Stories by C. Lakewood:
"75% Off," Part 5. The conclusion of the multi-part, multi-author story.
(This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"A Change is as Good as a Vacation." Dr. Rachel Reed plans to ruin a
colleague (and rightly so), but the villain has a plan of his own.
"A Change of Scenery." A 29-year-old Midwestern female teacher takes
a vacation into the Southwest that turns out to be something of a
journey of self-discovery.
"A Dog's Life." Liz, a 31-year-old double divorcée and definite bitch,
learns a new definition for the term, "puppy love."
"A Memorable Halloween." A very short, last-minute production that I
wrote in one day to celebrate Joe Doe's favorite holiday.
"Abracadabra." Another battle involving academics. This time neither
predator nor victim is very sympathetic.
"Action and Reaction." An academic's arrogance leads her astray -- and
straight to her comeuppance. (Sound familiar?)
"Asylum." A re-write of Joe Doe's story "Powerless!" as requested by a
reader. In this version, the D-i-D is not a superheroine.
"Atonement." A fender-bender while DUI requires punishment.
"Beth & Her Mom Pay Their Debts." This is an authorized re-write of a
Deputy Duffy story. Eighteen-year-old Beth and her 39-year-old
mother learn that the law is not immutable, and debts-to-society
may be paid by barter.
"Caduceus Club." A school teacher agrees to "model" for a group of
medical and nursing students and faculty.
"Career Opportunity." Put a sweaty young female intern and an elegant
executive together and....
"Conjiggle Visit." A submissive school teacher samples interracial
sex and winds up on the horns of a dilema.
"Conjiggle Visit II." The conclusion of the story. Fasten your
seat-belt, Connie; it's going to be a bumpy ride.
"Costumes." This story begins with a conventional police sweep of
hookers...but then spirals off into a series of unusual developments.
"Cyberdyne ASM5." CP meets AI in the year 2029, a story inspired by Joe
Whatever's "AI: Future Imperfect."
"Dusted." Homeland Security flexes its muscles.
"Easy Does It." Another academic (of sorts -- a high school principal
this time) is, to some degree, hoist with her own petard.
"Elsie." A female academic (my favorite sort of D-i-D), whose fantasies
get out of hand.
"Extracurricular Activities." A marital game goes a trifle awry.
"Final Exam." An extensive re-write of Joe Doe's "Number 10,000."
"Gone Native." A sequel to Joe Doe's "Going Native."
"Halloween Gothic." Charlotte Renfield, an associate professor of history
at the University of Chicago, acquires an intriguing painting with a
dark provenance....
"Hickory Stick High." Young high school principal, Lana Mallory, is taught
a series of valuable lessons.
"Inquiry." A feminist lawyer is appointed to investigate possible abuses in
the disciplinary practices at Briarcliff Academy, a posh girls' school.
"International Relations." A 31-year-old college professor falls under the
influence of her Japanese graduate assistant.
"It's a Bitch." Barbara Collins, an arrogant, 30-something, assistant dean
at a large Midwestern university learns some karmic lessons.
"Judicial Restraint." An Ashley Marsh (mis)adventure.
"Karma." The Hon. Cassandra Sheridan takes a vacation.
"Lessons." Sasha Cooper, college English teacher, finds that one CAN go
home again...sort of.
"Letter Perfect Addendum." My first story, a sequel to Joe Doe's "Letter
Perfect." (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"Little Miss Tayque." A story with another flawed and hapless academic,
a ruthless student, a culture clash, and a hefty dose of AR, among
other things.
"Maid to Order." Duplicitous Susan Ingoldsby acquires a maid.
"Marilyn Corbin." An AR story in which the title character is caught up
in a comedy of errors.
"Match Maker." A wife discovers her husband's secret fetish.
"Match Maker II." This continuation might have been sub-titled, "The Best
Laid Plans...."
"Mexican Holiday." An up-tight 42-year-old professor and her willful
18-year-old daughter pay the price for running afoul of authorities
below the border.
"Modern Education." A girl and her mother find that the new school
maintains old-fashioned disciplinary practices -- but with a twist.
"My Rise to the Bottom." She managed to survive the dot-com crash (more
or less), but now....
"National Geographic Tracy II." Cultural enrichment on the Dark Continent.
(This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"Phone Call." A persuasive argument for the usefulness of Caller-ID.
"Pit Stop." A strange encounter in a Latin American lavabo.
"Pool Girl." A 30-something, female, former professor, falls under the
influence of an 18-year-old girl. In this early tale, I deliberately
set out to tell a story, packed with detail, in the fewest words
possible.
"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" An Ashley Marsh/WIP adventure inspired
by a Joe Doe plot idea.
"Reflections." It's the year 2109, and Sgt. Sylvia Simon, having been
reprimanded for actions that exceed police department standards, has
been reassigned as a prison guard. As she transports a female convict
to the same prison, they travel along a much more devious path than
might have been expected.
"Reversal of Fortune." Yet another female academic in trouble, in a
somewhat darker story than usual. (Indeed, I fancy it is rather
Parker-like.)
"Rita's Dept Store Adventure." An AR saga in which the mood and pacing
undergo a shift part way through -- and there's actually some character
development.
"Sara's Diary." A sequel to Joe Doe's story, "Searching Sara" -- a recap
and further adventures told as entries in her diary. It is also a
prequel to my story, "The University Health Crisis."
"Second Time Around." Kimberley gets to re-visit the scene of a crime from
years before that was trivial in its seriousness, but vast in its
consequences.
"Shan." A phone call in the night from an exotic female voice begins Rachel
Bothwell's journey...down the road to who-knows-where.
"Show and Tell." Featuring a high school teacher with dark fantasies, who
falls prey to a mysterious blackmailer and winds up the principal player
in a medical melodrama.
"Show Time." A man takes advantage of an opportunity to show off his wife,
allowing her to experience her desires and confront her fears, in
relative safety.
"Show Time II: Spring Break." A somewhat more daring adventure than in the
original "Show Time," with a beach setting and a larger cast.
"Show Time III: South of the Border." The "Show Time" saga heads to Mexico.
This story lurked on my PC for a very long time. Basically, I had the
opening and the conclusion, but lacked a plausible middle to tie them
together. I hope it now passes muster.
"Sisters." Justice long-delayed.
"Stress Management." An AR story centering about a harried public relations
manager.
"Suburban Psyche." How valid is "The Secret"?
"Sucker Bet," Part 2. A would-be reformer gets more than she bargained for.
(This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"'Swap-Mate.'" TV offers a young couple a way out of their financial
difficulties.
"Taking Her Medicine." A pretentious female academic (imagine!)undergoes a
life-altering experience at a free clinic.
"Tanning at the Beach." Joe Whatever wrote the rather whimsical Part 1,
and I took Part 2 down a somewhat darker path.
"The Big Game." A sequel to "Tickle Training."
"The Chapel." An absolutely true story, a bit of nostalgia for a vanished
era, half a century ago.
"The Friendly Mailman," Part 3. Mr. McFeely is a "hands-on" sort of civil
servant. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"The Full Employment Act," Part 3. This is the solution to the unemployment
problem devised by members of the lame-duck Congress, scurrying like
cockroaches. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"The Spider and the Fly." 18-year-old Bethany in a battle of wits with
13-year-old Rhoda...and one of them is badly out-gunned.
"The University Health Crisis." Bulgarian lice pose a problem with
interesting ramifications at Doeville U.
"The Voyeur." He had become a mere observer.
"Tickle Training." Sara becomes the temporary coach of a soccer team of
18-year-old boys.
"Time and Tide." An "upper class maid" story, set at a time in the 1950s
when certain pre-War notions were still practiced.
"Train Travel." An American couple discovers the benefits of sampling a
foreign culture.
"Tracy in the Slave Market," Part 3. A trifecta of sorts -- a Tracy story,
begun by Joe, and finished by me. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"Transformation of a Middle-Class Woman," Part 4. A bourgeoise Frenchwoman
changes places with her Portuguese maid. (This story is in the Nerdly
folder.)
"Treat," A life-long loser is close to cashing in, when Fate takes a hand.
"Undercover." An important assignment leads to an unexpected outcome for a
pair of FBI agents.
"Uninformed and Uniformed," Parts 4-6. A successful professional woman
tries out her Halloween costume for a couple of days in a bet with
her daughter, but things get increasingly complicated. Another
multi-part, multi-author story. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"Uniform-ty." Yet another academic finds herself in a bind (as it were)
when she brings her AR fantasies into the real world near to Halloween.
This is my Halloween story for 2010.
"Virtual Search," Part 4. Ashley Marsh is enmeshed in a virtual reality
game. (This story is in the Joe Doe folder.)
"War Diary, 73 B.C." A re-write of Joe Doe's "War Diary," making what
seemed to me to be desirable changes in time and place.
"What Goes Around...." A lesson in manners, in the context of a medical
exam story.
"Work Experience." An office saga in which Kitty, an 18-year-old girl,
turns out to be harder for Peri to escape than Jean Valjean's Javert.