Happy Jack #1

Happy Jack thinks he's being helpful when he stops by to assist his pal Smith—whose wife is away and who's hungry for dinner—but his well-intentioned efforts to fix a stuck gate spiral into a catastrophic chain of disasters involving a hammer, a piano, and eventually a flooded house. As the chaos mounts and a tidal wave bears down on them, Happy Jack's "helpfulness" lands both men in serious trouble, culminating in a courtroom reckoning that leaves Smith's patience thoroughly exhausted.

In the little town of Fishingham, a young fisherman's routine catch turns extraordinary when he hauls up the Old Man of the Sea—who curses him to remain fishless unless he can cast a net spun of gold. Desperate to break the curse, the fisherman seeks out the town's netmaker, but the netmaker's daughter has other ideas: she'll convince her father to craft the golden net if the fisherman can win a contest against the town's best angler. When storm and magic collide on the water, fate takes an unexpected turn that changes everything.

Sparkie takes on the persona of a legendary Old West figure in this action-packed adventure, recounting his days as a Pony Express rider, cavalry scout, and buffalo hunter across the frontier. When he's captured by Chief Sartanta and forced to hunt buffalo for the tribe, Sparkie must use his wits and quick thinking to escape—with help from his friend Denver Jim—before discovering his true identity to readers.