Short Stories

This book is a compilation of short stories of life, as seen through the eyes of a rural police officer. There are incidents from his younger life, which carry into how he became what he is, what he believed, and things he worked through. The majority of his career was served in a large county. He often patrolled alone and had to get himself out of whatever he got himself into. No day was the same, and no person responded the same. There were times of fear, anger, disappointment, and sickening tragedies. He believes law enforcement is a calling, and as a field training officer tried to inspire interns to become good public servants, because they are certainly needed. He wrote about ...

THIS STORY TELLS THE ENDS AND OUTS OF HOW THE ENEMY TRIED TO DESTROY DENISE DAVIS AT A VERY EARLY AGE. MARRYING AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 21, BROUGHT HARDSHIPS AND EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D EXPERIENCE. THERE WERE SOME STRUGGLES FOR DENISE TO FIND PEACE AND BLESSINGS, BUT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR CHRIST, THE SITUATIONS SHE ENDURED WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

A move to Buffalo called for a walk through the old downtown with a camera. The photos from that day, sent to the newspaper, called for an article to explain them. That article led to interviews with chefs, farmers, surgeons and longtime Buffalonians. Those stories, interviews and NPR radio pieces are gathered here to explain just why people put up with all that snow and cold in Buffalo and love living there. If you've ever received a traffic ticket, moved a few times and had an equal number of garage sales, suffered through piano lessons as well as jury duty, had a good friend and lost a good friend--there's a story here for you.

Frozen Solid may take readers on a familiar journey or make them face the truth about their past. If you're a fan of love and real life experiences, then this story is meant for you. From the writer who brought you the web series Pointing Fingers, 7 Steps To Letting Go, and Love on Lock: The Bernadette Tales, Louisiana native, Coronae Wllis, takes readers on a very wild ride of love. This series of stories are told by women who were lied to, abused, and misused, but they called it love. Explore with them what it truly means to be frozen solid.

There Is Beauty All Around Us If We Only Stop To Notice. She only hungered for a good life, a life with many opportunities, loving parents and a man worthy to be called her husband. Instead, she found out that sometimes, dreams don’t come true. The hardships that some people navigate through doesn’t seem fair to her. But one day, she finds love in a most unusual way involving a flower. Nature blessed her that day and her true love shines through her misery. At last, she can smile her pains away, thanks to her little flower. Hanna, tells the story of a wounded 17 year old Lila, who will never give up hoping that someday, her life will be satisfied. Upon listening to her story fro ...

For years the author slept in a tent, whizzed in a can, up in the dark, battling nerves and heat, chasing birds, boar and deer . . . What was it, he wondered? Among roadrunners, ex-dinosaurs, bump-in-the-night visitors and infernal temperatures, a narrative ensues. Only then is a sense of gratitude and revelation found in the dry wash of a season’s finale. John Graham is a California artist, oral historian and the creator of the El Fornio Story Cycle where Junipero Serra’s heart can be found in a jar. WWW.ELFORNIO.ORG

Laugh your way through the Murder Mystery and Madness!

Get ready to laugh as you join Cindy on a lighthearted journey through recent postal history as told from her perspective. Get a behind the scenes look at postal work, and you may never again view your mailman in the same light.