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Scotch LaHague, an aide to a powerful congressman in Washington, DC, is desperate for a change. Disillusioned by the petty politics and self-serving relationships that surround him in the nation’s capital, he knows that he must make a change—before Washington changes him. When sent on an official business trip to Paris, Scotch hopes that the City of Lights will give him a reprieve from his mundane Washington existence. That’s where he meets her—a beautiful and mysterious young woman whose sad and penetrating eyes seem to reach into his soul.

Here is the dramatic chronicle of the men and women who comprise the Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JAARS), the flying arm of the famous Wycliffe Bible Translators. Viewed from a distance, they live a life of color and adventure, but however dramatic and colorful the job of these pilots may seem, it is basically a rigorous, lonely, and thankless task.

Carolina Rain, based on a true story from the author's childhood, is set in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina in 1967. It tells the story of a young boy making one last visit to the home of his old friends, actually dear friends of his parents, shortly after their death. As his sisters rummage through their belongings, looking for something to take home, the boy reminisces the times he spend with the elderly man, and in the process learns something about death and about life as well.

Bart and Joe live on the east coast of Florida and have been best friends for years. Bart is recently married with a new, high-pressure job at Kennedy Space Center and a baby on the way. Meanwhile, Joe is still working construction and picking up girls on the beach in his restored 1967 VW van. Bart and Joe remain close, mainly due to their shared love for scuba diving. With plans to go cave diving in one of Florida's many natural springs, they drive to Blue Grotto State Park in the central part of the state. On a dive into a deep tunnel, things go wrong.

This short story by Bruce Buckingham takes place in Vero Beach, Florida, home to world famous Indian River citrus. It's the story of a 10-year-old boy helping his grandfather as they struggle against a rare freeze that threatens the old man's beloved orange grove. It is a story of their struggle against nature, and a struggle to find love and acceptance between an old man and his grandson.

Bruce Buckingham is a collector of stories - his own. He loves taking his own real-life experiences and weaving them into fictional (and sometimes not-so-fictional) tales. In this series of short stories, written over many years, Buckingham intertwines intriguing, true-to-life characters with believable, real-life situations - or sometimes, with situations that stretch the boundaries of reality. His imagination knows no limits.