AS I LIKE IT! DECEMBER 14, 2016 STELLA STONE Chapter 8 EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING When the cookout was finished, just after midnight, Mike Lomax had gone home. It took Stella and Bubba an hour or so to clean up the patio, cover the grill, […]
October 13, 2016 FLASH FICTION THE BOOK SHOPPE Chapter 3 PRO BONO Edward Osgood signed the UPS delivery man’s tablet and carried the package to his office. He used his pocket knife to cut the packing tape and found a sturdy cardboard box entirely sealed with still more […]
STELLA STONE V1 COUNTRY HEAVEN Stella sat on the little stool in front of her dresser and took one more look at her hair and makeup. She decided that it would have to do and stuck her make up kit in her overnight bag and walked to the […]
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 Bubba & Junior Part 3 On Willie’s Trail Bubba Lovejoy sat in the old school bus that served as the office of L&C Hauling, LLC, and opened the Nashville Tennessean. He turned to the sports section, and read an article bemoaning the sad state […]
SEPTEMBER 19 THE BOOK SHOPPE CHAPTER 2 Edward Oswald propped his feet on one of his desk drawers and leaned back in his chair. Martha Long, owner of one third of St. Charles Rare Books and Maps, had come in and told him that a wire transfer for […]
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 FLASH FICTION MISSISSIPPI GOLDEN GLOVES Erskine McLemore stepped off the bus, and waited while the driver unloaded the baggage to the pavement. He straightened his uniform, shouldered his duffle bag, and started the ten block hike to his mother’s house in Boonetown, Mississippi. The […]
AUGUST 31, 2016 THE BOOK STORE Chapter 1 Pamela had planned it down to the second. Now it was Edward’s responsibility to complete the assignment. In his socks and shorts, he stood in front of the mirror in his London hotel room, making a last minute adjustment to […]
THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA & JUNIOR PART II A LITTLE TIME OFF It was late on Friday afternoon, and the heat of the day was beginning to fade. July in Mississippi can be brutal, and the little window air conditioner was struggling to stay even. Bubba Lovejoy was […]
PART I THE STRUGGLE BUGGY When the phone rang, Winston “Bubba” Lovejoy was sitting with his feet propped up on the dashboard of the old yellow school bus that housed the home office of L&S Hauling, LLC. He answered it on the second ring. “L&S, Bubba speaking.” […]
After I announced the up coming publication of Jake’s Revenge several of my readers suggested that I give a pre-view of the book and post the first chapter on my blog. So here it is. A signed copy of Jake’s Revenge can be ordered by sending a check […]
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