BEWARE OF CHARLATANS
The definition of a charlatan is: a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill; a fraud. The charlatans of the sixteenth...
LOSS OF INNOCENCE
My mother sent me to the store for a pack of cigarettes. In 1983, I was never carded, people just took things at face value, assuming an...
A DAY AT THE SWAP & SHOP
Up early on a Sunday morning, my dad and I drove to Swap & Shop, held every weekend at the old I-70 drive-in, a place where people from...
Truth or Dare
Growing up, I spent a number of weekends over at my cousin Joy’s house. Joy, like Huckleberry Finn, didn’t like to wear shoes. She played...
WEEDING OUT THE GENES
“The world is what it is: Men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it A Bend in the River.” -V.S....
Vampire Desire
She awoke suddenly, afraid and soaked in sweat. Her bed was warm but there was a cold, soulless presence in her room, a presence that...
