When the editor of my newest short story collection read “A Problem of Coffins” he remarked it was by far the most enjoyable thing that he had read that I had written. It came as quite a shock to me, because I never intended for it to be any good. It was simply an...
THE 3RD SEASON OF WESTWORLD recently concluded and was a go-to, I’m sure, for the ‘rona ridden masses. I’m not going to go into all the details of the show as this isn’t meant to be a critique or review. If you want to know more about Wesworld in general, and haven’t...
PROBABLY HAVING never considered such a thing before, you may be saying, 'But...' Well, allow me to preemptively say that I have no definitive proof that this is so, just a good amount of circumstantial evidence. I cannot say for certain that Job is Jethro, but I can...
This is a dream that I had during one sweaty night in July, 2002. The creation of this dream stemmed from a lot of prayer time on the carpet of my local church. I had deeply desired God to speak to me about my life and the disaster that it had become. I wasn’t...
GREEN LAKE, Wisconsin is beautiful in the summer. I have fond memories of fishing in that lake. I also have fond memories of the seemingly endless tornadic activity terrorizing the village along with neighboring towns such as Ripon and Berlin. Fond memories, too, as...
When I first started writing this story, I had no intention of using anyone I knew in the story. As it grew and morphed into what it became, it was clear to me, that if Nathan Thompson and I were to ever hang out, this is probably exactly what would have happened if...
Nuance. It’s not something that our “global” culture seems to appreciate much anymore. If it indeed ever did. A person has to either be one thing or another, left or right, black or white, red or blue, pro-this or anti-that. To lie somewhere in the middle on a...
One A Fool and his Bible “So, how are you with ‘health and wealth.’?” Doris Howard asked me, at the back of the church sanctuary. The second service had ended, and we were catching up on old times. “Oh, I suppose I want to be both.” I said, ignorantly honest of...