This is the series of fictional posts that lead to my first published book. I post a new episode each Friday.
It’s about Suzie, a woman forced to turn her home into a boarding house by financial woes, and the people who live there. She has a teenage son named Ben. Her best friend, Miranda, talked her into doing it and is one of the renters. Vin, a private investigator also rents a room, as does his best friend, Drew.
You can access it in three ways. First, there is a table of contents at the bottom of this page. This is the quickest and easiest way to reach earlier episodes.
Second, you can pull up the individual episodes by clicking on the thing in my sidebar that says “categories”. A menu will drop down. Scroll down until you get to Suzie’s House. This will present all the posts in reverse order.
Most of the older episodes have arrows at the bottom for previous and next episodes. I have to place these by hand, so the newer ones may not have one.
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You do NOT need to read this entire thing in order to understand what is going on in the story. I try to make each episode stand on it’s own. I also tend to write in story arcs. To make it easier, I’ve broken this into sections to represent more or less where new arcs begin. I’ve also put in bold episode that I end up referring to often.
Table of Contents:
In the Beginning
Suzie’s House 1: A Matter of Economics
Suzie’s House 2: Friend or Roommate?
Suzie’s House 3: Rules Are Made to Be Bent…
Suzie’s House 4: …Or Broken…
Suzie’s House 5: …. Or Completely Devastated.
Suzie’s House 6: Back to Work
Suzie’s House 7: There’s No Place Like Home
Suzie’s House 8: If You Can’t Stand The Heat, What Are You Doing In The Kitchen
Suzie’s House 9: Dinner!
Suzie’s House 10: Rub A Dub Dub
Suzie’s House 11: Good Morning
End of In the Beginning
Attack of the Redhead
Suzie’s House 12: All In A Day’s Work
Suzie’s House 13: Of Duty and Honor
Suzie’s House 14: Mouth to Mouth
Suzie’s House 15: Resusitation
Suzie’s House 16: Crying Over Nothing
Suzie’s House 17: Visitors
Suzie’s House 18: For Want of a Band Aid
Suzie’s House 19: Drew’s Decision
Suzie’s House 20: Miranda’s Decision
Suzie’s House 21: Well? What Did You Decide, Drew?
Suzie’s House 22: Should Something Arise
Suzie’s House 23: The Forgotten One
Suzie’s House 24: A Mother’s Love
Suzie’s House 25: The Times, They Are A Changing
Suzie’s House 26: The New Chef
Suzie’s House 27: The Taste of Defeat
Suzie’s House 28: Hey Babe
Suzie’s House 29: Guilting the Lilly
Suzie’s House 30: The Confessional
Boys Will Be Boys (overlaps with Attack of the Redhead)
Suzie’s House 31: A Sympathetic Ear
Suzie’s House 32: Respect
Suzie’s House 33 : Suzie and Drew Sitting in a Tree
Suzie’s House 34: Lost Boy
Suzie’s House 35 : A Tale of Two Brothers
Suzie’s House 36: Mata Hari
Suzie’s House 37: A Dark and Balmy Night
Suzie’s House 38 : the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Suzie’s House 39 : Good Intentions
Suzie’s House 40: Cat Scratch Fever
Suzie’s House 41: Coming to the Point
Suzie’s House 42: A Little Understanding
Suzie’s House 43: To Clear the Air
Suzie’s House 44: A Little Get Together
Suzie’s House 45: A Party with a View
Suzie’s House 46: Peas in a Pod
Suzie’s House 46: Where Kid’s End Up When Someone’s Down
Suzie’s House 47: For the Greater Good
Suzie’s House 48: Birth of a Scream
Suzie’s House 49: Unraveling
Suzie’s House 50: On the Case
Suzie’s House 51: Something to Think About
Suzie’s House 52: Mixed Up With Muffins
Suzie’s House 53: A Little Conspiracy
Suzie’s House 54: Miranda Takes Steps
Suzie’s House 55: Ladie’s Night Out
Suzie’s House 56: Dancing Around the Subject
Suzie’s House 57: Miranda at the Caribou
Suzie’s House 58: At Cross Purposes
Suzie’s House 59: Chance Encounter with the Ex
Suzie’s House 60: Taking Advantage
Suzie’s House 61: A Compromising Position
Suzie’s House 62: You Can and I Can’t?
Suzie’s House 63: Brothers in Arms
Suzie’s House 64: Something to Watch
Suzie’s House 65: Grilling Out
Suzie’s House 66: Little Red Corvette
Suzie’s House 67 : On Our Side, Sort Of
Suzie’s House 68: When the Cover is Blown
Suzie’s House 69: So Lonely
Suzie’s House 70: Ratatouille
Suzie’s House 71: The Outsider
Suzie’s House 72: If the Shoe Fits
Suzie’s House 73: Time to Go
Suzie’s House 74: Decisions, Decisions
Suzie’s House 75: One Toe Over the Line
Suzie’s House 76: On Suzie’s Mind
Suzie’s House 77: Men!
Suzie’s House 78: In the Heat of the Moment
Suzie’s House 79: Nothing Has Changed, Indeed
Suzie’s House 80: In Comparison
The Crazy Teacher (overlaps with both previous arcs)
Suzie’s House 81: Mrs. D’s Revenge
Suzie’s House 82: Breaking Point – The First
Suzie’s House 83: Heavy Weighs the Crown
Suzie’s House 84: Reconciliation
Suzie’s House 85: Home Sweet Home
Suzie’s House 86: To Break a Mother’s Heart
Suzie’s House 87: Drew Steps In
Suzie’s House 88: Man to Man
Suzie’s House 89: With Head High
Suzie’s House 90: To Reconsider
Suzie’s House 91: Crashers
Suzie’s House 92: A New Direction
Suzie’s House 93: Getting a Handle On It
Suzie’s House 94: Guess Who
Suzie’s House 95: What About You Guys?
The Young Author (overlaps everything)
Suzie’s House 96: Ms Spring
Suzie’s House 97: Trust
Suzie’s House 98: One Handshake Away
Suzie’s House 99: Breaking Point II
Suzie’s House 100: The Reign of Insanity
End of The Crazy Teacher
Suzie’s House 101: Serious Matters
Suzie’s House 102: Honestly, Mom
Suzie’s House 103: Contemplation
Suzie’s House 104: Going to Court
Suzie’s House 105: Breaking Point, The Second
Suzie’s House 106: Hearing
Suzie’s House 107: The Case Before Me
Suzie’s House 108: Based on the Evidence
Suzie’s House 109: Realization
Suzie’s House 110: Where the Apple Falls
Suzie’s House 111: Meanwhile, Back at the House
Suzie’s House 112: Ready
Suzie’s House 113: Leaving on a Jet Plane
Suzie’s House 114: Dropping by to Pick Something Up
Suzie’s House 115: You’re Under Arrest
Suzie’s House 116: Miranda Has Her Say
End of Attack of the Redhead
The Son
Suzie’s House 117: The Real Reason
Suzie’s House 118: A Pillow Made of Concrete
Suzie’s House 119: What Goes Around
Suzie’s House 120: Comes Around
Suzie’s House 121: Overheard
Upon Waking Up With Cracked Ribs
Suzie’s House 121: Home Visit
Suzie’s House 122: Affirmations
Suzie’s House 123: No Good Deed
Suzie’s House 124 : Unpunished
Suzie’s House 125: Ben’s Final Break
Suzie’s House 126: Unbiased Opinion
Suzie’s House 127: Tickets
Suzie’s House 128: Two Tickets to Paradise
Suzie’s House 129: Caught Empty Handed
Suzie’s House 130: In Exchange
Suzie’s House 131: A Way In
Suzie’s House 132: A Man in the Crowd
A Beautiful Spanish Hussy
Suzie’s House 133: She Should Have Known
Suzie’s House 134: Sharing
Suzie’s House 135: A Word, If You Please
Suzie’s House 136: Pants First
Suzie’s House 137: When it isn’t What She Thought
Suzie’s House 138: A Small Explosion
Suzie’s House 139: To Apologize
Suzie’s House 140: Apology Accepted
Suzie’s House 141 : Airing the Underwear
Suzie’s House 142: The Punch
Suzie’s House 143: A Walk in the Park
Suzie’s House 144: Sharing the News
Moving In Actually, this book takes place much later in the storyline.
Suzie’s House 145 : Diane Makes Herself at Home
Suzie’s House 146: Introductions
Suzie’s House 147: Nervous
Suzie’s House 148: A Quality Mom
Suzie’s House 149: Ms Super Babysitter
Suzie’s House 150: Games People Play
Lover’s Lane
Between the Right and the Left
An FBI Agent Opens a Car Door on Lover’s Lane
Suzie’s House 151: As the Crow Flies
Suzie’s House 152: Have a Little Faith in my Love
Suzie’s House 153: Good Bye, Drew
Suzie’s House 154: Ben’s Story
Suzie’s House 155: Throwing Lightning Bolts
Suzie’s House 156: Drew in New Mexico
Suzie’s House 157: A Beautiful Spanish Hussy
Suzie’s House 158: Hairy Considerations
Suzie’s House 159: The Snitch
Suzie’s House 160: Old Times
Suzie’s House 161: Fine. Really. Totally Fine.
Suzie’s House 162: A Suggestion
Suzie’s House 163 : Friends, Plus a Little
Suzie’s House 164: Thinking About It
Suzie’s House 165: How I Look To You
Suzie’s House 166: Reaching Out Across the Grass
A Bird of a Different Feather the introduction of Tracy
Suzie’s House 167: How to Catch a Bird
Suzie’s House 168: A Rare Bird
Suzie’s House 169: A Tricky Quartet
Suzie’s House 170: Sniper Cousin
Suzie’s House 171: And Then What?
Suzie’s House 172: Deep Blue Sea
Suzie’s House 173: Pobresito
Suzie’s House 174: His Call
Suzie’s House 175: The Slip of the Wrench
Suzie’s House 176: For Want of Teflon Tape
Suzie’s House 177: A Ticking Bomb
Remember Me
Suzie’s House 178: Adoption
Suzie’s House 179: A Boy’s Opinion
Suzie’s House 180: Inviting a Lawyer to Lunch
Suzie’s House 181: Tick, Tick, Tick
Suzie’s House 182: Boom! Tee-Hee
Suzie’s House 183: Thump
Suzie’s House 184 : Knocking Her Up
Suzie’s House 185 : Crowded
Suzie’s House 186: It’s Like, You Know, Right?
Suzie’s House 187: Like a Movie Star
Suzie’s House 188: Buying Books
Suzie’s House 189: Good Reading
Suzie’s House 190: Fahrenheit Inspiration
Suzie’s House 191: When She Left
Gene’s Guitar This is a particularly good place to jump in.
Suzie’s House 192: Computers and Guitars
Suzie’s House 193: The Lips of an Angel
Suzie’s House 194: Everlong
Suzie’s House 195: Too Young?
Suzie’s House 196: First Day of School
Suzie’s House 197: Here Comes the New Boss, Same As the Old Boss
Suzie’s House 198: A Couple
Suzie’s House 199: That’s How Women Are
Suzie’s House 200 : Who to Talk to
Suzie’s House 201: The Best Medicine
Suzie’s House 202: That’s My Story
Suzie’s House 203 : And I’m Sticking To It
Suzie’s House 204: A Day in the Life of a Boarding House Owner
Suzie’s House 205 : Seek and Ye Shall Find
Suzie’s House 206 : The Rescue Mission
Suzie’s House 207 : Red Handed
Suzie’s House 208 : Drewing The Line
Suzie’s House 209: The First Clue
Suzie’s House 210 : First Step of a Block
Suzie’s House 211: That’s My Dirty Dish!
Suzie’s House 212 : Waving Around
Suzie’s House 213 : Big Idea
Suzie’s House 214 : Anyone Can Write a Book
Suzie’s House 215 : But Mom, It’s My Flashdrive
Suzie’s House 216 : How to Alter a Fond and Tranquil Moment
Suzie’s House 217 : Almost Done
Suzie’s House 218 : Sweet Sound
Suzie’s House 219 : Initial Observation
Suzie’s House 220 : Initial Hunt
Suzie’s House 221: “But I’m Better, Right?”
Suzie’s House 222 : Online Dating
Suzie’s House 223 : A Good Influence.
Suzie’s House 224: Lady Luck
Suzie’s House 225 : To the Capital Rotunda
Suzie’s House 226 : On the Observation Deck
Suzie’s House 227 : Is She or Isn’t She?
Suzie’s House 228 : Just What He Thought of Her
Suzie’s House 229: Low Speed Chase
Suzie’s House 230: The Immutable Goal
Suzie’s House 231: A Piece of Work to Admire
Suzie’s House 232: The Ember of a Cartoon Heroine’s Embarrassment
Suzie’s House 233: Birth of the Dynamic Duo
Suzie’s House 234: Whose Initials
Suzie’s House 235: Mortification
Suzie’s House 236: The Lurker
End of Gene’s Guitar
Return to Beautiful Spanish Hussy alternating with Boys Will Be Boys
Suzie’s House 237: To Turn On a Dime Bag
Suzie’s House 238: In The Eye of the Beholding
Suzie’s House 239: Maria
Suzie’s House 240: Proximity.
Suzie’s House 241: How Can I When I’m Like This?
Suzie’s House 242: Paving the Way
Suzie’s House 243: Gone
Suzie’s House 244: Only the Lonely
Suzie’s House 245: Mr. Popular
Suzie’s House 246: The Invisible Girl
Suzie’s House 247: Finding a Story
Suzie’s House 248: Mr. Magoo
Suzie’s House 249: Across a Sea of Asphalt
Suzie’s House 250 : Luggage
Suzie’s House 251 : Customs Agent
Suzie’s House 252: On Her Own
Suzie’s House 253 : The Mistaken Impulse
Suzie’s House 264 : The Devil Is in the Details
Suzie’s House 265: Private Property
Suzie’s House 266 : A Letter from Drew
Suzie’s House 267 : Where’s Drew?
Suzie’s House 268 : Lost Puppy
Suzie’s House 269 : and Miles to Go
Playing in a Rock and Roll Band beginning
Suzie’s House 270 : Hey, Hey, I Wanna Be a Rock Star
Suzie’s House 271 : To Hazard an Audition
Suzie’s House 272 : Counting Chickens
Suzie’s House 272 : Before They Hatch
Suzie’s House 273 : Meanwhile Lisa Was….
Suzie’s House 274 : Heart Pounding Madness – the Secret Life of Emma
Suzie’s House 275 : Bruce
Suzie’s House 276: Lisa and Mrs. Audrey
Suzie’s House 277 : What is a Beta Read?
Suzie’s House 278 : 24 Hours?
Suzie’s House 279 : Band Meeting
Suzie’s House 280: The Power of a One Man Band
Suzie’s House 281: Stage Fright – Preamble
Suzie’s House 282 : A Dark and Snowy Night
Suzie’s House 283 : I Am the Predator
Suzie’s House 284 : The Nut House
From Drew to Suzie
Suzie’s House 285 : The Sound of Music
Suzie’s House 286 : Justin and Emma Practice
Suzie’s House 287 : Gene and Kate Practice
Suzie’s House 288 : Tracy and Bruce Practice
Suzie’s House 289 : Bitter Harvest
Suzie’s House 290 : Doing Crunches
Suzie’s House 291 : A Writer’s Competitive Spirit.
Suzie’s House 292 : So You Want to Write a Book
Suzie’s House 293 : A Pair of Amateur Cinematographers
Suzie’s House 294 : You Have Enough Time For Breakfast
Suzie’s House 295 : Across a Crowded Lunchroom
Suzie’s House 296 : Yes, I Do Have a Family
Suzie’s House 297 : Concession Confession
Suzie’s House 298 : Homework
Suzie’s House 299 : Name Game
Suzie’s House 300 : Promises, Promises
Suzie’s House 301 : When the Bad Night is Forever
Suzie’s House 302: Tracy’s Passion Pit Mistake
Suzie’s House 303 : The Passion Pit Show
Suzie’s House 304 : The Real Reason They Went to the Show
Suzie’s House 305 : Fitting in Backstage
Suzie’s House 306 : Dinner and a Movie
Suzie’s House 307 : Totally Different
Suzie’s House 308 : Food, Fibs, and Friends
Suzie’s House 309 : Eating Alone
Suzie’s House 310 : Because We’re Bandmates
Suzie’s House 311 : Word War
Suzie’s House 312 : Where to Get a Mask
Suzie’s House 313 : Two Masks
Suzie’s House 314 : The Ego of a Dominatrix
Suzie’s House 315 : Emma as Talk Show Hostess
Suzie’s House 316 : The Highlight of Emma’s Life
Suzie’s House 317 : Mr. Ungar’s Offer
Suzie’s House 318 : Shut Up, Stephanie
Suzie’s House 319 : Middle School Graduation
Suzie’s House 320: The Cost of Quiet
Suzie’s House 321 : Like Axel Rose, or Something
Suzie’s House 322: Losing a Wad
Suzie’s House 323 : Brother Blunder
Suzie’s House 324 : Inspiration
Suzie’s House 325 : Supposed to be Writing
Suzie’s House 326 : Tracy to the Rescue
Suzie’s House 327 : Dredgeful. Just Dredgeful
Suzie’s House 328 : Garbage, Paint, and Shoes
Suzie’s House 329 : Michelangelo’s Coffee House
Suzie’s House 330 : First Gig
Suzie’s House 331 : How to Not Bounce
Suzie’s House 332 : Chasing Toms
Suzie’s House 333 : You Can’t Manipulate Every Bitter, Tight Spot
Suzie’s House 334 : Without Bunny Ears
Suzie’s House 335 : Where the Bass Belongs
Suzie’s House 336 : Have a Cigar
Fall out from Beautiful Spanish Hussy
Drew comes home.
Suzie’s House 337 : In a Sluggish Economy
Suzie’s House 338 : How to Define Yourself
Suzie’s House 339 : On the Road Again, Dudut-du-du-doooo-du duu du-du
Suzie’s House 340 : Looking For a Complication
Suzie’s House 341 : The Latest Interview Technique
Suzie’s House 342 : Affable As Always
Suzie’s House 343 : The Accelerated Program
Suzie’s House 344 : The Ghastly Results of an Unkempt Life
Suzie’s House 345 : Drew Comes To on State Street
Suzie’s House 346: The Forgotten Man
Suzie’s House 347 : Hardly Credible
Suzie’s House 348 : A Casual Meal
Suzie’s House 349 : Catching Up Over Potato Salad
Suzie’s House 350 : Pillow Thoughts
Suzie’s House 351 : The Decomposing Composure of a Gaunt Connection
Suzie’s House 352 : Don’t Ever Go Away Again
Suzie’s House 353 : Impassioned Speech in the Park
13 Characters
Suzie’s House 354 : The Urge to Kill
When He Plays, No One Speaks
Suzie’s House 355 : When He Plays, No One Speaks
Suzie’s House 356 : How to Deal with a Guilty Conscience
Suzie’s House 357: Absurd Developments
Suzie’s House 358 : A Tale to Tell
Suzie’s House 359 : What Gene Wanted the Most
Suzie’s House 360 : Sonoma Calls
Suzie’s House 361 : Saying Goodbye to the Old Man
Suzie’s House 362 : Fine, Just Fine
Suzie’s House 363 : The Best Dad Around
Suzie’s House 364 : Keeping His Thoughts to Himself
Suzie’s House 365 : A Translucent Attitude
Suzie’s House 366 : Uncle John’s Band
Suzie’s House 367 : Driver in Training
Suzie’s House 368 : Unloading
Suzie’s House 369 : What Happened in Vegas
Suzie’s House 370 : A Gentleman’s Discussion
Suzie’s House 371 : I am Not a Victim
Suzie’s House 372 : Not Even With Bribery
Suzie’s House 373 : On the Side of Truth and Justice
Suzie’s House 374 : Gene Writes a Song
Suzie’s House 375 : Co-operative Songwriting
Suzie’s House 376 : Emma’s Retreat
Suzie’s House 377 : Emma Gets Scooped Up
Suzie’s House 378 : Termites or Dry Rot?
Suzie’s House 379 : Written By Committee
Suzie’s House 380 : Storm Clouds
Suzie’s House 381 : When You Already Know
Beginning of The Prodigal
Suzie’s House 382 : Emmy, Get Out of Your Head
Suzie’s House 383 : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Suzie’s House 384 : The Extent of Distrust
Suzie’s House 386 : What To Do With a Drunk
Suzie’s House 387 : After Noon in a Motel Room
Suzie’s House 388 : Electric News
Suzie’s House 389 : Relating to the Song
Suzie’s House 390 : To Get a Question in Sideways
Suzie’s House 391 : The Flip of a Switch
Suzie’s House 392 : One Sided Conversation
Beginning of Where’s Walter?
Suzie’s House 393 : Walter
From the Porch
Suzie’s House 394 : Shaking Hands
Suzie’s House 395 : Job Insecurity
Suzie’s House 396 : Shenanigans
Suzie’s House 397 : Just So We’re Clear
Suzie’s House 398 : Walter’s Nightmares
Suzie’s House 399 : Bruce vs Emma’s Brother
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