Secret Adventures / Richard Van Doren (ePub)

Story Blurbs: 1) A 9/11 survivor barely escapes the South Tower collapse and must make a critical decision, return to his family and face crushing debt from his failing business or disappear so that his wife and daughter may receive a two million dollar insurance settlement in "The One Who Got Away." 2) Are you being abused by a bully? Here's a number you can call: "1-800-GET-EVEN." 3) Two disgruntled veterans plan to bomb a popular tourist destination in "A Day at the Park." 4) A retiree signs on with a secret U.S. investigative agency to analyze suspicious emails in "Citizen Snoop." 5) A beautiful new addition to a retirement facility recounts her early adventures with an astonishing array of celebrities in "Death in the Sixties." 6) It's going to take some ingenious planning and an army to uproot a vicious drug cartel "South of the Border." 7) An interracial high school love affair during the turbulent sixties, built on a mutual passion for classic rock and soul, brings joy and sorrow to the couple, in the novella "As Way Leads on to Way." 8) He's friendless, bullied and very, very tired, but planning the biggest mass murder in the history of American high schools gives him all the lift he needs in "Lone Wolf." 9) An aging pastor recalls an early childhood friendship that ended abruptly and mysteriously when "Teddy Moved." 10) She has never spoken a word in her lifetime, but she finds acceptance and fellowship in "The Land of Sunsets." 11) They stand by themselves on the boardwalk of their beloved Jersey Shore in the height of summer awaiting a tsunami which will wash away precious memories. Should they stay or flee for their lives. It's strange "The Things We Do for Love."