by Pete Thorsen
The Lottery Winner
When Jake wins the lottery, it changes his life. And his life needs changing too as a somewhat screwed up veteran. He starts to get his head on straight and then the nation’s economy starts to crumble. As things get worse and worse, Jake tries to think of ways to stay ahead of the game. He has fought battles before; this one is just different. It is not his style to give up, and he is determined to go down fighting every inch of the way.
Cincinnati Shutdown
This is a story of a teenager becoming a man over several years during increasingly bad economic times in the city of Cincinnati. With the living conditions in the city gradually growing worse as deteriorating conditions start slowly and gradually gets worse as the young man grows up. He does what he can to protect his family and the girl he loves.