I call them October Relationships -- fifty, sixty, even seventy year olds seeking to ease their emptiness.
It happens every day: seniors who once felt left out of their own future are creating satisfying new relationships. There are no guarantees, of course, but for those who take the chance it can happen again.
Gil Stewart
That is the ground I till in The Tanner Chronicles, the stories set in Tanner, Oregon, a place that happens to look a lot like my home town. These tales shine a light on a particular part of the Tanner population: the lonely ones, who have reached the October or November of their lives. (I refuse to let ‘December’ describe me. To see what does, I hope you will visit "A Writer's Blog" on the sidebar.)
That universe of solitary survivors is larger than you might think. And though they are a disparate bunch, each of them has spent decades dealing with life "up close and personal", creating experiences that lend depth and texture to their stories.
Some of them, confronting those "first time" feelings for the second time, are as timid and confused as teenagers. Some will find their "geriatric adolescence" surprisingly familiar.
I invite you to visit these inhabitants of Tanner's senior side to see for yourself. Who knows, you may meet someone you know, perhaps someone who looks a lot like you.
For a brief overview, along with selected excerpts, of each of the stories listed below click on the corresponding book number under "Complete E-Novels" on the left sidebar
- BOOK 1 -- Going Home
- BOOK 2 -- Maybe This Time
- BOOK 3 -- Best Friends and Promises
- BOOK 4 -- Second Chances
- BOOK 5 -- Long Way Home
- BOOK 6 -- Conversations With Sarah
All these stories are available at Fictionworks.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all other major ebook sellers. Just enter 'Gil Stewart' in the search line to call up the stories.
Finally, if you’re the kind who does such things, feel free to forward this website to anyone you know who might be interested in learning more about Tanner and its world of October relationships. And if you are one of those who reads any of these stories I hope you’ll consider leaving a review on the book’s Amazon page. They tell me those are helpful (at least the good ones) for prospective purchasers.