Introduction
One month before his first birthday, Kyle Stronghold survived a ruthless twister that careened across the South and devastated the small, rural community of Castalian Springs, Tennessee. On that same fateful day, Kyle’s uninsured, single mother went from being a casualty of the broken welfare system to a freak accident statistic – a sorry, innocent [...]
There’s this guy, David Newman, who creditors keep leaving messages for. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes, I guess. The creditors don’t know they have the wrong number and I’m not going to bother telling them. I kind of look forward to coming home from work and seeing the message light lit on [...]
“We’re stuck tonight, Yo – Joslyn James is a no-show and Chelsea Handler, that bitch, bailed at the last minute. It’s two minutes till show time! We have no choice.”
“Damn, damn, damn. I can’t believe it’s come to this. All right, as much as I hate to do it, bring her out.”
“Five, four, three, two, [...]
As a grizzled sportswriter, I’ve seen many a fine athlete throw away a promising career. Druggies, boozers, womanizers. Gamblers, overeaters, brawlers.
There aren’t enough shrinks in the free world – nor enough Prozac – to cure all the mental midgets I’ve been paid to write about.
During the Vietnam War, I can recall a group of players [...]
Author’s Note: The story that follows was written in longhand 12 years ago (I know, how quaint) on Enchantment Resort letterhead. It’s a work of fiction (sort of).
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We had been drinking. The red rocks of Sedona were glistening from an uncommonly hard rain. It was nearly dusk and the sun had finally surrendered to tribes [...]
When: September 19-24, 2010
Where: Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland
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