------Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter Seven------Chapter EightAnything ElseShe sat at the drum set in the Mulloy’s three-car garage, one two cars short, drumming to the Cult’s “American Horse” while Knox ...

------Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter Six------Chapter SevenSeveranceShe waited in his mother’s car. He’d driven here, and said as he parked: “I’ll be just a minute or two. I’ll leave it on for the AC.”  &...

------Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter Five------Chapter SixFundamentalOf course not!—The cops wouldn’t take her to the hospital; she’d have to drive there herself, even though she was so freaked out that she was worried she’d g...

------Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter Four------Chapter FiveScrewed AnywayShe had declared, more than once, that she’d not watch Meadowlark play their next gig. Vehemently. Mom eventually resorted to begging.   “I’ve got a b...

------Chapter OneChapter TwoChapter Three------Chapter FourThat's EasyShe knew his number, of course, but at the last minute—almost half past midnight—decided not to call it. She knew he’d be up; he once told her his best songs came to him late at ni...

------Chapter OneChapter Two------Chapter ThreeBreaking Up“Get out of my way!”   Terry pushed past her, large, spilling cardboard box in his grip, as he stumbled sightlessly towards the U-Haul. Jumping out of the back, Meadowlark’s new...

------Chapter One------Chapter TwoDumped“I remember,” Mom said, reaching for her hand as she drove, “when things didn’t go your way, you’d raise holy hell.”   Laurie shook her head as she watched downtown San Diego pass by. “I haven’t ...

Notes: Back in the early 70s, The Partridge Family was a big deal. The series may seem completely hokey now, but then it was quite radical. A single mother (gasp!) raising five kids. Not only that, but five kids who played rock n' roll music wit...