One More What?
Once upon a time, my good friend Ethan Stone sent me a short story to read. It was one he’d trunked a few years prior, and he wanted to know if I thought it could be submitted to a publisher. The story was about an older man and much younger man who lived in the same apartment complex. I thought it had potential, but I also felt it had a couple of problems. We talked about how he could fix it. We debated expanding it into a co-written novella, but in the end, Ethan saw that I was taking it in a new direction and told me to go ahead and do whatever I wanted with it.
What I ended up doing was moving the story to the Vietnam era and drastically changing the ending. That story became One More Soldier. It was originally published by Silver Publishing back in 2010 (and has since been re-released by me). Although I offered to put Ethan’s name on it as a co-author, he felt I’d changed it enough that it wasn’t really his story anymore (although I’ve always been honest about having stolen it from him). I will forever be grateful to him for graciously letting me hijack his story.
Then, a few months ago, Ethan said, “I think I’ll rewrite that story my own way.” And he did. His version is called One More Time, and it’s available now.
Now, it should be noted, these stories both came from the same seed (which Ethan wrote), but both of them are significantly different than that original story. But don’t be surprised if you find a few things (other than the character’s first names) that seem the same.
ONE MORE TIME
Love, Vegas Style, Book 3
Small town cop Will Jacoby is comfortable in his life, or so he thinks. When he realizes that Brannon Frost, his neighbor and friend, has grown into a handsome young man, he’s confused by his interest. Things get even more messed up in Will’s head when Brannon kisses him.
A man would know he’s gay before the age of thirty, right?
When Brannon’s father dies, Will steps up and becomes the friend Brannon needs. Soon Will is no longer able to deny his feelings for the young man, even though it could damage his carefully constructed life and career.
This story was formerly part of the multi-author anthology Uniform: A Man in Uniform MM Bundle.
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