Brenda

"Brenda"
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Associated book	Andromeda Chained
Time frame	2001
First posted	October 17, 2019
Type	story
Contained in	Bulldog Spirit and Other Short Works

You remember Brenda. Brenda Hodunk. She was prominent in the last book, The Spearfish Lake House, plus in the two Learjet Jenn books and others, as well as in her own book, Andromeda Chained. This is sort of an Andromeda Chained prequel, how Brenda got her job working for Mike McMahon at the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald. There is no real hook, little real conflict, no cliffhanger, nor a big revelation at the end. It’s mostly just background for fans of Wes’s stories to gain insight on one of Wes’s more interesting characters. Short bits of this were actually used in Andromeda Chained and will be familiar, but there’s other fun stuff in here.

This short story has been included in the anthology Bulldog Spirit and Other Short Works.

Characters

• Brenda Hodunk
• Mike McMahon
• Kirsten McMahon
• Henry McMahon
• Carrie Evachevski
• Janine Wychek - the bookkeeper at the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald
• Debbie Elkstalker
• Lisa deLine
• Harry Masterfield

Also Mentioned

• Andy Bairnsfether - previous junior reporter at the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald
• Pat Varner - previous junior reporter at the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald
• Anissa Hodges - a local who covered school sports for the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald
• George Webb - previous owner of the Spearfish Lake Record-Herald
• Greg Mears - a friend of Mike McMahon and relative of Brenda Hodunk
• Judge Dieball
• Cindy deLine
• Joe McGuinness