The story below, “River Rendezvous,” is from volume 4 of my Civil War tales: The Scarecrow and other stories. I’m presenting it here, as an example of a story, yes; but not just as an example. I am using the story as an analogy also. …
Read MoreSo here it is, the part of a story I had promised in the last post . . .
In the last post I had stated that maybe I would put the bit of a possible story up on my web page. I had intended to. I had even created a page for it. I was going to create a button with a “Work …
Read MoreA Porcelain Doll Now Haunts Me. But That’s Often the Way Things Begin—the makings of a Story.
If you’ll remember, dear reader . . . Just kidding. I’ll never be that formal with you, unless I’m doing so tongue-in-cheek. Okay, maybe I will. Thinking about it, you are dear to me. How could you not be? Look at yourself. How could you …
Read MoreThe Twilight Zone, Curiosity, and Peering behind curtains–a continuation of the last post, sort of, with marbles in the mix.
I love weird, Twilight Zone type suspense stories. I love reading those types of stories and writing them. Not sure that I really associated my writing with The Twilight Zone that much until I wrote the story, “Myra’s Wedding,” which is included in my book, …
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