Ryan Sylander

Looking Through The Lens

Looking Through The Lens

A summer vacation to the beach changes Matt's life. His first romantic relationship with one of the local girls is accompanied by a growing closeness with his oversexed sister. Things become complicated when secrets and long distance start interfering with his simple summer affair, and he is also haunted by the face of a nameless girl he meets on the fishing pier. Despite the support of his sister and their two bisexual mothers, he finds that having a girlfriend is not so easy. It is only through the influence of the women in his life that Matt begins to understand what it means to love someone.

This is the revised, expanded and edited version from 2009. If you are looking for the original, unedited version of the story from 2006, it is here. However, the version below is the same story, but expanded and with many errors corrected.

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Accompanying materials:
Character list
LTTL FAQ
Links and info on real places and things described in the story

Floor plan of the Jackson-Birch home in the Catskills
Floor plan of the Jackson-Birch Guest House
Floor plan of Hans and Beth's house in Montauk


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Length: 155,000 words

Contributing Editor: pcb

NEW! - PDF file of the entire story available here!

Chapters:
Chapter 1: Down by the Seaside
Chapter 2: In Through the Out Door
Chapter 3: How Many More Times?
Chapter 4: Nobody's Fault but Mine
Chapter 5: Misty Mountain Hop
Chapter 6: Communication Breakdown
Chapter 7: Black Mountain Side
Chapter 8: Travelling Riverside Blues
Chapter 9: Good Times, Bad Times
Chapter 10: I Can't Quit You, Babe
Chapter 11: When the Levee Breaks
Chapter 12: Your Time is Gonna Come
Chapter 13: The Song Remains the Same
Chapter 14: What Is and What Should Never Be
Chapter 15: Friends
Chapter 16: Fool in the Rain
Chapter 17: In My Time of Dying
Chapter 18: In the Evening
Chapter 19: In the Light
Chapter 20: All My Love
Chapter 21: The Ocean
Chapter 22: Trampled under Foot
Chapter 23: Celebration Day
Chapter 24: Thank You
Completed: October 8, 2009
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