Stories by @surge79uwf

The Word

Within Roman ruins, a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James, in the first century, has been discovered. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they were once thought to be. Steven Randall is the publicist hired by New Testament International, an alliance of American and European Bible publishers. The project has been top-secret for six years, and now it is about to be unveiled to a world long in need of Christian revival. A struggle for control of the World Council of Churches, the suspicious absence in the project of archeologist Prof. Augusto Monti, the original discoverer – and whose daughter Angela is a potential love interest for Steve –, and the potential notion that the newly discovered gospel itself is a forgery made in the 20th century instead of a legitimate historical document, all are guaranteed to make Steve question the worth of the new job he is undertaking, and the newly re-found faith in God he acquired along with it...

The Walls of Honkara

3000 years into the future, a remnant of humanity divided into three kingdoms - Zhenland, Ordland and Cyanland - attempt to colonize the mysterious planet Honkara, with mixed results. A mysterious race called the Khrislo periodically raids the kingdoms and is threatening to engulf all three and their populations… Varan, King of Zhenland leads an expedition to conquer and take over a supposedly empty city that was once the large site of a pre-human civilization. But is this city welcoming… or will it be a trap?

All She Was Worth

Police detective Shunsuke Honma, on leave due to an incident on the job, is hired by his nephew, banker Kazuya Kurisaka, to track down his fiancée, whom he knows by the name of Shoko Sekine and who disappeared from his life after he discovered her credit history was tainted by bankruptcy. As Honma investigates her circumstances, he finds that the name "Shoko Sekine" actually belongs to someone else other than Kazuya's fiancée - and that the latter may have murdered the former to achieve this...

Castle of Sand

Eiryo Waga is a well-known musician. As a composer and pianist, he has begun a rapid climb to stardom. But he must keep his terrible past a secret... One day someone who knows all about his past, Kenichi Miki, appears before him. In order to protect the fame he has obtained, Waga kills Miki. Immediately after that, Waga runs into Rieko Naruse. He manages to pull himself together and leave the scene. An investigation team is established led by two detectives Eitaro Imanishi and Hiroshi Yoshimura, but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Rieko again. Rieko is a stage actress has her own dark past. Soon the two fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Sachiko Tadokoro, whose father's help impulsed Waga's ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga's ambitions are about to confront reality. However....

Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes

William Kennedy’s Albany saga continues with Danny Quinn, son of George Quinn and grandson of Francis Phelan from Ironweed. Searching for his namesake ancestor Daniel Quinn and his journalistic stories, Danny finds himself in pre-Communist Cuba, where he interviews Ernest Hemingway and meets the love of his life, local revolutionary Renata Suárez, who is as elusive as she is lovable… As the chaos of Fidel Castro’s power-grabbing revolution overtakes the island, Danny and Renata marry and find themselves back in his Albany, where an increasingly feeble George is in need of new love himself…