This is the discussion forum for my series, Naptown Tales. Stories in the series so far include Broad Ripple Blues, which was originally posted as part of the Summer Anthology and has its own discussion forum, Back to School Jitters, A Dance to Remember, which was submitted as part of the Fall Anthology and has its own discussion forum, Educating My Parents and Halloween Hero. Additional Stories will be posted as they become available. These will soon include My First Thanksgiving and The UnChristmas.

Please let me know what you think!

Altimexis,

I loved the story, and must say I was pleased that there was more to Broad Ripple Blues.

It was nice to read how things worked out the next few days where we left off in BRB.

I will continue to read the series as you find time to post more chapters, installments, additions, etc .

Thanks again,

Steve

Wow, if Broad Ripple Blues was great, this one was GREAT!!!

I really enjoyed this one. It was so well-written! It's damn good! Glad that the other part os coming in a few days in the anthology!

Great job!

Ieshwar

Damn fine story.

And, never underestimate the sneakiness of a parent.

I like stories that give me that warm all over feeling and this one is definitely in that class.

It was good to see Trevor read the Bible on his own, even the parts his church ignores, or takes figuratively as many Evangelicals do. I used to go to a church that took the whole Bible as literal truth, except for quite a few damning verses that were "meant" not to be take literally.

Great story Altimexis!

Thanks.

Carl

I say hurray to both stories!!

Especially Educating My Parents. The Bible-reading was awesome. It's what I had to do whenI was younger. It helped a lot.

Wonderful job, as usual!

Altimexis's stories are all such a great display of talent and 'Educating my parents' is no exception!

The story has a nice flow. Altimexis narrates the story with such an ease in the first POV that I have even started wondering if it's fiction...

But the best thing in his story, in my opinion, is the parents' reaction! First of all, it's rare to find some reactions which are no extreme- neither completely against nor completely far. And secondly, it's so realistic. I liked the fact that the father knew everything. It's so true! We children, always think that they don't know anything when it's never the case!

Ieshwar

Great new chapter Altimexis ,

That story gave me a lot to think about as you discussed a lot of very serious issues through out it. The one thing that I pulled from it was that every character was being honest. From the Rabi, to the Iman, to even Altaf about the Holocaust, they all were speaking from the heart. Not that Altaf believed what he was telling Randy, but he was honestly expressing his grief, but tried to hide it through a personal attack on Randy. When you look at all the causes, it was excusable.

I can't wait to see where you take us next with the Naptown tales.

Keep up the great work .

Steve

The Un-Christmas was a great story.

I really enjoyed the comparative religion lessons, even though the Christians were pretty much left out other than being relegated to the practitioners of Christmas. Having been through a lot of these explorations into the true meaning of God, it was a pleasure reading about the other two followers of Abraham.

Randy and Altaf are such great characters and it's nice seeing their love grow through two stories so far.

Thanks Altimexis for an enjoyable alternative to a Christmas story.


Carl