In article <659u569nc4le178b67mnabrrd6mbu8rvdr@4ax.com>, NP-f31 wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2010 16:21:01 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> wrote:
>
> >In article <a2kq569eck2tt6tqjdkth43l23kbf2l564@4ax.com>, NP-f31 wrote:
> >
> >> On 5 Aug 2010 17:23:01 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >The Adventures of Stevie #25
> >> >
> >> >These stories were told to me by friends and other people. Some of them
> >> >are true. Some of them are only partly true. Some of them should have
> >> >been true. LOL
> >> >
> >> >My first post about Stevie ("Call me Stephen!") was when he was 12 and
> >> >in summer camp and was told by another camper. This was from a time
> >> >before computers would fit on a desk and when people communicated with
> >> >friends in other countries by actual letters sent through the postal
> >> >service. When children did this those friends were called "penpals".
> >> >Carlos is Stevie's penpal in Argentina and knows English. This is a
> >> >fictional contrivance to enable Stevie to tell us his stories because
> >> >he isn't here in person. I think.
> >> >All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
> >> >that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
> >> >Stevie's school is for gifted children who don't fit in regular schools.
> >> >The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
> >> >Stevie is 11 in this story, in summer camp.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >The Adventures of Stevie #25 "Fire"
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Dear Carlos,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I told you about what we do in the dark, but there is something else
> >> >we do I didn't tell you yet. FIRE!
> >> >
> >> > We all go into the woods to the special clearing in it where the
> >> >counselors put a big pile of tree logs and branches on the ground in
> >> >the middle, and light it on fire. It's fantastically beautiful in the
> >> >dark, with orange and red flames jumping up high and waving "welcome
> >> >and be happy" to us, and bright sparks floating around and snapping
> >> >like a thousand fingers to music only they can hear, and giving us a
> >> >special warmth we share with each other. We sit around the bonfire and
> >> >sing and tell stories, and just be with the fire and the night with
> >> >people we love together.
> >> >
> >> > The last bonfire we had was 2 nights before the camp ended. We knew
> >> >we would be leaving the camp and each other very soon. This made us all
> >> >closer. Special friends sat together and hugged. George and Harry, and
> >> >T-Bone and Mac, and Tom and Tut, and Winston and Mike, and all the
> >> >boyfriend-girlfriend sets were together. Jeremy took Chad to sit with
> >> >him, so I could be alone with Debbie. I didn't ask, but he knew I would
> >> >like it. That's what love does. I waved to Chad and Jeremy across the
> >> >fire to let them know I was thinking nice thoughts about them. They
> >> >smiled and waved back.
> >> >
> >> > Some of us were so happy to be together, and so sad to be leaving, we
> >> >cried a little. Debbie and I traded our tears with our kisses.
> >> >
> >> > After the fire was burned down to just a gentle glow, we separated
> >> >and went to our cabins, very slowly. We were tired from so many
> >> >feelings, so we all went to bed right away. Chad still slept with me,
> >> >and we really did sleep that night, holding hands, face to face,
> >> >exchanging each other's life breath.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Your friend,
> >> >
> >> >Stephen
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Grant,
> >>
> >> Am I the only one that gets the Chad and Jeremy joke? Too funny. I got
> >> an e-mail from the guys this morning. Mac hasn't had dsl service since
> >> he got back and they had to have the modem replaced. So they have the
> >> latest stories. Mac said the campfire sounded like fun and that he and
> >> Bone would have snuck around behind Stevie and hijacked him off into
> >> the woods for some 'hucklebucking' (his word). Little Debbie wouldn't
> >> know what to think, no wonder she was crying.
> >
> >What "Chad and Jeremy joke"? Maybe I don't get it either.
>
>
> Hey Grant,
>
> From wikipedia:
>
> Chad & Jeremy were an English singing folk rock duo originating in the
> 1960s, comprising Chad Stuart (born David Stuart Chadwick, 10 December
> 1941, Windermere, Cumbria) and Jeremy Clyde (born Michael Thomas
> Jeremy Clyde, 22 March 1941, Dorney, Buckinghamshire). They were part
> of the British Invasion, a large influx of British rock and pop
> musicians to the American music scene.
Thanks for the info. They were before my time. I claim ignorance! LOL
The character names were an accident.
> >I would have liked to have Bone and Mac play more central roles in the
> >stories, but there were already developed characters before I knew to
> >put them in, that were essential for the later stories I had already
> >written. And I didn't want to break the pair up, so that limited what
> >they could do in the stories.
> >
> >Your ideas for the "Chad" character, a younger love interest, were
> >great. I used them. Thank you. He opened up a lot of story ideas.
>
> When your stories are published as a book, please dedicate it to me.
> LOL!
Bad security for me to do that. You publish it. You can give the
proceeds to some gay youth organization.
Stories up to #82 are done.
> >I have already written all the second year of school and home stories,
> >and the second year of camp stories. Mac and Bone are in them. I'm into
> >the third year of school and home stories.
> >
>
> >I just wrote a two part story about Stevie's encounter with Priest
> >child abuse. The Adventures of Stevie #78 + 79 "UnPriestly - Part 1 and 2"
> >What he does about it is uniquely Stephen, in a way I hope you don't
> >see coming.
>
> That ought to be interesting.
I hope so.
This is a little embarrassing, but I like reading the stories just as
much, and maybe more, as any of the readers in these groups.
> >Your post about Daniel inspired me to write a series of stories about a
> >"similar" character with the same name, and what Stevie does about his
> >problem. I used a very minor unnamed character, who got off on the
> >wrong foot with Stevie in the second year at camp, and named and
> >developed him in the succeeding camp stories.
> >
> >I think I might be speaking for a lot of people here, when I ask you to
> >keep us informed about the real Daniel if you can, in posts or in
> >private. I care a lot about him, and I think the other people here do
> >too.
>
> I can report that they received an e-mail from Daniel, but I am not
> privvy to it's contents. If things go Mac and Bone's way we may see
> Daniel at Christmas vacation. We'll see.
"That ought to be interesting." LOL
He needs to spend time with people who know, respect, and love him, for
all who he is. You and B+M can give him that.
I hope he will be able to read the Stevie stories, and not be too put
off being in some of them, if they get posted in time.
> >Sooner or later, Stevie is going to beard the school psychologist Dr.
> >Wyman Knot in his den, and tell him in no uncertain terms what he
> >thinks of psychology. Probably when he is 13. I haven't written it yet,
> >but there may be some nasty words involved. LOL
> >I'm going to write another racial discrimination story, but a little
> >stronger, this time.
> >Here's a hint to a future story I have planned from the beginning.
> >Stevie will save save a man's life by kicking him where it really
> >hurts, so hard, he might never have kids. Where and why that happens,
> >and what happens after it in the story, I hope will be very
> >interesting. LOL
>
> Okay, I'm intrigued because I can't see a bright side to that. Unless
> the guy goes to the emergency room and it's discovered that he has
> testicular cancer.
I might have been exaggerating a little. But just a little. Anyway,
Stevie does know how to make it better. If he wants to. Will he?
> Keep up the good work. I am in the midst of writing a story about
> Victor Victorian and MY favorite British monarch. Can you guess who
> that might be?
Edward VI? The boy king who, sadly, didn't live past 15?
> Doc
> NP-f31
Any story ideas would be welcome.
--
Grant
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