Stories
Chapter 1
It was only after his car was repossessed that Will realized his predicament. He could no longer get to work, run errands or meet his friends. Without a car, he would have to spend over an hour commuting to work with multiple bus transfers when his workplace was only 5 miles away. And no one used public transport but illegals, the homeless and DUI drunks. Such was life in the suburban sprawl of Southern California.
Eli Fuller was a painter who couldn’t afford it. To get by, he worked in a restaurant, and it was there that he noticed how the older women stared at him.
Jimmy got his draft notice in the mail. He saw it as a death sentence. So many young men like him were dying in Vietnam. Others were coming home maimed for life.
Photo: Odd Kåre Wiik
A Perilous and Fantastic Journey
He had been in the forest for many days, and he was hungry. The canopy of pine and fir trees shielded the sun, but now it had gone away entirely, so that not even the filtered light shined through.
Photo: Markus Naerheim
It was nearly midnight and Henrik was blissfully alone. He was on summer break at the family cabin, which provided the perfect setting for him to pursue his research in peace.
Image: eBay.com
So I decided to buy a grappling hook. You know, something handy that I could keep in the car in case of emergency. In case I might need to scale an imposing cliff face or the wall of an office building.
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