TRUCKIN’ & GOLFIN’ Charlie Quicksilver was an over-the-road truck driver, a job he dearly enjoyed. He traveled the country for a living and, over the years, had been to every state, made friends everywhere, and…

Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee — April 7, 1862 Dispatch from Lieutenant Micah Boone My dearest Nelly, I hope this letter finds you in good health. How is Galveston faring during the war? Has my father been…

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Saturday morning, Harry Murphy awoke from a deep, untroubled sleep in his suburban Cleveland, Ohio home. He reached for the alarm clock beside the bed and shut it off before it could disturb his wife…

Excerpt – Sample Chapter Three hours earlier… Even though the University of Arizona had dismissed students two weeks early for Christmas break, Tyler Martin and Josh Sykes stayed behind for baseball practice…and some extra holiday…

Ever hear of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Better yet—ever seen them live? Even if the name doesn’t ring sleigh bells in your head, you’ve definitely heard them blasting out of a mall speaker somewhere around December…

The year was 1967. I remember it vividly, which is impressive, because I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night. (It was either leftover meatloaf or something pretending not to be leftover meatloaf.)…

I’m lying in the bunk of my Peterbilt listening to music loud enough to violate at least three noise ordinances. It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving, and I’m stuck, parked on an exit ramp outside Sturgis,…

I graduated from high school in 1975, just as America was winding down its involvement in Vietnam. Flat feet, chronic ear infections, and being an only son might’ve kept me from service anyway—but by the…

An historical story of fiction November 7th, 1887 –Glenwood Springs, Colorado The bed sheet was damp with sweat when he woke from another fitful sleep. It had been a long night of coughing, and now,…