John O'Kane

Storylandia 36 John O'Kane

"The School's on Fire!" A boy makes a mistake and runs away when he learns something about himself his folks never told him. A man in town finds him and helps him prepare for the challenges that lay ahead.""The Ear is the way to the Soul" A challenge, being a teen. Just when you think you have a handle on life, you discover this awful (for a teen boy) thing called "virginity." We explore, learn. We find God (or not), love (or not), and the way to our souls? For Relsin, it is via his ears."Alchemy" Alchemy. This is a story about fleeting relationships in a beach community, stressed through cellphone communication, where everyday situations of meeting people and the possibility of achieving euphoric experiences, a boy overcoming being bullied, a device that might seem harmless-perhaps even beneficial-but fosters its own type of tyranny, a boy who makes a mistake and runs away when he learns something about himself his folks never told him, and a seeker learns the ear is the way to the soul."Red Wings" At school Lionel is getting bullied and at home he can barely tolerate Randy, his mother's annoying boyfriend. Randy further disappoints Lionel when he gives him a pair of Red Wing work boots as a birthday present. However, the unexpected events that arise from this gift change Lionel's life in ways he couldn't have imagined. "The DiDramifi" In this USA, everyone owns the DeDramafi, which is a device that might seem harmless, perhaps even beneficial, but fosters its own type of tyranny. www. WapshottPress.org