This is the end, my reading friends, of...

Dancing to Ray Charles, a coming-of-age series set in a small, southern town in the summer of 1968. It focuses on a 'nice' guy, the beautiful lifelong best friend he now loves but feels is unobtainable, and the seductive party girl who, after years of rejecting him, has unexpectedly become very obtainable.

Along the way, the story touches on: love, friendship, betrayal, integrity, compromise racism, church fire bombings, the Ku Klux Klan, the Vietnam war, class differences, changing values, redneck honky-tonks plus other fun stuff.

Please check out as many of the twelve chapters as you can stand and let me know what you think and how it can be improved.

Here's the complete list of chapters:

ch 01, Two Dancers
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-01-two.aspx

Ch 02, Hot Fries and Cold Beer
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-02-hot.aspx

Ch 03, Ailing Amy
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-03-ailing.aspx

Ch 04, Peace Talks
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch04-peace.aspx

Ch 05, Trash Is Easier To Handle Than Life
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-05-trash-is.aspx

Ch 06, Cards and Cuddles, pt 1 of 3
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards.aspx

Ch 06, Cards and Cuddles, pt 2 of 3
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards-1.aspx

Ch 06, Cards & Cuddles, pt 3 of 33
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-06-cards-and.aspx

Ch 07, Summer Inactivity
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-07-summer.aspx

Ch 08, Boudreaux Family Values
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/drama/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-08.aspx

Ch 09, Darrell's Disaster
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-09.aspx

Ch 10, Moonlight and Revelation
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-10.aspx

Ch 11 Journey South
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/flash-fiction/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-11-journey.aspx

Ch 12, Love on the Levee - last chapter
http://www.storiesspace.com/stories/general/dancing-to-ray-charles-ch-12-love-on.aspx

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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwords.[/ - ROBERT HEINLEIN

Schemers Scheme -- young women talking about young men

OF WAR, AND PEACE, AND MARY BETH: my contest winner, honest

For Whom the Good Tolls an 'RR' and it's short, no kidding

I am caught up on all the chapters. I'm hoping you get some more views. Comments and votes are lovely, but the views are the best. That means lots of those shy folks out there are tuning in to your work.

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All I'm saying is you've never seen me crying and eating tacos at the same time.