All Comments on 'Race among the Ruins'

Good story well told

We all need a Maria in our lives to deal with the Stacys and the Roberts of the world.

5 stars.

Excellent!

5 Stars as Aaron reminded me of my friend Mike . Everyone wanted to be Mike's friend and no one wanted to be his enemy . He was a grade behind me and I looked up to him as did most guys . He had Class but sadly Cancer got him . I freaking hate Cancer and i honestly believe that someone has the cure but the drug companies refuse to let them hand it out .

I liked it. A lot. Really well told, with twists, although the privateers were a bit of a stretch. Especially them guarding the site. But no matter. Give stars, an unusual score for me, perhaps one in every ten stories.

JPB

Oh to be educated, and be able to read AND enjoy tales of this nature

Wonderful, and I must say you have good taste in cars!!!!!

Another well-written, entertaining read!!! Really enjoyable, thanks

I liked it even though it had more holes in the plot than Swiss Cheese. As a Greek who's been to many of the islands some roads will hardly fit a Vespa whilst even bigger roads are not built for Mustangs... Those that scoff at the Ouja board should consider water dowsers who invariably are more accurate than ground penetrating radar at finding the right spot to dig a well. A good and generally satisfying read NickTee - Sorry forgot to login

A wonderful story!

good story, good ending

Very fun adventure. Thank you.

Great story and Race Among the Ruins was one of Gord’s (many) songs I loved. RIP to that legend.

5 Stars on a good Story . Maria was much wiser then Stacey was . Maria Knew what she wanted and got it . Good luck on the 8 kids ?

Relax people! it's fiction and I love it, you get five stars and a big thank you for giving me a very good read.

Good story, though the ending seemed incomplete. What about Aaron?

Ouija board, LOL good story, funny, interesting.

Wasn't doing too bad until the part where Stacy sneaks on board the boat and to be a stowaway. Just too many holes in this story to be believable, even if it is fiction. Having a Mustang transported with you is a little over the top and reminisce of a Clive Cussler story. Those little Greek roads weren't built for American cars but if it's an image your after, why not? Like I said, when Stacy stowed away and no one saw her, even fiction can only go so far.

Right. 40 year old married woman gives a blow job at a large public gala to her husband's best friend and business partner as some stupid quid pro quo so she can get a good word for being inline for professorship? Repeat again "public gala". And Robert risks his entire livelihood and future saying later on a James Bond villain speech that as soon as Stacy's lips touched his penis, she was damaged goods and Aaron woukd never take her back, so Stacy is no use to him? Huh? And oh yeah the public gala was a smart move for Stacy because heynher husband shows up late to such festivities. But of course no one else in attendance would ever notice anything. Huh?

An adventure and romance loved it.

Another awesome story great job loved it.Appreciate all ur hard work.

Outstanding. Exciting, adventurous and educational. Yeah, a little loving also. 5*s.

Another banging yarn from SS06! 5 stars all the way, keep 'em coming, maestro!

A good adventure, romance and always a good read. Thanks

A good story that's well written. There's a number of unrealistic situations that detract from the overall tale, but nicely done.

Mustangs Beautiful women and a great story to boot . No wonder that this author is in my top 3 . 5 Stars on another great Story . Keep up the Great work .

Indiana Jones with a big titted, beautiful woman on his arm. What's not to like?

loved it twists and turns good story

Loved it. Thank you

too whom the writer is,thank you for your writings.your stories are so real,you can't stop reading them.this site need more writers like you.

Great story with likable characters and a despicable melodramatic villain. 5

You got my attention and kept it. 5+

Again you left me wanting more, thank you.

YOU'RE A GREAT STORY TELLER,PLEASE KEEP WRITING.

I tend to generally enjoy this authors stories. And this was no execption.

2nd time through though and I do have to say Stacy and Robert were actually written to be closer to two idiots than extremely intelligent people.

I think the only other issue I had was how easily Stacy switched from total bitch mode to nicey nicey and friendly to Maria.

Those issues did throw a major monkey wrench into it for me, but still a well written story with a massively lackluster ending

Probably my favorite SS06 story. A good romance after a failed marriage, likable characters save the villain, even made the cheating ex pretty likable. Definitely agree with other commenters this could use a sequel or entire series.

Pretty good story but the ending could've used another short paragraph or 2

I really love the story. It is so good. AAAAAA++++++

Excellent story I agree with the majority of your followers

Would love to see a sequel of the continuing exploits of Maria and Aaron, could be great following them as they delve for artifacts, treasure, and salvage. Have kids who grow up and learn the business. Stacy could even find someone who becomes a good partner.

Great story. Could be part of a long series

I great story with so much left to tell. There should be more to this series. Loved it.

Good story. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I can see another part or two in the future. Thank-you ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A pretty good story and a little adventure, it could have used a bit more but I'm not sure what, have you ever read Todd172 and his The Shack series? If you haven't please do and you will see what I mean. Thanks again for the free story and good editing, you can't beat free!

Part II???????

Why do so many of your stories revolve around academia, when you clearly know nothing about it? PhDs (especially those being considered for a full professorship) don’t have to give blowjobs to get research assistant credits, since research assistants are graduate students.

wonderful

Very enjoyable story.

nice, well plotted and paced story.

Excellent story.

"Revenge is a dish best served up cold."

Great story!!

Yepp. 5 all the way.

Loved it.

Good story, enjoyed it.

Scores 5/5

Good story and zippy writing, even though the characters are pretty much caricatures.

Still, makes for a fun time.

I loved the storyline, loved the characters, and I loved the ending. I especially loved the diving, but I found it so far from reality, me being a scuba instructor since 1982. I've even done artifact recovery, all over the world. It's fine, however, I just suspended reality and entered your universe.

The musical chairs between Stacy and Maria was far too easy, too casual. There is something missing in their interactions...

The absolute arrogance of Robert was over the top. His lack of participation and respect went beyond the pale. I'd have put him in a hot tub with piranha.

I would have liked Elena developed a bit more, she had real potential. How can such beautiful women consistently choose so badly? Rhetorical question, but worth a story, perhaps?

Definitely 5 *s.

Liked the storyline and enjoyed the setting. However the writing was a little contrived, trying too hard to be Clive Cussler.

You had a great story going there, but you rushed the ending!!

By one of my very favorite authors on this site, proud to say from my home state.

"Stacy quickly stood up and moved away from Bob, who tried to zip up his pants quickly and got himself caught painfully in the zipper. "It's not what it looked like Honey," said Stacy stupidly as Bob screamed from the pain in his crotch." No matter how much it hurts when you get it caught in the zipper it's hurts one hell of a lot more getting it loose.

"Nunya," said Maria. "What the hell does that mean? Speak English," said the woman.

"It means that my reasons are none of your business," said Maria." Knock, Knock.

"Oh!" she said. "I want to be a professor of history." "Great," he smirked. "We just left two of those back in the villa. Are you sure you don't want to go back there and make history with them?" "Absolutely not," she said. "I'd rather make history with you." I think we're on to something here.

"Now she was basically her husband's partner's whore." That's a pretty accurate snapshot of Stacy.

"You know Stacy; people are always talking about giving someone enough rope to hang themselves. I think your feet have stopped kicking and the rope has sawed its way through your throat now," said Aaron." Just can't think of anything clever to add to this.

"Okay, you're the first one," she tried. He shook his head again. "Okay, you're the only one," she said. "But that's my final offer." I should have been so lucky, just once.

"Aaron, it's the person that you share it with that makes the life." This is one of the most simple and profound statements that I have ever read.

“On the other hand, if we search there for our remaining five days and find nothing, I get to make two major decisions that you are not allowed to question, ever." I'm going to have to ask SS about this.

"Look, Ria. A whore is someone who trades sex, for monetary gain or some other thing that they want or need," said Aaron. "So, a good example of a whore then would be your ex wife, right?" asked Maria." Bingo!

"Aaron turned towards Robert and smiled the way a shark smiles at a smaller fish." Since the very first time I saw him grin during an after game press conference this is exactly how I saw Greg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs. 

"He's a famous historian and PhD," snapped Aaron. "He can stick out his thumb and hitch hike." Time to walk the plank, asshole. Signed: BTW

When you wake up to the promise

Of your dream world comin' true

With one less friend to call on

Was it someone that I knew?

Away you will go sailin'

In a race among the ruins

If you plan to face tomorrow

Do it soon

Maria found her tomorrow and was willing to do what she felt she needed to keep it.

Great story, love Gordon Lightfoot.

FIVE STARS all the way.

... when so consistently good.

I wouldn’t change your basic approach to your LW stories. Their clever, perceptive and funny.

Keep on chuckin’

Americans don't give a fuck about what you think...We, yes the knuckle dragging neanders built the worlds best country and did it in less than two centuries. Meanwhile you others just fight, bicker & kill each other over AND over again.....

First, your disdain for intelligence and academics clearly marks you the typical brain-dead American without even a high school education - just another knuckle-dragger polluting the world.

Second, only a moron goes around "looking for things"; intelligent, educated, historians and archaelogists go "in search of historical artifacts". Moron squared.

Third, characters and plot all ripped off from movies like: Indiana Jones/"Raiders"; Lara Croft/"Tomb Raiders"; Nicholas Cage/"National Treasure"; Matthew McConaughey/"Sahara", "The Mummy" series, and on and on.

Not an original thought in your entire story. If I wanted to watch a "movie" there are at least 30 better ones than anything you've written.

Finally, sex. This database collection is for EROTICA. 2 out 3 of your sex scenes are about the worst kind of sex possible to have. Why the fuck do you even bother?!?

Piss off. Get an education. Learn how to write.Try reading some books instead of relying on american movies to teach you about life....

Can you come up with something original? I doubt it.

Superb!

Still one of the best written in LW

Really enjoyed this story!!!!!

A real page turner that was hard to put down for a few minutes. Loved the way the plot evolved even though it was somewhat expected.

Thanks master

Fuckwit yourself

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE STORY DON'T READ IT

Stang Star. Disregard internet trolling. You obviously enjoy writing, so keep doing what you're doing. They probably drive Toyotas or Hyandais anyway. Love the Mustangs.

Just another load of nonsense from a shitty writer, stop this shit with the mustangs already they are one of the crappest and most unreliable vehicles on the road.

Go get some english and writing courses then try again.

Fuckwit

it is a story people. get over it.

i would have liked to see a piece of shit like robert die in stories like this.

thanks for the story i enjoyed the hell out of it

But several decisions made by the characters involved seemed just plain wrong. I don't see Stacy fucking Robert. That was completely out of her character. Dana seemed like a throw away character, just there for some sex and useless humor. Kinda like the dopey sidekick. And the magic Ouija board was a little too far fetched for my tastes. Add to that the ever present mustang in the middle of some Greek Island? How did it even get there? This wasn't your best effort.

stopped reading when Asron and team see Dana getting double teamed by two guys on the research boat - what is the point of this? why is no one shocked at how unprofessional this is?

Professor Stacy Anderson is meant to be an intelligent woman. Get the blow job and doing what it takes to get the job. But having been caught, no way she fucks Robert. Makes no sense. Rightly or wrongly big Aaron would have got over the blow job.

A piece of crap and too long!!

But as another commentator stated, rather far fetched. Then again one could call it an entertaining fantasy.

Great story with excellent characters to root for.......

WOW ! This story is Fantastic! I love Romance and there is that. Love you all! Bye. Greg. Oh 10 stars = 100 %. Bye

A little far fetched, and repetitive at times, but I like your stories. Thank you.

HE CAN BE BURYING HIS BONE IN BOTH OF THEM AND THE FIRST ONE WHO CHEATS IS GONE. THE FIRST ONE IS A WHORE BUT THIS WOULD BE HER LAST CHANCE AND SHE KNOWS IT.

I gave this one 5 stars. I like almost all your stories and want to say thanks for sharing. This Aaron character kinda reads like a Dirk Pitt. I dig it. I would think another adventure would be really cool with these characters.

When the anonymous cowards like you stop accusing and flaming everything in this category, I'll stop calling stang out on his shit. Besides, I haven't read a story of his in months, it's just that having read a few before I can already predict what is going to happen in every one now any way.

@ Frontlinecaster As the cuck story fans tell. Do not read stories from Stangstar06 if you do not like.

BTW SS06 has second wife!

Aww, someone questioned the great, wonderful, perfect Saint Stangstar, time to hurl out the childish insults and vague threats. It couldn't just be that some people don't like the same stories you do poor anonymous little coward, everyone has to be berated and mocked and insulted into believing exactly as you do. God fucking forbid that some people simply not like overly long rehashings of the exact same story again and again and again by the same author who only knows how to write a handful of character.

Perfect, flawless, wonderful man who is secretly desirable to women half his age and just doesn't realize it yet.

Worthless, stupid women who have nothing to want for and yet still cheat for no logical reason and then stare blankly at said perfect husband when he asks them why, because they aren't real characters, just strawmen for the author to rant about his own divorce.

Young women who are of course attracted to the wonderful, perfect, honorable and just all around nice guy husband and who want nothing more in life than to not have a career and become live at home moms.

And daughters who want to fuck their fathers because he is so perfect and wonderful and handsome and etc etc. This last one only shows up occasionally, but probably says way more about Stang than the rest of them combined.

It was a good story. You made it reasonably believable and most of all, was entertaining. There is no reason for any more.

To Brewtoo, get off your high fucking horse, cunt. Staying true to a spouse is not hard. I've been married 40 years without a problem. She stays true to me and me to her, something that when combined with love, is no burden.

You, sir/ms./cunt are a worthless creep.

@Brewtoo The LW deals with the extramarital affair of wives and few stories deal with the infidelity of husbands. For example the lover of the wife is a married man.

BTW 55% of the wives and 60% of husbands are minimum 1 extramarital event in lifetime according to survays.

Yes, most of SS06 stories do show the women as the betrayer, may be thats his choice, but Yes, stats do show that, more men are caught cheating on their spouses, time & again.

But, i strongly believe that the num of women cheating may not be on par with men but is definitely more than reported, i am not trying to put a positive spin on adulterous men, rather wish to say that all people are capable of adultery, right from the pope to mother teresa, but we can choose not to do it..... if we are able to cultivate the necessary strength to walk away from a bad choice.

finally, the mundane, is always neglected. these stories here are free, so they have a tough competion to wade thru all the crap here, & be noticed,

so authors ubderstand the need to make the stories more intriguing, for me, a girl can always break my heart & make me shed a few tears,

a woman, can crush your soul, & leave you a mortal husk.

so these stories do get a rise in most male readers, because even if they dont admit it, the reason this category is so insanely popular is, first they dont wanna get caught with their pants down, & second if they see such a day what could they do to eliviate such a situation...

so breetoo dont take it personally, if you feel you are a good person, than that's enough, people will always do what they have always done. there always will be cheaters, wouldn't you want to be ready to deal with one, when the time comes?

I am always annoyed by the little details especially in areas I am familiar with. Professorships don't work that way. Why couldn't you decide if they were historians or archaeologists? Pick one and stick with it. Having travelled the Greek Islands I can say there aren't any where you can drive around so cavalierly. Some don't even allow cars at all. No PhD would be a teaching assistant. Are you crazy? That falls to the lowly graduate student. I spent some time as a teaching assistant when working on a master's degree in math. Finally, professors don't give a damn about teaching. One of the perks of reaching such an exhaulted rank is not having to do much teaching. Can't blame them, that's not what they are rewarded for. The saying is "publish or perish" not "teach or perish".

One blow job and she's out? He's perfect of course and has never made a misstep, ever. Quite a burden to be above everyone else. How come all your men are loving, responsible, hard working, great husbands and fathers and the women are always just sluts. Where the hell did you grow up?

I should call myself Mr. 5 Stars. It's how I rate stories. I don't feel I am qualified to put a number on someone's story, only good or bad. If I try to rate someone I have to be able to compare them to a standard. The standard I use is was I entertained by the story enough to finish it. I'm not paying for the entertainment so why should I criticize unless I am willing to do better. I give 5 stars to anyone's stories that I have stayed interested in to read it to the conclusion. If I lose interest I just don't rate it. I can say that you have never disappointed me in entertainment value. I always finish your stories and as such I have you as one of my favorite writers. Keep up the good work...

It's amazing what a great editor can do for a story and a good writer. Head and shoulders over most recent efforts. Thanks for this SS06

I know its hard writing for a bunch of asshole,who aren't greatful.thanks from us who like your writings.

Written by a fucking wanker.

I had thought you were leading us to a Temple of the "Goddess" with the wife of the Dean and the necklace. That somehow Aaron was going to be led to a new and significant finding through the ancient "magik". Sorry, but the ouija seemed out of place in Greece. But, I am learning to accept that I am a reader, not a writer.

to follow on with what KarenE said, the narrative was a bit confusing at times, and I was lost when the scene jumped from Jordan to Steve to Jordan, etc. but it is late and I am struggling to keep up with a lot of things.

thanks for the interesting read.

Nice break from the everyday grind. Your writing is easy to read and the plots always flow. This one was only a little fantastic but that too was a nice change.

When your scene shifts, some sort of a separator would be helpful.

One paragraph we're reading about Aaron, the next we're with Maria, with no indication.

This happens throughout the story.

Just a couple of dashes or tildes (~) between the paragraphs would be helpful!

Who the hell would drag a Mustang to the narrow, cramped and dangerous streets of Greece?

A lot of money to drive at 20 mph through the streets. And it takes a month to move the car one way.

Frankly, considering how the Stang monks react to their cars, I can't see them waiting that long...or else they are on the ship and taking two months out of their lives...for a car.

Very skewed values.

With archaeology, pirates, beg their pardon,privateers and a Mustang.

Ticks more boxes than most!

Aaron appears to be a secure, responsible, mature adult. The story has positive elements; honesty to ones self and responsibility for ones actions. All of which is a rare find in your stories and most of the stories in LW.

"Dr. Stacy Anderson?" asked the girl in a bored voice. She was even chewing gum.

"Yes," said Stacy......She took the papers the girl handed her........

......."You've been served," said the girl walking away.

Now this girl is a truly, professional process server. There is no where in the world where she won't track you down and snap her chewing gum at you!

A pony ride and gum snapping, welcome to 'Stang-land.

I just posted a critique on another of your stories complaining that your stories lacked variety and the wives always ended up sad, disgusting wrecks. This just proved me wrong. And it was fun. Thanks for mixing it up a bit.