Smugness Stories

Jimmy's fine - better than fine, he's in love. In love, and loved back, and happy with actress/waitress girlfriend Barley. In truth, he feels a little bit smug - to have recognised a diamond in the rough, to have realised what a quietly amazing jewel she is, when she's so gentle and modest and self-effacing and doesn't quite stand out in a crowd and... He feels, a little bit, like she's lucky to have him. Lucky that he found her, and recognised how great she is. Except what's this? This is Barley's ex-boyfriend, Sid. Back on the scene, and... Why did Barley not tell Jimmy that Sid is a venture-capitalist day-trading indie-film directing zillionaire? Who engages in extreme sports on the side? Who looks like something off the cover of GQ? QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED. And Jimmy must hang on to his sweet little unassuming girlfriend. Who isn't quite the undiscovered wonder that he'd thought... Image used in creating book cover - https://openclipart.org/detail/238504/hearts-in-heart-rejuvenated-5 public domain.

The Jester and the Tramp; A play in Three Parts, is a piece of literature that evokes either sympathy or rage for the Tramp, whose path took a turn towards degradation, of character and morals. While the Jester, a true wisdom seeker, doesn't realise his status until the very end, when he's either not heard completely or cut out by his former friend, The Tramp. They meet after months being apart and as former friends do they tell the adventures they had. One experienced many a thing while the other learned. Who is the one that is decaying? Whom will realise how gray their morality has become?