The first Joe realized the bonds no longer held him was when the Nowhere Man took him by the hand. “Come with me. I want to show you something.” Joe stood, looked around trying to look for an exit, then…

Christmas 2024 (A long, long, long, long, long, long time ago when my contemporaries were just little lads and lassies, the Pawtucket Times in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, published a serialized story over the two weeks leading up to Christmas. One…

In what some would classify as my descent into agnosticism or atheism, I am troubled by the virulence and resentment by the hyper-religious into my questioning their beliefs. Some are fuming, some spiteful, some simply bewildered. I find this confusing.…

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as…

(Link to the beginning)  PLEASE SHARE! Make the Story Travel Around the world! Jebidiah stared at the scene before him. A collection of the apparitions he’d gathered over the years hovered around Mrs. Claus as she told stories of the…

Dear President Joe Biden, I’ve written to you in the past in this form of an open letter. (Promise Me, Joe) and I am compelled to write once more. The time has come for a new generation to rise to…

Over the course of my life, I’ve held several jobs. My first one, at 15, was washing dishes at the Admiral Inn in Cumberland, Rhode Island. My aunt, Katherine Szpila, was the hostess. Almost all my cousins and a couple…

On this day after Christmas, I wish you all the best of the season and all the joys of life. Here is the entire Day After Christmas Story to carry you through until next year…Enjoy ********************************************************************************** In keeping with an…

Order your copy here. Imagine every sound you hear could be something trying to kill you. Imagine being alone in the dark—cold, hungry, without shelter yet better off than the place where you suffered unimaginable torment. Imagine having to fight…

Written by Steve and Dr. Dru Pollinger, VMD with Helayne Rosenblum Cover Design by Jeff Slater, Slater Creative LLC. Imagine every sound you hear could be something trying to kill you. Imagine being alone in the dark—cold, hungry, without shelter…