Short Stories

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.

Introduction: In 1978 I began writing in earnest, sci-fi stories and thoughts, by 1983 I had begun writing for therapeutic reasons. In 1989 after hearing some of my work, my friend David Cucuzza talked me into reading at the Espresso Bar coffeehouse in Pasadena. These poems are from this era, up through 1993 my first marriage, grad school, singing with the band at the Upland Boar's Head and working numerous mental health positions. They are my development, my art, my identity love, peace and knowledge,

A collection of short stories of the cruel journey of Alzheimer’s.

Perspectives: a hypodermic needle, a difference between Florida and Berlin, a dive bar in New York, 
a Kurdish emigration, too much mezcal, a Caribbean hurricane clean-up, a Chinese engineer in Dallas, a bed-ridden man dependent on the bottle, and a world-famous comedian. The Five B’s: thirty-three summers of cricket, the consequence of chauvinism and testosterone, seventy years in the mind of a flawed genius, the triumphs and tragedies of a modern-day missionary in Liberia, and the experiences of those around the author with restrictions imposed in New Zealand and Norway during the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, Jameson Alex West revisits ten of his essay ...

Are you familiar with the Bible and its stories? Could there have been alternative outcomes to many of the Bible’s tales? These stories take a look at the world’s most famous book from an altogether different angle! The Bible is the world’s best known book and the original best seller, reaching homes all across the world and acting as a reference for billions of Christians. The stories within it are some of the best known as well, and even if you aren’t a regular church attender you are likely to have heard them or have some passing knowledge of many. Inside this book, Behind The Scenes of Biblical Turning Points, author Floyd Larck takes a somewhat different look at what may have ha ...

Featuring a short story by Beverly Akerman; artwork by Ed Baker; a poem by Eric Bennett; a novel excerpt by Lynn Brewer; poetry by Sarah Forbes; a short story by Aimee Herman; a poem by Kate LaDew; a poem by Jeanne Lesinski; a poem by Sara Lier; a poem by Emily Maggard; a poem by Mira Martin-Parker; a prose excerpt by Nicholas Morris; a poem by AJ Pearson-VanderBroek; a poem by Kristin Roedell; a poem by Aditya Shankar; a poem by Hal Sirowitz; a poem by Midautumn Snow; a poem by Yrik Max Valentonis; a poem by Janean Williams; and a poem by Jana Wilson

If you had to write a fantastic story about a fascinating character who has superhero powers, which details would you include? The idea of this project started a few years ago on Facebook when people would engage in a 30 Days of Thanks project starting in November and carrying on thru Thanksgiving. They’d post something once per day that they were thankful for, like their family or their friends or their job or even their car. Normally, they'd quit after a couple days. Obviously, I didn't. One of my ideas was “30 Days of Dad”; an entire month filled with stories about my father, a former Navy SEAL in Vietnam who raised his family in Texas in peace, far from the riverbanks of the s ...

Horse stories.

All Day Production, LLC brings to you, a tale of three skits that involve relationship discussions between couples. The first skit titled: I Pay Attention: This is when a man notices a beautiful woman. His next move as a man, is to figure out how he can get her, to notice him. The next skit is titled: Chivalry: "Where have all the good men gone?" This is a conversation between a couple, who (the woman in this relationship) has dealt with so many different (Mr. wrong) men and now she wants to put her new love interest, through a rigorous trial of questions. The last skit titled: "What about me?" "Did I ever matter?" This is when a woman who is in an abusive relationship with a ma ...

A peculiar, though a tad irreverent, collection of humorous stories on holidays, odd creatures and politics. All of these creatures have a lot to say, are far from normal, and may even be RUSSIANS! I have provided cartoon and photographic proof for the public. Some of these stories were originally written to augment products which included t-shirts, prints, cards etc. But I enjoyed it and wrote more that I clearly found amusing, hopefully others will as well.