The Bus Ride. As I walked home from school that cool December day, I became more and more excited. My Aunt was taking me on the bus to...

The Hostel. We had been in Managua for two weeks interviewing the leaders of the revolutionary party, the Sandinistas, and other...

Short Story. The Luncheon. It felt good to be back home. I had not visited Ryan in more than a year. He had just retired as a physical...

A Short Story. The Hospital Room. It was a standard hospital room. The smell of disinfectant was overwhelming. The gray tile floor...

The Brick Factory. I had arrived in town in early April. My Ph.D. Fellowship did not start until fall classes, so I needed a temporary...

The Fallout Shelter. We walked into the backyard and I helped Katie lift the heavy metal door that led down into the fallout shelter...

Short Story: The Sugar Cube. Mrs. Tanksley, my 3rd grade teacher, had been reading us part of a diary of a soldier who had survived the...

Short Story: Lone Ranger Rock. It literally jutted out from the hillside and when you walked out on it, you could see much of the town,...

Short Story: Granny’s House. Granny’s small, wood-framed house was tucked back into the bottom of the hillside. Up the hillside were the...

Short Story: The Ride Home The ball bounced just below me in the centerfield bleachers and I caught it. What a souvenir!! A walk off home...

Short Story: the Championship Game. Most of us slept on and off during the three-hour bus ride to Beckley for the championship game....

A Short Story: The Drug Store In the spring of my junior year, I took a part-time job at a family-run drug store in my little town. The...

A Short Story: The Campout. Sammy moved into our town a couple of years ago and we had quickly become good friends. He was unlike anyone...

Short Story: the Ed Sullivan Show Everyone in our town watched the Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday nights. But tonight’s show was going to be...

Short Story: The Railroad We lived next to the railroad tracks and coal trains were constantly going by. Coal and coal trains were the...

Short Story: The Pool. We were lucky enough to have one of the biggest pools in the entire country located in our little town. It was...

A Short Story: The Christmas Dinner After we escorted the last group of our classmates across the street intersections around the school,...