Strange Days
J B MacCallum
- Frustrated
- by
- his
- mundane
- job
- and
- absence
- of
- any
- musical
- success,
- singing
- and
- playing
- in
- a
- pub
- band
- is
- 25
- year
- old
- Callum
- 'Cal'
- Rennie's
- only
- real
- escape
- from
- his
- hum
- drum
- existence.After
- drowning
- in
- a
- frozen
- lake
- attempting
- to
- rescue
- a
- trapped
- boy,
- Callum
- awakes
- in
- 1964
- to
- find
- himself
- inhabiting
- the
- body
- of
- a
- battered
- rent
- boy
- called
- Calvin
- Rennie,
- who
- died
- recently
- in
- suspicious
- circumstances.Following
- a
- narrow
- escape
- from
- three
- violent
- criminals
- known
- as
- the
- Gemmell
- brothers,
- Callum
- flees
- from
- Glasgow
- to
- a
- new
- life
- in
- London.
- After
- a
- string
- of
- dead-end
- jobs
- and
- life
- in
- the
- swinging
- sixties
- far
- from
- swinging,
- Callum
- jumps
- at
- the
- chance
- to
- join
- a
- struggling
- R&B
- band,
- who,
- thanks
- to
- his
- astounding
- talent
- for
- writing
- hit
- pop
- songs,
- quickly
- become
- one
- of
- the
- hottest
- bands
- around.However,
- just
- when
- he
- thinks
- his
- life
- and
- career
- couldn't
- get
- any
- sweeter,
- the
- sordid
- truth
- about
- Calvin's
- secret
- past
- rears
- its
- ugly
- head...
- and
- the
- Gemmell's
- head
- south
- seeking
- bloody revenge.
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