger than herself. Sandy dislikes everything about mousy Rose, who sleeps hugging a grungy teddy bear. She can’t ride a bike, can’t swim and has never skied. She seems content to stay at home, wearing frilly pink dresses and doing needlework with her mother. Even worse, Sandy suspects that Rose is the daughter her mother always wanted.
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The Cure

Posted on January 19, 2012 1:38 pm under Story Ideas
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Edward had dedicated his life to finding a cure for cancer. Success was inches away, although a year too late for Gloria. On the anniversary of his wife’s death, the founder of Hoffman Research sat alone at his club’s private bar with a bottle of whiskey. He awakens in the bedroom of a woman, who looks a lot like Gloria. Filled with guilt for the betrayal of his dead wife, he vows it will never happen again. Read more »