James D. Young

From New York to Vancouver: Stories on the Fly is the brainchild of Sandra Yuen MacKay and James D. Young who met through an online writers group, www.lit.org. They started to correspond and critique each other's work. Out of that creative bond, they went on a quest to write a novella jointly through email. Thus "Untitled Story" was born, an entertaining story of a relationship between a New York financial analyst, Peter Petrovich, and Samantha Chu, a student in Vancouver, British Columbia, written from multiple first person viewpoints from opposite sides of the continent. The contrast of writing styles and character personalities complement each other well. The collection includes two other stories. "Legacy" by Young is about a youthful photographer's life, while "Inner Circle" by MacKay is an unconventional romance told with humor.