Lydia Lofty Hughie & Rustin

By Thomas M. McDade

Lydia leave Florida for Barker's Leap, Massachusetts. Lofty soon follows. They work at Hughie's Diner and meet many interesting characters, Buff and Restin the standouts.Same Lydia and Lofty sketched in "Lydia: An Introduction" and "Lofty: An Introduction." This story also stands on its own eight pages but why not take time to read the aforementioned titles? Further information about Lydia and Lofty here as well as the debut of other characters. This is the second piece crafted from a 9,600 word story accepted by Typeface a couple of years ago then abruptly scuttled two weeks later. Three more stories to follow. "Lofty: An Introduction was previously published by Irisi Magazine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas M. McDade
• Release date: Feb 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463183304

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. [e-mail]

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Lydia Lofty Hughie & Rustin

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Copyright 2017 Thomas M. McDade

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Acknowledgements:

I am grateful to Borfski Press Magazine, previous publisher of this story under the title The Saints and the XKE.

Cover created by author.

Lydia hitchhiked to Massachusetts with two big suitcases. I stayed to stick with the casual labor plan so we’d be flush in New England. She’d located a St. Cloud’s couple, Hobart and Alyssa