The sun had begun to go down and we needed to get on the road. I can honestly say I was not sorry to leave. I wanted to put as many miles...

and tomorrow we might not be together... I'm no prophet and I don't know nature's ways... so I'll try and see into your eyes right now......

I touched the pen to my lips and tasted the ink in my mouth. I felt like writers feel. The early sun reflected off the tin signs along...

Sky began to fantasize that Steve McQueen was her father. He was strong and kind and everything Gene Diamond wasn’t. She made a special...

from Jackson Chapter 10-7 James Earl Green had been walking home from his after-school job sacking groceries at the Rag-a-Bag when he had...

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free You'll find a god in every golden...

from The Legend of Sky Diamond Everybody went by stage names at the Dollhouse. There were three sisters who worked there. Garland was the...

“One thing, though. When Sam lost his mother, it was a difficult time. He was strong, Sam was, but that about broke him. Something in him...

at SRO on McKinney Avenue from the upcoming book Free Lunch In a restaurant in a West end town Call the police there's a mad man around...

from The Legend of Sky Diamond Sky Diamond (star, Sky Diamond Superstar): The song “Tush” was a Skitz playlist favorite. He was always...

From Jackson, the novel, Chapter Two Christmas '69 by Cindy Marabito The grandkids were sugar-fried from eating ribbon candy, all that...

Everybody went by stage names at the Dollhouse. There were three sisters who worked there. Garland was the oldest. When she started...

There was a family poker game every weekend across from the high school. Gene and the guys had hit the Romano fast and hard like a Cottonmo

Country Fay Molina (Local Beaumont party maven) I got to know a lot about Gene Diamond. More than most, that’s for sure. People around here

I never considered myself a writer. At least I didn’t until the mid 90’s. That was when this group, Turn the Page, started up in my unit. I

FROM the Chapter "On the Road" Jules, the Truth Finder HOW JULES found Nellie, the clairvoyant Border Collie outside Waco.... I felt a...

A Thousand Dollar Wedding from The Legend of Sky Diamond Boy, the smell of chicken frieds was overwhelming. It was back during the...

From the Chapter Wild Thing from The Legend of Sky Diamond Then, there was the time Joey Perrini came into the Dollhouse. We all knew who...

A Thousand Dollar Wedding from The Legend of Sky Diamond Boy, the smell of chicken frieds was overwhelming. We’d all pile up at the...

"Real characters don’t audition for you. Real people just pass through your life and dole a little of themselves out bit by bit. Take it...