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1994 Stories by Steve Jackson

• THE FARM TEAM

  published June 22, 1994

  part 2 of 2 In the spring of 1991 Tony entered an Alamosa pawn shop carrying his television. The family had moved to the San Luis Valley... More >>

• PHONE "PALS"

  published June 8, 1994

  Old and lonely, Mabel Smith sat in her Denver apartment, looking forward to the telephone calls from her "friends"--those sweet young people who... More >>

• A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL

  published June 8, 1994

  The outgoing senior-class president of Denver's Manual High School blames the principal for the fracas that marred the school's centennial... More >>

• DIALING FOR DOLORS

  published May 25, 1994

  If Jamey O'Donnell builds it, they will come. And that's what worries political consultant Rick Reiter. "They" are the homeless, whom Reiter... More >>

• THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

  published May 4, 1994

  part 2 of 2 In April 1990 Stephanie was dawdling along the aisles of the Wild Oats health food store when the young woman from the ashram... More >>

• THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

  published May 4, 1994

  part 1 of 2 Have you heard the news?" Stephanie Mines was startled by the young woman's question. She recognized her in the aisles of... More >>

• ON THE OUTS

  published April 27, 1994

  Scratch another executive director from the troubled Colorado AIDS Council. Known as the Governor's AIDS Council until it was transferred to... More >>

• JAIL BREAK

  published April 20, 1994

  The most vocal liberal on the state Criminal Justice Commission has given up--driven out, he says, by politics that seem to breed prisons. ... More >>

• THE END OF THE LINE

  published April 6, 1994

  part 2 of 2 It was also in 1985 that Ric met Danny and his lover, Brad. The pair ran black-market AZT from Mexico, selling bottles for $75... More >>

• THE END OF THE LINE

  published April 6, 1994

  part 1 of 2 A light snow was falling as Richard Games entered the Catholic church on Palm Sunday. He dipped his fingers in holy water and... More >>

• THE NEXT GENERATION

  published April 6, 1994

  Ken Almos spoke quietly to the front-desk attendant at the Denver Swim Club, a gay bathhouse on Colfax. Two guys in the steam room were having... More >>

• HOG WILD

  published March 23, 1994

  A city bureaucrat's pet pig has given new meaning to the term pork-barrel politics. In 1992 Carol Moran, the administrative assistant to... More >>

• ILL WILL

  published March 16, 1994

  Lance Clem can talk for hours about what's wrong with the way millions of dollars designed to help people infected with the AIDS virus are being... More >>

• THEORIES OF RELATIVITY

  published March 2, 1994

  Greg Wiatt paces the floor of his tiny Denver apartment like a revivalist preacher preparing to tear into a congregation of sinners. As he begins... More >>

• CIVIL WARS

  published February 9, 1994

  Glenn Morris, the outspoken co-director of the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement, reaches into a worn briefcase and pulls out a... More >>

• Psychic Reaction

  published January 12, 1994

  Kelly Roberts lays on the blue eye shadow a bit too thick for anyone other than a fortune teller. But there are no crystal balls or tarot cards in... More >>