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I have received several suggestions lately to create an index or a list showing the proper order for the stories in “The Cynthia Chronicles.” Quite frankly, I don’t have the skill to put the stories in the proper order that might show in a side bar. I also create a problem by not necessarily writing the stories in chronological order. I did, however, create a time line in order to keep track of events in the series. Sometimes I catch temporal errors, sometimes I don’t.
I have changed the titles to some of the stories, but those title changes don’t necessarily show up on BCTS. You will also see reference to a story, “Cynthia and the Wonderful Corrections.” This story is not yet published.
Year 1, 2004: Fall. Cindy Lewis, age 8, nearly drowns attempting to rescue a kitten. Cindy is in 3rd grade.
Christmas. Al Gontarski goes to the mall and meets The Wizard in his shop. He is transferred into the body of Madeline Franken.
Year 2, 2005: Al spends several months as Maddy and is killed preventing a small child from being hit by a bus. Al spends an indeterminable amount of time traveling with a spirit that teaches him about being a human being. He is taken back in time to see the first Cindy almost drown and is then taken forward a few months, early in year two to be put in Cindy’s body.
Year 2, 2005: Late Winter & Spring: Cindy recovers and goes back to school to finish 3rd grade. She turns 9. Bobby Schmedlap receives a gift certificate from Cindy (Cynthia and the Reluctant Girlfriend). It is late winter. Bobby finally undergoes, with his family’s concurrence, the transformation. Bobbie and Cindy, already good friends, become best friends forever. Schmedlaps: Amos (father), Sally (mother), Ezra 14, David 12, Bobbie (Roberta) 9, (Amos Junior will follow).
Year 2, 2005: Summer & Fall: No story activity during fourth grade.
Year 3, 2006: Winter & Spring: No Story Activity. Cindy and Bobbie turn 10. They finish fourth grade
Year 3, 2006: Summer & Fall: Cindy and Bobbie enter fifth grade
Year 4, 2007: Winter, Spring & Summer, Bobbie and Cindy turn 11. ‘Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver’. Randal Mantooth dies. Christine Miranda Lewis is conceived. The girls find out that Bobbie’s mother is a witch but she doesn’t know it.
Year 4, 2007: Fall. Cindy and Bobbie enter 6th grade.
Year 5, 2008: Winter and Spring, the girls turn 12. Christine Miranda is born. The girls leave elementary school.
Year 5, 2008: Summer through fall. The girls enter 7th grade.
Year 6, 2009: Winter and spring. The girls turn 13. Menarche. Cynthia and the Moment of Truth.
Year 6, 2009: Summer and fall. Cynthia and the Moment of Truth. The girls enter 8th grade. Randi is 1.
Year 7, 2010: Winter and spring. The girls turn 14.
Year 7, 2010: Summer and fall. The girls enter 9th grade. High school: Cynthia and the High School Years begins. Randi is 2
Year 8, 2011: Winter and spring. The girls turn 15.
Year 8, 2011: Summer and fall winter. The girls enter 10th grade. Donna Brewer appears. Randi is 3. Stan Junior is born. Amos Schmedlap Junior is born.
Year 9, 2012: Winter and spring. Donna and Cindy become lovers. The girls turn 16. Randi is 4. Randi reveals who she is to Cindy and Bobbie (Cindy and the Dumpster Diver).
Year 9, 2012: Summer and fall. The girls enter 11th grade. The romance between Donna and Cindy continues. Randi is 5. “Charli and the Girl Cave” begins.
Year 10, 2013: Winter and spring. The girls turn 17. Summer: Donna is terminated near the end of summer vacation. Don Brewer and family show up one week later.
Year 10, 2014: Summer. Andy and Bobbie make love for the first time. End of the High School Years part 1. Randi is 6
Year 10, 2014: Fall. The girls enter 12th grade. Start of High School Years Part 2. Christmas: Don and Cindy make love for the first time.
Year 11, 2015: Winter, spring and summer. The girls turn 18. They graduate high school. They get ready to go to college. “Charli and the Girl Cave” ends. Charli is regressed to 6 years of age. She is adopted by the Brewers. She is six after being saved. End of high school years part 2. Randi is seven. Martha Louise (Marti) Lewis is born
Year 12, 2016: Cindy, Don, and Bobbie enter college. They are 18. Cindy is pre-med and Don is pre-law. Bobbie is majoring in psychology with a PE minor. Andy is a sophomore. Randi is eight. Charli is seven.
Year 13, 2017: Randi is nine, Charli is eight. Fall, Cindy, Don, and Bobbie are sophomores. "Adam and the Three Wishes Begins."
Year 14, 2018: Bobbie wins the US Woman’s Amateur Championship for the first time. As an amateur, she wins the first of three women’s professional golf tournaments. Cindy, Don, and Bobbie are 20 and are juniors in the fall. They are married in a double wedding. Andy is a senior and captain of the men’s golf team. He is selected All American by Sports Illustrated.
Year 15, 2019: Randi is 11, Charli 10, Marti is 4. Andy turns pro, and starts his career on the Nationwide tour. Bobbie wins her second US Amateur Championship and two more LPGA tournaments as an amateur. Adam Grunewald ("Adam and the Three Wishes.") moves to Hartford, CT.
Year 16, 2020: Bobbie turns pro immediately after graduation. She wins her first three tournaments, including the LPGA Championship. She also wins the Women’s British Open a few weeks later. She is in the top ten in the US Women’s Open. Adam ("Adam and the Three Wishes” continues.) moves to Boston, MA. He discovers the conspiracy that has been going on. Adam becomes Theresa Grunewald and marries Jim Matthews. Efram Silverman and Brian Stewart become Stephanie Silverman and Theresa Stewart (‘Randi and the Dangerous Experiment”). Randi is 12. Cindy graduates from College and goes to med school.
Year 17, 2021: Jim and Terri have their first child, Melanie. Beginning of the story "Howard and the Completed Pass" (Now titled “Lisa and the Culinary Quest”). Martha Louise Lewis is six, Stan Lewis, Jr. and Amos Schmedlap, Jr. are 10. “Simoné and the Second Time Around” starts (This is one of my favorites.). Randi is 13
Year 18, 2022:
Year 19, 2023: Bobbie receives an invitation to play in the Travelers Championship on the PGA (men’s tour) in her home state of Connecticut. Not only does she make the cut, she finishes tenth. She makes a career decision to play in the next tournament on the PGA, as she is eligible. She makes the cut in the John Deere Classic, finishing in twentieth place. The next week she finishes fifth in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open (the week of the Open in England). The next week she wins the RBC Canadian Open in a playoff. The win makes her eligible to play in the Masters. Augusta National refuses to let her play and the case threatens to go to the Supreme Court. The sponsors, including the network carrying the tournament threaten to boycott the tournament if they don’t allow her to play. Augusta National relents.
Year 20, 2024: Cindy graduates from med school and continues with her residency. Bobbie finishes tenth in the Masters, making her automatically eligible to play in the next year. She wins the Colonial in Fort Worth by two strokes. She voluntarily submits to DNA and drug testing. She apologizes at a news conference for snapping at a reporter. “I could blame it on PMS, but that has never been a problem with me. No, it was just a stupid question.”
“Cynthia and the Dropped Ball” takes place just months before the story “Cynthia and the Queen of the Knight.” Cindy is taking her residency in Boston
Year 21, 2025: Bobbie finishes seventh in the Masters, only four strokes off the lead.
Year 22, 2026: Bobbie wins the AT & T Pro Am at Pebble Beach. She places second in the Masters after misclubbing and double bogeying the twelfth hole.
Year 23, 2027: Bobbie finishes fifth in the Masters. Jim Campion, her nemesis is the victor. Not being allowed to play in the (British) Open, she wins the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.
Year 24, 2028: Bobbie wins the Northern Trust (Los Angeles) Open at Pacific Palisades Riviera Country Club. Bobbie wins the Masters in spectacular fashion – “Bobbie and the Glass Ceiling”. She is two months pregnant as is Cindy. Randi and Frank Deere meet, and fall in love (Randi and the College Professor). Betty, the bad witch, becomes Betty the sweet daughter to be adopted by Frank and Randy. Cindy and Bobbie give birth to their first children. Randi and Frank marry. Donald Alfred Brewer and Cynthia Naomi Anderson are born on October 31 as the full moon rises. It is a Blue Moon.
Year 25, 2029: Bobbie wins the (British) Open by five strokes. She leads wire to wire. She retires from active competition at the peak of her career, but remains very active in the golf world, especially with First Tee.
After some discussion, Don and Cindy take over the rearing of Martin and Joann (Cindy and the Wonderful Corrections). Cindy and Don have returned to Bridgeport. Cindy has set up her counseling practice with other associates, including Bobbie, who is finishing her doctorate in psychology.
Randi is pregnant with their second daughter, Linda. Betty is their first; although she is adopted.
Year 26, 2030. “Marti and the Doppelganger”. Marti is 15
Year 27, 2031. “Myrna and the Genetic Catastrophe” begins. Might have to change that name.
Year 28, 2032. “Myrna and the Genetic Catastrophe” continues. Penny and Keith spend a beautiful weekend together
Year 28, 2032. “Myrna and the Genetic Catastrophe” continues. Sydney and Marshall confirm their love with a wonderful few days and nights at one of the witches’ favorite resorts.
Year 29, 2033. Tommie DiMaggio and Amos Schmedlap, Jr. marry.
At this point, I’m not sure how much more will be added to the Chronicles. I’ll just have to wait and see.
Comments
Thank you for doing that.
Thank you for doing that.
It's in depth and easy to follow, hopefully it can bring in new readers for the stories.
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
Cynthia Chronicles
I don't think very many readers give a shit. Oh well.
Portia
Thank you! I'd suggest
Thank you! I'd suggest posting this as a story so readers can find it. Another great step would be to edit it to include links to the stories as posted here on BCTS the first time they're mentioned.
Kris
{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}
Additional Input/Editing
I'll work on that later. I did think about posting it as a story, but didn't think that was the way to go. You may be right, though.
Portia