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    Dave's Bones
    Dave's Bones
    Dave's Bones
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    Dave's Bones

    By Deep Diver

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    James Bonaparte’s father threw him out of his house upon discovering that he is homosexual. Known to his friends as Bones, James is arrested for vagrancy, escapes from the local police station and makes his way not only into Dave’s home, but into his life as well. Dave’s comfortable life is completely changed after Bones announces to his classmates on his first day of class that he is gay and challenges anyone to fight him in the schoolyard, during the lunch break, if they have a problem with him being gay. Soon Dave finds himself standing up for gay rights to the entire town, until some town’s people decide to teach both men a lesson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDeep Diver
    Release dateApr 4, 2011
    ISBN9781458093448
    Dave's Bones
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    Deep Diver

    Deep Diver has over 60 gay themed stories posted on the Internet which have gleaned over 100,000 hits. This author is known for humanist stories which interweave erotica, without falling into pornography, with a deep spirituality and modern psychology. His characters are memorable and some readers identify with the situations that he describes. Others enjoy his keen wit and political satire which is often present in his writing. One reader wrote: "Such beautiful writing. i am reading 'The Training of Dane' currently. You have a way of conjuring images that are startlingly vivid Master. You paint such achingly poignant scenes and Your use of language shouts out your sharp intelligence, wonderfully deep self-awareness and a generosity of nature." Oliver

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      Dave's Bones - Deep Diver

      Dave's Bones

      By

      Deep Diver

      Editor: Will B.

      All persons and events in this story are fictitious.

      Published by Deep Diver at Smashwords

      Copyright, 2009, by Author, al rights reserved

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dedicated to my faithful friend and confidant D. L.

      All persons and events in this story are fictitious

      Chapter 1

      Dave Christopher was not only a confirmed bachelor, he was a bonefide confirmed loner. His school chums gave up years ago, not only to set him up with their cousins or their wives' sisters, but they no longer bothered to invite him over for Thanksgiving dinner or a family bar-b-que. Even though he had assured his mates that he would drop by, he never did. Well, he did once or twice, but he always felt like a cockroach in a hen house at those affairs. Everyone seemed to conspire against him in their effort to find out who he was seeing and why he hadn't married. He was no longer willing to put himself in that kind of a situation again.

      Dave had become accustomed to living alone. He liked to have his own place and the fact that the only visitors were his closest school buddies when they would all meet on the first Friday of the month to play poker. The fact that Dave had no small kids around and no hen-pecking wife to complain about the cigar smoke, the cussing and drinking, made his small cottage the ideal meeting place. The guys had also learned not to ask those impertinent questions that the females couldn't restrain themselves from uttering. The group consisted in three regulars and five more that showed up occasionally. On rare nights the majority would come, but that only happened infrequently.

      Dave loved to fish and often spent a couple of hours each week down at the lake, which the town had stocked with several varieties of fish. As far as Dave was concerned, there was nothing better than a stuffed bass broiled in his oven.

      Dave's cottage was no more than 100 yards from the lake and only about a ten-minute ride from town. He had a local widow come in to do the house- cleaning three mornings during the week, while he was out working. Once a week she would cook him a meal and leave it for him in the oven. Dave worked in City Hall in the Bureau of Records. He was also the official town photographer and had to attend all the civic events to take the official pictures, which he then archived in the Bureau of Records. This job was once more complicated, but since the arrival of digital cameras and computers; the hard part was having to attend so many political events. His not having a family at home made him the most likely candidate for the job.

      One day, the Police Chief called him. Little did Dave expect how much that conversation would cause the total upheaval of his life-style.

      Dave, it’s Ray. We need you over in here in the Police Station and bring your camera.

      My camera? Why? Are you finally going to retire? Dave teased his poker buddy.

      Very funny! No, we need a mug shot of some vagrant that the boys brought in, Ray replied.

      A vagrant? How could you tell someone is a vagrant in this sleepy town where nothing ever happens? Dave joked with his friend. I don't know why we even need a Police Department. Did you guys give even one parking ticket this year?

      Be careful what you say to an Officer of the Law, all that you say can and will be held against you, Ray fell back on his usual cliché for wise guys.

      Okay, Okay, Commissioner, I'll be right over, as soon as I finish uploading some pictures of you cheating at cards, answered Dave.

      Bastard! Ray exclaimed and hung up the phone.

      Dave laughed and folded his cellphone up and began looking for his camera bag. 'Great! The highlight of my day is going to be taking a mug shot of some vagrant!' He said out loud to himself, forgetting that the door to his office was open.

      What was that? asked Abe, the town mayor, another poker player, known to lose more often then not, on his occasional visits to Dave's hide away cottage.

      Oh, nothing, I was just talking to myself, Dave answered his boss and friend.

      I distinctly heard you say the word 'vagrant.' You sure you were referring to my municipal policies? asked the mayor.

      No, no.... It's that I have to go over to the Police Station and photograph some vagrant that they arrested. No big deal.

      Dave, I was going down there to talk to the chief myself, let's go together. I see too little of you anymore, as it is.

      Sure Abe, no problem.

      The Police Chief had no sooner hung up the phone when he thought of playing a little prank on Dave.

      Hey sergeant, where is that new recruit? Send him into my office, as soon as you can, the chief said into his intercom.

      Within seconds the young officer, with a boyish face, knocked on his door.

      Come it.

      "You wanted

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