A Cold Winter Night in February of 1980 On Friday, February 22, 1980, I went to my girlfriend’s house for dinner after work. She made a nice meal, and afterward we sat down to watch…

Good evening. In 1964, a mother brought home a record. She put it on while she prepared dinner for the family. She hummed along absentmindedly, not really listening, the way people do when music is…

The large-screen television was already on, waiting for the game to start, when Willy and his wife, Randi, arrived at the party. Once, this day had meant something — a major event, people milling around…

The semi-trailer lay on its side, my trailer twisted like a broken spine, a pickup truck crushed beneath thirty thousand pounds of freight. Steam hissed from the engine block; something groaned. Glass littered the highway.

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…

New Year’s Eve 2025…the belfry of the old Simmons mansion – On a winter night in Rachel, Kansas, the Simmons mansion looked exactly the way small-town legends insist old mansions should look — the kind…

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…