A police officer pulled me over and asked, “Is everything okay, sir?” I told him it was, then asked, “Why?” He explained, “The way your were moving around in your seat, I thought you were have a problem.” Smiling, I answered, “No. I was dancing to the song ‘Thriller,’ by Michael Jackson.” It is a…

The squad made their way across the open desert.  Progress was achingly slow as the lone mine-sweeping operator encountered partially buried objects that he couldn’t identify. “What the hell are they, L-T?” the Sergeant asked the new Lieutenant. Shaking his head from side to side, the L-T responded, “I have no frickin’ idea.” Sarge added,…

Ingersoll Lockwood, an author and lawyer, published several works between 1890 and 1896, including two children’s books and a dystopian novel. “The Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger” (1898) and “Baron Trump’s Marvelous Underground Journey” (1893) feature a young protagonist named Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, known as Little…

While thumbing through an old Nevada history book, I happened on a story called “Washoe Giant Killer.” It brought back to mind the time when, with a TV news reporter friend, we started looking into the Redheaded Giants of Lovelock, Nevada. She and I were both intrigued by the remains of giant’s found around the…

The young couple saw the wedding dress in the window of the secondhand store and Arekkusu thought it perfect. So she and her fiance, Kairu decided to go inside, so she could try it on. After the shop owner retrieved the garment for Arekkusu, she told the bride-to-be that the dress brought bad fortune in…

He drives by it nearly everyday — it being a grotesque statue-like figure of a dinosaur, but it wasn’t to long ago when Kevin watched a thunderhead built into a sizable cloud, north of him. He could tell it wasn’t going be a wet storm like the one the day before, so he continued to…

Granddaughter insists Grandpa carry Little Dolly. Though embarrassed, Grandpa does so without complaint. After playing in the park, Granddaughter wants to pick blackberries, so the pair pluck ripened berries till noon. Scared of rustling in the bushes, Granddaughter wants to go, believing it’s Zombies. They hurry home. Granddaughter takes a nap. Grandpa visits Facebook. Grandpa…

Jasper fingers the trigger in desperation. He knows the numbers are a fraud before starting. Ninety-six-cents makes a big difference in the life of a man with no job, little money, less pride. He thinks, “I can’t.” Jasper also knows that there is nothing he can do about it. He looks at his shoes. He could walk…

In August 2016, I posted an article about foreign refugees being resettled in Northern Nevada. I was roundly criticized, including being called an Islamophobe, for pointing out how these people were not being properly scrutinized, setting up the possibility that they could bring acts of terror to the state and the U.S. Well, here is…

My feet tangle. Glancing down, I see Batman’s bat-a-rang on a line, zipping around my ankles, pulling tight. With no ability to place one foot ahead of the other, I topple, a full-body slam to the floor. Before I know it, a blur of red and blue rolls me over, so quickly, so many times, I…