The confrontation had been louder and harsher than either one of them had feared. And, when it was done, neither one of them knew what had hit them, but it felt something like relief.   More than anything, it made William sad to find Joseph disobeying his rules. Rules gave us boundaries, and, more than […]

William hadn’t moved at all, sitting bolt upright in a boozy haze the entire morning. He’d summoned every last nuance of his mental capability simply trying to remember if he’d locked “that damn door!” But his MIDI Hi-Fi system had, as always, been a major distraction. Since the early 1970s he’d been obsessed with Bruce […]

Sam sat transfixed by the sight of Scrooge McDuck swimming around in avault of cartoon notes and coins. He loved Duck Tales, it was hisfavourite. It didn’t matter that the show had been cancelled 22 yearsearlier, he had the videos. His father set them up for him every nightbefore he went to bed. All Sam […]