"Touchdown!"
The Quarterback by Trixie Stilletto is an e-book from
AmberQuill Press. It is a short story, and one I enjoyed. Maggie Moore and Ken Dryden were very close to making a
life commitment as college students. However, on the same
day each was handed the opportunity to follow their
dreams. Unfortunately those paths would lead away from
each other instead of towards one another. Now years later their dreams didn't work out quite as
planned. Ken is trying to restart his football career,
and Maggie instead of being a Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist is now covering sports. They meet up again
when she is assigned to cover his comeback story. The evening of Ken's tryout there is a party to which each
is invited. Ken has no choice but to attend as the party
is being hosted by the friend with whom he is staying.
Maggie hesitates in attending because she doesn't want to
see Ken again. She however decides that she wants to be
with her friends, and attends the party. A search for her belongings after the party leave Maggie
and Ken alone in the guest apartment that Ken is staying
in. Both realize that their past is not quite yet
finished and the rest I will leave to you to read about.
The morning after finds Ken and Maggie hashing out their
past, and heading towards a future together. Most of the short stories that I have read have done
little in establishing characters past or satisfying my
interest in their futures. Ms. Stilletto has done both.
I look forward to reading her other short stories.
Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted December 30, 2003
Note: While both books have the same ISBN, they are two
separate short stories available from Amber Quill. The
Editor
SummarySamantha Sloan and Cody Winston are headed for divorce at
the end of a long, slow elevator ride. But Cody is one
determined cowboy and he's willing to take advantage of any
opportunity.
When the power goes out in Manhattan and they're stuck, it's
a fantasy come true for Cody as they burn hot enough to turn
on the lights in all five boroughs.
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