People

Facts and miscellany about the people who populate the Solace Creek Stories

Character Quote from the Solace Creek Stories

“If you can’t say anything good about someone, you must be a reporter.”  - Detective Alan McKean in Love Your Eyes.

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Character Quote from the Solace Creek Stories

From an upcoming editorial in the Boulder-Springs journal. “The human being is one of the few species, if not the only species where the parasites can be found at the top of the food chain.  There are those who produce nothing, who contribute nothing, yet continue to drain the resources and vitality of those...

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Character Quotes from the Solace Creek Stories

“I only hit him once,” Henry said. “But you hit him with a car,” Andrea replied flatly. “But it was only one time.” “It was a very big car.” “He was a big man.” “How did it feel when you hit him.” “Kind of squishy.” At this, Andrea was somewhat taken aback.  She struggled...

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Character Quote from the Solace Creek Stories

“Gentlemen, either get your progeny under control, or we will do it for you.” - Perseus Cade, Founder of Acolytica, to billionaire businessman Damien Grade, and Geoffrey Fynch, CEO of BeriCraft Aviation

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Character Quote from the Solace Creek Stories

This spot will have frequent quotes from one of the 300-plus characters in the Solace Creek Stories, from a work that is either already published, or in progress. “Men are like blisters. It usually takes hard work to get them, and once you have ‘em they’re mostly a pain.” –Bernadette (Bernie) Piat, Disk Jockey...

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How Catherine Combes Came to Be

A character reference to the Solace Creek Stories Catherine Combes, the six-foot five inch former basketball star, now a Boulder-Springs Metroplex police detective, is a key player in many of the  Solace Creek Stories. An interesting irony is that the voters of Colorado (excuse me, could that be a tinge of red in the...

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Bobby Vasulka – Piano Playing Cop

Detective Bobby Vasulka nearly became a concert pianist rather than a Boulder-Springs Metro cop.  He had been accepted into Julliard, but was shot in the subway on his first day in New York, severely injuring his right hand and eliminating the chance for his musical career.

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Fact About Geoffrey Fynch

Geoffrey, the CEO of BeriCraft aviation, and former COO of GraBelMeta, graduated from Virginia Tech in 1971.  1971 was the last year that the Virginia Tech class ring bore and engraving of the Confederate Flag.

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Fact About Darcy Vanderwahl

Darcy is a watercolor artist who once spent a full year living, as an 18th century person would, in Colonial Williamsburg.  The book “365 Days in Petticoats: A Year in the Virginia Colony” was a best seller. She is a close friend of Catherine Combes.

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Fact about Catherine Combes

Catherine is 6’5″ and was a basketball player in the WBL before the league folded in 1981. this site is ficticious, any resemblance to real persons or places is coincidental.

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