Ahead of the Curve

From the imagination of Chase Shivers

Series Launched: December 30, 2016
Latest Chapter Added: October 25, 2017

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Series Summary:
Primary Story Codes: Mf rom oral creampie

Ahead of the Curve is a redemptive romance between a retired, older man and a fifteen-year old young woman who find themselves drawn together in the middle of a difficult situation. Note: This is not an incest tale, for those who read my other stories. Also: There is much less sex in this story than in most of my others. Just setting expectations.


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Comments on Ahead of the Curve:

Author Date Comment Chase's Response
Anonymous 31 October 2017 Found chapter one a few hours ago purely by chance. Very busy day, lots to do. Just finished chapter eighteen. Thank you. My pleasure, thanks for reading!
Timeless Funhuman 28 October 2017 WOW... thank you....i have read up to end of chapter 18.....i am so enjoying it... I look forward..to going forward ... when you can Thank you so much! AOTC has been a really emotional story to write and one in which I really connect with the main characters as I write them. I'm glad you are enjoying it! I hope to have more chapters coming out soon.
Andy 26 October 2017 Came across this on Asstr and am really enjoying it so far (have just finished chapter 12, got a bit of catching up to do). Have to agree with the comments comparing you with Renpet, like him/her you have the ability to create characters that I can really care about. Having said that, I absolutely hate Travis with a passion. Yes, he's probably good for Audrey, especially after Darren effectively closed the door on their relationship, but I can't help feeling that he's coming between Audrey and Darren potentially getting back together and I hate him for it. Is it wrong to wish for something horrible to happen to him (shot, stabbed, run over by a bus, contracting ebola, I don't care as long as it's fatal lol)? Keep up the excellent work and I'm praying for the happy ending that Audrey and Darren deserve (and I'm not even religious lol). Thanks so much for reaching out to me. I humbly appreciate the comparisons to Renpet. S/he (I think it's a he, but not sure) is my favorite author on ASSTR and I'd put his stories at the top of any list. I think we share a serious interest in doing more than writing fap stories (not that there is anything at all wrong with writing fap stories, I like those, too!)

Believe me, I care about the characters, too, and sometimes I wrestle with how things might turn out for them. I don't always 'know' the results of situations they are in until I write the scenes, and so, in many ways, I sort of 'find out' just like you do, and it makes me feel the emotions first hand. It's fun to let the characters tell me what their lives are like and what their motivations are when they do things instead of trying to force them into actions that aren't natural for them.

Re: Travis: Hee! Not laughing, just... that's kinda the point of Travis, right? How could you not feel Darren's jealousy and hatred? There's more to come in the story (obviously) and you've got about 6 more chapters to read out of what I've published so far. It won't always go smoothly, but I hope you enjoy the ride and find the story worth continuing, despite Travis.
Timothy 26 October 2017 I have read your stories and love most of them as others are not my thing. I really like ahead of the curve as its very interesting and a heart breaker for true love. Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words. AOTC has been a lot of fun to write. A difficult emotional journey, for sure, but one I hope is worth following.
David 26 October 2017 I'm enjoying "Ahead of the Curve" and looking forward to the rest of "Run". Keep up the good work! Thank you so much! I've been writing the concluding chapters of Run lately, hopefully I can finish it up and get it published soon. Thanks for the patience!
Bruce 9 June 2017 Oh, man. You have got to continue to Chapter 11 and beyond. This story is killing me. It is so sweet and sad at the same time. I will hate to see it eventually end. Even make believe can tap at our hearts. Thank you. Thank you so much, Bruce!
Anonymous 4 February 2017 I just finished reading this 10 chapter story for the second time. As I was reading the 10th chapter, I was listening to some music from the '70's. Just where Darren and Audrey are parting ways from her game the song, Precious and Few by Climax came on. Then Three dog's Night song An Old Fashioned Love Song started, and I started to tear up. I have been around a very long time, 60 plus yrs,and I have read a lot of your stories along with Chris Hailey's, must be old and getting senile in my old age, but this story strikes very close to home for me, I only hope that it doesn't end like mine, keep up the great work, I will read the rest of this story, even if it creates emotions I thought were under control. Thanks Wow! Thanks for sharing so much with me, Anonymous! It is deeply humbling to know this story moved you so strongly. I will continue to update it and I really hope you enjoy how things proceed. All my best to you and yours!
Anonymous 1 February 2017 Fantasic story TY Many thanks!
Nussknacker 16 January 2017 Hi there, I enjoy your stories very much and spelling mistakes by you are rare, but two slipped by: (...) Thanks, Nussknacker! And I appreciate the corrections, I'll get those fixed immediately.
Anonymous 15 January 2017 Truly an epic tale thus far. Can't wait for the next chapter. Thank you so much! More to come soon!
Mike 13 January 2017 Hi Chase, just wanted to let you know that I'm really enjoying this story. But, I have to ask, why did you have to make Gwen such a jealous bitch? I'm sure you have a resolve in the storyline but I think as a parent I would have handled things a bit differently. Not that I've ever been in that situation myself, just speculating. Hi Mike, thank you!

When I started thinking about this story, before I began writing it, I needed a foil of some sort to balance/contrast with Audrey. It made sense to me that Gwen would be that foil. And, she's fifteen, so selfishness, moodiness, irrationality, overreactions, etc., those all seem normal to me for her age as well as given the shocking relationship she had to learn about.

This is a redemptive plot arc, and not just for Darren, but perhaps, also for Gwen, as the last chapter or so has begun to demonstrate.

Also, in addition to being a foil for Audrey, being a selfish teen, and having a redemptive possibility, I still needed someone who kept this from becoming a quickly-accepted romance that brought Audrey and Darren together early before moving on to the second act. That isn't exactly the story as I envisioned it, so Gwen was also the perfect disruptor, especially given the other roles she was playing.

Anyway, that's why Gwen is Gwen. I hope she comes off as plausible. I have no idea how I would have handled that situation, myself, but then again, I would not have taken a fifteen-year old girlfriend, either.
Anonymous 11 January 2017 First, I agree totally with Mike and his Renpet comparison. It is spot on. You both rock at what you do. OK, now to my main point for commenting. Damn you! You better put Audrey and Darren back together! LOL Seriously tho, this is a fantastic story so far. I hated the twist at the end of Chapter 9 concerning Audrey's actions, but I can see her point. Gotta protect your heart. Cannot wait for Chapters 10 . Keep up the awesome work! Many, many thanks! I definitely have been inspired by Renpet and the way he has carefully and specifically crafted both his characters and his plots. They are stories first, and include characters who are unique agents within the plot. That makes them compelling reads long before you get to the sex scenes. I try to do the same in most of my series. To me, it makes the payoff scenes much more satisfying to have a context and motivations and struggles all mixed in to arriving there.

Re: Chapter 9: :D No easy path for Darren and Audrey, that's for sure. More to be revealed soon in the forthcoming chapters.
Anonymous 11 January 2017 Just read the opening chapter of "ahead of the Curve." Excellent work! Thank you so much!
Anonymous 10 January 2017 Hullo! Read "Ahead of the curve", what there is of it (seven chapters). You don't believe in easy-made, easy-serve, do you? I find the characters well-drawn, recognizable, and the same applies to the story-line. Mind you, that was a very nicely-done cliff-hanger, that scene at the nightly swimming-pool. It is anyone's guess how Gwen will act. Since she is a teenager (I don't write "a normal teenager", since the word "normal" doesn't quite apply, either to Gwen's age group as a whole, or to the situation you left your characters in), anything is possible, including a tragic end in the morning involving a pair of Houston's finest, Children's services and a huge to-do ... To change subjects, I'd like to point out that, as an occasional cigar-smoker, I don't quite see lung-cancer is in my future, since one doesn't inhale. Even the modern-day patron-saint of cigar aficionados, Prof. Sigmund Freud did not get lung-cancer, but rather cancer of the jaw-bone, and even that at a rather ripe age (mind you, he was a tough old bird). As a cynic, I could probably wise-crack about taking my chances with tobacco rather than with the US court system (like Darren would have to, if everything went tail over teakettle), but let's not, it would draw attention away from your story, and THAT would not do. Not at all.

Have a nice day (and take care about your writing hand ...)
Thanks, Anon! Ahead of the Curve is definitely and intentionally not an 'easy-made, easy-serve' story, even compared to some of my others. It is harsh, on purpose, and I want to draw out this tale in a way which might be hard (or unpalatable) for readers to consume. Often, my stories take shortcuts to get to the romance and sex, though I try not to always make things too easy. This one, though, I wanted to take on a more organic and tortured route. Hopefully, the story is worth the effort!

Re: cigars: Keep in mind that Duncan admits to both cigars AND cigarettes. Plus, lung cancer is caused by things other than smoking (though that is the primary cause, I believe.) Also, anecdotes (such as Freud) do not say anything about the risks as a whole. For every Freud, there is surely a guy who got lung cancer at thirty-five from cigarettes.
Mike 9 January 2017 Love the story. Would it be insulting to say it puts me in mind of a Renpet story. It just seems very similar to his style. Great reading. Thanks. Wow, Mike, thank you! That's about the best compliment you could give an author in this genre. Renpet is my favorite writer on ASSTR and I love the way he carefully crafts his stories and his characters. Thanks so much! I'm humbled by the comparison.
rude 3 January 2017 Exquisite. Thank you!