Devil on the Dancefloor

By Barbara Ann Joyce

The story consists of people who live happy lives but encounter human barriers and have become strong in mind and soul due to determination. The initials LGBT stand for loving, gentle, beautiful, and transparent. If you investigate them with a broad and open mind you will see their hearts are exactly like everyone else’s: strong and beating. There are many devils not only on the dance floor but in every environment or workplace. The night club and business. A surgeon will operate on a person whoever they are, or who or what they believe in: the body parts are all the same. A firefighter will risk his life to extract a person from a burning building and he thinks only to save a life, with no thought to who they are. This world has many devils in all shapes, forms, and status - one day hopefully they will wake up and smell the coffee.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Jun 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9781528998697

Barbara Ann Joyce

Considering I was an only child, I always liked mixing and blending with children and later adults. I can make up jokes and stories about anything, so I decided to write a story and send it off to a publisher who has taken me on board. For me, a new journey has begun. Anyone who knows me and has been subjected to my humour would enjoy my writing. Ideas come to me through everyday life and my grandchildren know that I love life even when I participate with my nine-year-old granddaughter on the swings or activity corner at the park. There are plenty of romance, horror, sci-fi and action packed and everyday life stories put into books. But I’ve chosen a different path, for which gender doesn’t matter (i.e., who chooses to read my work). Enjoy.

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Devil on the

Dancefloor

Barbara Ann Joyce

Austin Macauley Publishers

Devil on the

Dancefloor

About the Author

Dedication

Copyright Information ©

About the Author

Considering I was an only child, I always liked mixing and blending with children and later adults. I can make up jokes and stories about anything, so I decided to write a story and send it off to a publisher who has taken me on board. For me, a new journey has begun. Anyone who knows me and has been subjected to my humour would enjoy my writing. Ideas come to me through everyday life and my grandchildren know that I love life even when I participate with my nine-year-old granddaughter on the swings or activity corner at the park. There are plenty of romance, horror, sci-fi and action packed and everyday life stories put into books. But I’ve chosen a different path, for which gender doesn’t matter (i.e., who chooses to read my work).

Enjoy.

Dedication

My husband and family have spurred me on with encouragement and future visions of me producing many stories, of which Austin Macauley has also given me a chance to excel myself. At school, my choice of subjects was always English, literature and poetry. My thanks also for my grandson’s partner, Nadia, who has been a vital wave of modern knowledge and technical advisor. Thank you all for believing in me and my work.

Copyright Information ©

Barbara Ann Joyce 2023

The right of Barbara Ann Joyce to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

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Vin wished he’d never owned or needed a phone because today, it never stopped ringing. The next ring—I’m telling the caller to go jump in a river. The message counter was flashing like a beacon until Vin put a finger on the button.

Hi Vin, it’s Joe. Buzz me.

Joe answered after one ring. Oh thank God, Vin. Do you need a job? It’s well paid and guess who the employees are. Vin had already foreseen a vision of exactly who they were. Are you there, Vin? asked Joe, hitting a silence.

Vin had mapped out a future in business management but life wasn’t so secure, and when his parents divorced, Vin and his dreams fell apart. Joe Kaplinsky and Vin were friends way back at school. Joe was sincere and could always cheer Vin up with stories about his job.

So, are you interested the job would suit you to the ground? Please, Vin. If you think I’m pole sliding to amuse your clientele, forget it.

Vin began to laugh. Okay, don’t get your boxers in a twist. I’ll call in the club tomorrow.

Vin could hear Joe saying, Yes, yes, yes.

Personal transport was a no-go for Vin. So, a local bus was the only option, and when the driver asked, Did you say the Star Club, Mofar Road? But that’s a poofter place.

That’s exactly what I said. Vin put his fare in the slot and sat down. Joe would have flipped with the driver, but what a shock it was to find people don’t or won’t accept gay people!

The morons, Vin muttered. The Star Club looked uninviting and drab.