Warning Stories

It was a ten-hour flight from Paris to Naples, Florida and the residence of the only man to explore Castle deWinter and live to tell about it. Vince paid the extra expense to secure a seat in first class so he could grab some shut eye. He grabbed breakfast at the airport before renting a car and heading to his meeting.The house was easy to locate, and soon he pulled up to ornate gates that separated the driveway of this b...

It was the twentieth anniversary of the First Frame, a bowling alley owned and operated by my dad's cousins.They were the first alley to have automatic pinsetters in the state and the first to expand and add more lanes and a pool room.They were the first bowling alley that offered top-of-the-line pinball and bowling machine games and a pro shop. I sort of grew up there as my dad worked on the machines as a part-time job....

You have a wee small plotWith your life at its dawnIt's just about so wideThe length not yet been drawn. A garden you are to tendTilling, working it wellWhat will become of itJust time and toil to tell. Turning stumbling blocksInto path stepping stonesBreaking up all the clodsYour body aches and groans Compost and nutrients Working into the soilHoeing, weeding, sweatingA life of work and toil. Then you begin to plantWhat...

He rode into town that evening astride a magnificent black stallion and tied him up in front of the Silver Fox saloon and entered. He headed straight to the bar and the bartender remembered this man in black and walked up with a smile to greet him. "Evening, Mister Carpenter." "Good Evening, Sam.""What can I do you for?" "Whiskey and a cigar, and have one for yourself." The liquor was poured and consumed, then the cigars...

Ruins in the world are the foundation Stones of the next rebirth and renascence. Arising one hopes a better nation. Bestir yourself people, make recompense For all that was lost, wasted creation, Hasten to know this was no aberranceNot merely ill kept civilization. Watch and beware, disallow all offense. Rebuild it clean, a new dispensation, And ever the wastrels must be sent hence. Keeping a vision, an exhortation,Watch...