Stories by Jake
Ruby | Deal goes to Viet Nam as a new Marine Second Lieutenant. He is crippled at the Battle of Khe Sanh. Back home his wife wants to date a real man, not a cripple. |
City Lights ... Country Nights | Big Jim Morris gets dumped by his wife. Can he find happiness with a lonely woman in the back street bar under those city lights? |
A Girl in the Night | Tom is down on women after his wife dumps him for a handsome guacho from Argentina. Can he be tempted by the girl sitting at Willy's Tavern looking so sad and lonely. She was just... a girl in the night. |
Blue Side of Lonesome | Jack finds that his wife Jenny is "out of sync" and moves to Alamosa to get away from her. He finds Dana and they fall in love. or do they? |
Balboa Park | After finding his steady date cheating on him, Jimmy Moore moves to San Francisco and finds love at a soccer match. What happens when he teaches a girl from Greece about jazz? |
Slowly but Surely | Slade Ransom gets shot by the Sheriff in Ogallala, mistaking him for a bank robber. Eluding the posse he hides out then makes his way to Northern Colorado to take over as foreman of a troubled ranch, the Circle R. Between rustlers, trail drives and two beautiful women maybe the posse was a better choice. This is a straight Western. |