Four days later, Kyle walked up onto our porch. He looked tired and said he was hungry, so we fed him what we had available. Since our water no longer ran, I felt fortunate that I had set up a rain barrel two years before the E-M-P. Kyle drank three Mason jars full before he felt…

The rain had stopped by the time daylight came to the deep forest. In its place floated a heavy mist that danced among the treetops. ‘Lives in Woods’ crawl out of the hollow and stretched. He had slept wee despite being unable to lay down. Embers still glowed lightly below the layer of ash in his…

With two ‘Chuck Allen for Washoe County Sheriff’ signs in my front yard, it is hard not to tell who I intend to vote for in the upcoming election. I know, have work with and genuinely like Chuck and that helped me come to my decision. But there is more. While I do not know…

What has actually happened, none of us really know. We’ve been cut-off from all outside information for days now. I jus’ know we are suffering the effects of an E-M-P – an electrical magnetic pulse. It started while I was sitting at our computer, typing a story for my blog. I had the television on…

This series of five short-stories is based on reoccurring ‘night terrors’ I’ve been having for the past few months. The way I’m figuring it — maybe, jus’ maybe — if I write it down and share it then it’ll go away. ‘Lives in Woods’ looked up at the gray sky as droplets of rain fell on…

It occurred to me as I listened to Monica Lewinsky speak about her sexual escapades with former President and current Democratic rock-star Bill Clinton. In her talk, she blamed the Internet, Matt Drudge and the media with bullying her. But not once did I hear her during her monologue, take true responsibility for her actions.…

Democratic incumbent Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, “was unable to name three books that influenced his life…and blamed his lack of an answer on being ‘brain-dead,’ reports the Washington Free Beacon. The same thing happened to Sarah Palin when asked what newspapers or magazines she reads, “Umm – all of them.” If put on the…

As I continue to watch the leaves drop from the trees, I’m reminded of a book given to me by our neighbor and my sisters’ God-mother, Margaret Keating, when I was 16 years old. Printed in 1903, it contained hundreds of Haiku and assorted short stories. A few years later, it disappeared, stolen by former landlord. Anyway, one story…

The Arcata Police are searching for Randy Markin, who disappeared last Friday afternoon. A friend told authorities that he saw him at the Intermodal Transit Facility between two and three. Randy graduated from Del Norte High a year before I did. He is a decorated U.S. Coast Guard veteran and is trying to collect a…

His head throbbed beyond belief and he was certain that if he could see in the dark, where ever he was, it would be spinning. The air hung heavy with the stench of dried blood, vomit, human feces, fear and death. Sam Jacobi also realized his wrists were clamps in metal bracelets and attached to…