Short & Not Short Stories

  My Story Collections Volumes 1-4 ~ 1. EAST COAST CHRONICLES ~ These are stories set in various locations on the US East Coast. DEACON LOVES PENNY Deacon Fredericks is 22 years old and a US Marine veteran, who has just moved to Virginia Beach and is waiting for his 23rd birthday when he will inherit more seven million dollars that was left to him in his grandmother’s will. One day, he meets a girl named Penny Jones, who is a recent Virginia Tech graduate with a big AI idea. All she needs is about five million dollars to actualize it. After she explains it to Deacon, he decides to partner up with her and get her idea developed. This is a story about two smart young people who work their way to the top of the AI business in a very short period, all of which was made possible by Deacon’s millions. AKA CHARLIE MCQUEEN  Charlie McQueen, a mathematical genius and sports gambler, is on the run from a mobster he used to work for in New York. He settles down in a small town in Maine and starts

  ~ 1 ~ His name was Dexter Fox. He was born in Atlantic City New Jersey. His father, Jonah was a Blackjack dealer and his mom, Viv, was a cocktail waitress. A fairly common pairing in that town.   Dexter was raised by a series of Mexican and Puerto Rican nannies who looked after him at night. From the time he was about five, he pretty much took care of himself, walking then riding his bike to school. What his parents couldn’t provide in terms of actual parenting they made up for with cash, which was fine with him. He always had plenty of money and learned to respect it as he grew. He had a couple of friends who lived close by and they were in the same sort of situation, so they kind of all raised each other, with the help of the odd big brother or sister. It was a pretty good life. His friends were good friends. His parents were as good as could be expected for casino people. When Dexter was about seven, which most religions will tell you is the age of reason, things began to change.