This is a serial. The stories should be read in the order they are published. However, WordPress likes to feature the most recent first. Please scroll down to find the first story or read them in sequence from the MENU.
Also note that the “Next” and “Previous” buttons at the bottom of the page refer to the posts for all categories, not just this serial. WordPress can be blamed for that, also.
Please start with the “Introduction” and then “Douglas Meets A Frog”.
Willie Smith looked at the computer screen and smiled. He was quite pleased with the balance in his money market account. But it did remind him of a couple of points. First was where he could invest it. Second, and more urgent, was how the Valley was going to react …
I Phillip Harrison had met the priest only once, briefly. That accidental meeting resulted in some very positive results; well, from Phillip’s perspective it was positive. It began a series of events that produced the box of papers he was carrying. He stepped up on the porch of the little …
Introduces Steve & Cindy, Hank & Martha. Originally, this was story #2. It’s one of my favorites. I hope you like it
This is also an introductory story, relating more info about the Village of Beaver Ridge.
A pair of shoes sets in motion events that fan the embers of an old controversy as change forces itself into the valley.
This originally was to be a series of short stories that revolved around a place called “Staley’s Store”. Every story was to be independent, linked only by the fact that each story had at least one scene at Staley’s Store. Somewhere along the way, a plot developed. While you can …
