The 100 Mile Bet

This is my attempt at a science fiction musical comedy ghost story that revolves around two foot races and takes place in several Eastern Sierra communities and Los Angeles. Robert and Jesse made a bet over a foot race between the two of them but Jesse was thirty years older than Robert so how could the race be fair? Simple. They would run when they were the same age. Jesse was 64 and ran his race. It's now thirty years later and time for Robert to run his race but strange things are happening. Are they related to the race? Robert's grandchildren own a restaurant called The Spooky which appears to be occupied by the ghosts of actors from a movie made in 1939. The ghosts want the movie remade so that it can be the holiday classic it should have been. The new movie features a race between two young boys. Is it related to Robert's race? And then there's Roscoe who looks like a young boy between five and ten but sounds and acts like an adult. Rumor says he's 138, maybe older. Was he an 1890 race participant? There's one way to find out. Actually, there are probably many ways to find out but I recommend reading the book. If you do, you'll also learn about pictures from different eras of a beautiful fisherwoman that adorn the walls of restaurants throughout the Eastern Sierra. Are they all the same person? One more theme: every-17-year-cicada-like-trout in beer bottles. The tale is meant to be funny. I hope it is.

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