Kickoff (Or Never Trust a Girl with a Sandwich)
By: Alden R. Carter
Genre: Sports Mystery
It’s day three of Hell Week in ‘The Kickoff’. For Ken Bauer, a high school punter on his football team, the experience is overwhelming, but his troubles just keep piling up. His high-school sweetheart, Sarah Landwehr, finds a baffling story lodged deep inside his bag. On the football field, Big Chicago, the new starting middle linebacker who is rumored to be all-conference as a junior, roams over the vast football field with his wicked aura, waiting to punish Ken with his unremitting tackles. The seriousness of this comical short story crafts a perfect conglomeration that is an ideal read for both teenage and children audiences.
Trashback
By: Alden R. Carter
Genre: Mystery
The class jokester and narrator in ‘Trashback’, Ken Bauer, has to write a letter that will get an elf fired, drive Santa to drink, and cause an investigation of Santa’s workshop. Being his normal, mischievous self, Ken, with the help of Rollin Acres, types a funny letter about ‘Fritz the Perverted Elf.’ After his other long-time friend, Sarah Landwehr sees this letter, she makes him delete it and rewrite an entirely new letter with a completely different storyline. Thinking about Sarah’s words about his naivety, Ken undergoes a thorough transformation into a more mature teenager, helping in elementary school plays. However, the ‘Fritz the Perverted Elf’ letter resurfaces and finds its way to the Principal’s desk. Ken’s ironic predicament presents the true elements of a typical teenager’s school life in an epic mystery in both comical and realistic ways.
Pig Brains
By: Alden R. Carter
Genre: Suspense/Comedy
It is Shadis, Melinda, and Doughnut’s turn to bring food to school. Doughnut is bringing…well doughnuts, Melinda is bringing eggplant Parmesan, and Shadis is bringing fried brains, or so everyone thinks. Shadis, wanting to freak out his long-time nemesis, Doughnut, said he was bringing fried brains to school. The thing is, there aren’t any fried brains in central Wisconsin, maybe Albania, but not in Wisconsin. So he decides to make it out of spaghetti, but that is the easy part. Getting Doughnut and the entire class to actually believe that it is fried brains. That is where it gets interesting. In a hilarious example of David vs. Goliath, Shadis looks to triumph over his archrival by any means necessary, in both serious and witty ways.
Buck’s Head
By: Alden R. Carter
Genre: Suspense
Just as Ken Bauer figured, Rollin Acres was destined to be with someone just as special as his name. Someone like Sandy Dunes, the ‘goddess in running shorts.’ Willing to do anything to be with her, Rollin sets his eyes on the perfect window of opportunity. At the Argyle West Invitational, with reigning champion Kendra Mueller is returning and is ready to beat everyone again. Sandy on the other hand, plans to embarrass, punish, and beat her at the race. Under the commanding influence of love, Rollin, with the reluctant help of Ken, decides to ‘interfere’ with the race, only to stall Kendra for a few minutes. In a masterful piece of literature, ‘Buck’s Head’ captures a vivid image of the genuine power of a teenager’s imaginative and endearing love.
Satyagraha
By: Alden R. Carter
Genre: Action
Satyagraha: To stand firmly for truth and love without ever resorting to force.
When a 200-pound, all-conference defensive end comes charging at full power, one is most likely to back off one way or another. But when it comes to saving your team trainer, football team captain Ken Bauer is willing to take the hit, one after the other. After a demoralizing loss, Bill Patchet takes his rage out on Ramdas Bahave, the team trainer. Ramdas, on the other hand, resorts to the Indian belief of satyagraha. After defending his point of view, Ramdas boldly states that he will never resort to violence. To save Ramdas from near certain death, Ken steps up to Patchet. Ken’s audacious actions defend Ramdas in an extremely poignant story that shares fundamental, genuine values.
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