Marcus Whaley is a fourth grade teacher at a neighborhood elementary school, and on Halloween he begins to notice some strange things happening. They occur on the playground first, but then he has a frightening encounter inside the school. What happened and how will it turn out?
I had scheduled them for a date in advance, but when they didn't post by early that morning, I published the stores on my own. That might have had something to do with it, although I'm not sure.
Danilo, I'm glad you enjoyed this story. Yes, this story. like many others, could have had a follow-up, but who knows what might happen next year? I haven't written those stories yet. LOL
Colin Thurlow is traveling back from a business conference in Jacksonville, Florida on Halloween when his car starts acting up. He drives to the nearest town, St. Marys, Georgia, in order to get it repaired and learns that he will have to stay overnight. He takes a room in the 102-year-old Riverview Hotel and during the night he begins to realize the hotel is haunted. So, what led him to draw this conclusion?
Thanks, Al. Yes, the main character might have been easier to relate to in this one, because he was in a situation you could also imagine yourself being caught up in. Thanks for the feedback.
A gay couple, Brendan and Trevor (MacGregor) Kiley, buys an older home and begins to renovate it, but they soon discover they are not alone. What happened that led them to believe this and how is it going to work out?
A high school senior, Connor Norwood, gets a job working at a Haunted House so he can earn some money that he can use to buy Christmas presents for his family. It doesn’t turn out exactly as he plans, because a spirit is taking objection to what he’s doing. So, how will this work out?
A young police detective, Jeremy Krivyanik, is assigned to investigate the murder of a 16 year-old-gay boy, Scott Mahon, a week before Halloween. Will he be able to track down the murder and what will it take to complete his task successfully?
He certainly wasn't treated fairly by Disney, but with their squeaky clean family image, Walt didn't feel he could afford to be associated with a gay actor. Being gay ruined careers back then or greatly limited the types of roles those actors could tryout for. It's nice to see things have changed.
Tristan Rader and Gavin Munson met as four-year-olds and almost immediately became best friends. However, their time together ended the summer before fifth grade when Gavin’s father got a new job and his family moved away. As the pair grew older, their paths would cross and bring them together in unexpected ways, only to have fate intercede and cause them to lose contact yet again. Will the journey of life win in the end or will fate triumph? Only time will tell.
This is my entry for the Fall/Winter 2021 anthology, ‘A Winding Path’
My husband and I started looking for a home this past summer and found several places we liked. Unfortunately, they were all out of our price range unless we were willing to wait until we’d saved up more money. Since we wanted to get our own place as soon as possible, we kept looking until we found a home we liked and could afford.
The house we came across was an older home that was solidly built and had good bones, so to speak, and it was located in a semi-rural area just outside of th
“May I borrow the car for a while?” I asked my parents after we finished eating lunch on Saturday afternoon.
“Why? Where do you want to go, Connor?” asked my mom.
“I’m wanna see if I can get a part-time job somewhere, because I want to have my own money to spend on Christmas this year.”
“But it’s not even October yet.”
“I know, but if I get a job now it will give me time to save up.”
“Do you know of anyplace that’s hiring?” asked my dad.
“Yeah, one of the