Robert Plamondon's Fiction

Any thirteen-year-old girl who suddenly acquires a fourteen-year-old boyfriend is sure to be self-conscious, even if she’s a princess. Doubly so if most of their meals are taken in front of at least fifty guests in the palace banquet hall.

But it’s June of 1972, and the gods have plenty more in store. They have ordained that fourteen-year-old Donny Osmond, a teen heartthrob whose voice hasn’t even broken yet, will break into Casey Kasem’s American Top Forty #36 during lunch with a new hit: “Too Young.” It’s just not fair!

And that’s not all. After everyone has practically keeled over from the effort of not laughing at Frank and Flavia, little Michael Jackson, with an even higher-pitched soprano than Donny Osmond’s, breaks into the Top Forty at #33 with “I Wanna Be Where You Are.”

Don’t miss this week’s mortifying episode, Too Young!

See also my main story post for Silver Buckshot or jump right into Episode 1 on Kindle Vella.

In Episode 18 of Silver Buckshot, Damsel in Distress, Frank gets a letter from his vampire pal Charlotte that no blood is available in town at any price, so does he have any to spare?

And it looks like Miss Carlson is in serious danger of being appointed the king’s official hostess and Flavia’s official chaperone. Yikes!

Find out more in this week’s pain-in-the-neck episode, Damsel in Distress!

See also my main story post for Silver Buckshot or jump right into Episode 1 on Kindle Vella.

It’s movie night in the palace in Episode 16 of Silver Buckshot, Life Imitates Art. Tonight’s movie is The Godfather, which is being shown for the first time in the kingdom, though it’s been a smash hit for months on the California side of the gateway.

Movie night is open to the public in spite of the assassination attempts yesterday and the day before that. Is murder on the menu?

This episode is an offer you can’t refuse!

See also my main story post for Silver Buckshot or jump right into Episode 1 on Kindle Vella.

In School Daze, Episode 15 of Silver Buckshot: Magic, Mystery, and a Most Aggravating Boyfriend, Flavia has her first lesson with the elderly Dr. Wright, whose title isn’t “Royal Wizard” only because he refuses to accept a title.

At lunch, Frank learns that his two vampire pals, Charlotte and Maria, want to see him after tonight’s movie, but didn’t say why. Flavia says nothing, but holding movie night as usual after assassination attempts the previous two days seemed like plenty without throwing vampire girls into the mix as an encore!

Don’t miss this week’s highly educational episode, School Daze!

See my main story post for Silver Buckshot or jump right into Episode 1 on Kindle Vella.