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Jack Straw is leaving Guatemala, while his girlfriend is staying behind in Central America. After a pleasant farewell Jack heads north into the sometimes violent state of Chiapas. Due to poor travel planning, Jack must cross the border at night on fo...
This humorous traveler's tale takes place in the highlands of Guatemala, where two American travelers, Jack Straw and Ellen Middendorf have just met in a nearby bus terminal and have decided to travel together to a remote Indian village, named Las Cr...
Everett Autumn is a Big Easy writer, who likes to read his poetry in public and take long night walks. On one hot summer night the combination of these two activities leads to some rather sinister conclusions....
A Forest Tale is a modern day adaption of Little Red Riding Hood that is set in some fog-shrouded mountains of the Orient. Follow a fully-mature lady in red as she decides to take a long walk in the forest on a balmy and sunny autumn day. In this hum...
In a darkened boathouse on the edge of Boston Harbor, Phineas Phillips and a small band of dissidents sit quietly watching two British ships that are at anchor along the Pearl Street Wharf. Soon a band of heathen Indians will board the two schooners ...
This fictional short story is set in the Piedmont region of the Mid-Atlantic, when two fourth graders, Henry McCall and Joshua Smith, go looking for remnants of the Underground Railroad in the small mining town where they live. After a series of misa...
Like many fourth graders around the country, Blake Williams, Archie Schmidt and Jenkins Witherspoon dream of playing in the World Series. Unfortunately, they have a most mis-informed school principal, who believes that their antics on the baseball di...
Sam Wiggins and his fellow hard-working lumberjacks of Northern Ontario are grateful for the arrival of the Christmas weekend. What starts out as a lively celebration turns eerie as the night progresses....
Harvey Schmidt is a young American traveler returning to Texas from Mexico City. He's broke, but he does have a place to stay in Houston, if he can make the 400 mile journey in one piece. The journey takes much longer than expected and includes a vis...
Howard Johnson, a widower, and Honus McDaniels, a bachelor, both live alone in their own respective cabins near a place called Flintlock Mountain. Their daily lives are still filled with awe, as the summer heat rolls into the Pemigewasset. Nearby dwe...
In the Ancient Lands of the Pemiwegasset consists of two short stories about life in the Pemigewasset wilderness of central New Hampshire. The stories surround the misadventures of the author and two young men as they explore the rugged wilderness al...
Ethan Johnson is having the time of his life along the Carribean coast of Mexico. Carnival is in full swing and the young man has taken a strong liking to a young French woman, named Lele Pelletier. However, the early morning hours of Ash Wednesday p...
In this short Halloween spoof Harold Infiniti and his officiating crew have the unenviable job of refereeing a basketball game on the night preceding Halloween. The rules say no witchcraft is allowed, thus making the task of the three refs a littl...
In this humorous short story, two Bohemians, Hans Umber and Gilbert Tamarack, are trying to make a living painting pictures in pre, Katrina New Orleans. However, a pleasant visit to a colleague's opening night turns into something much bigger, whe...
In the Colorado Rocky Mountain backcountry, two hikers venture out for a short walk to a place called Slatetop Mountain. For Lewis and Marisa, events do not pan out like they planned, as the daylight excursion turns into an unforgettable night....
Living in Vancouver in the summer of '73 was easy. So much so, that Mark McCloud was reluctant to leave the Canadian city for a long hitchhiking sojourn across the continent. However, September was drawing near and educational obligations in New York...