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The District Manager. You've met someone like him before. The question is, wouldn't the world be a better place... Without them?

This short piece was written at a time when things looked better for the state of Alabama... and all the people therein. Little did anyone know how hard and how dirty and how quickly those who did not want to see the state change would strike back against that change... and the person who led it.

Santa leaves one final letter for a very special child. Don't feel bad if tears fall as you read it. Santa's crying, too. A Christmas story that will have you looking in the mirror at Christmas.... And remembering when your child or children were small. Or when you were.

Is racism over, like the majority of the Supreme Court seem to think it is? Or is it just hidden away, a big joke to be shared by a certain kind of white person. Decide for yourself.

Meet Danny Boy Brothers - a wild haired, hard driving Southern man that's got one goal in life: To write a Number one Country Hit... and buy me the writer... a Cadillac.

There really was a New Hope Crash and at the end of this story I will tell you the best place to read about it. The New Hope Crash has been on my mind for many years. I could never shake it. Finally, I went to see the crash site myself, and returning home wrote this story. It will tell you how I first came to hear and know about the real New Hope Crash and how I combined fact and fiction to I hope bring the story of that fateful evening to more and more readers across the nation and the world than those who had previously known about it.

Your daughter is fifteen. You've got to teach her how to drive. But will you survive? Do you remember when you were learning to drive? And that time you learned how determined fishermen are to catch the big one? Two connected stories, "The Driving Lesson" and "The Patience of Fishermen," are written by the author of a top 100 Free for Kindle Story The Killing of Train-Man Brown.

Have you ever done anything incredibly stupid? But someone comes along and with an incredible act of kindness...and without judging you...helps set your world right again? Meet "The Bread Man". He is not what he seems.... And what he does will surprise and inspire you...and give you hope...that no matter how bad a situation you get yourself into...someone cares.And that someone...just might be a perfect stranger.

"Let the Dog Drive" reached number one in the Free Category "Dogs" in Germany, and number four in the same category in the US., January 7, 2012. Thanks to all who made that possible - wb. Nine months is a long time. Even love forgets. From the Author of "The Killing of Train-Man Brown", "Send Me a Friend", and "Then Her Wig Fell Off", comes..."Let The Dog Drive", a very short story. But one that will tug on your heart.

I am the first to admit there are many people who are much better story tellers than I am. for some reason or another, they don't take the time necessary to write their story. Such is the case of a man I met called "Wes". A great storyteller, but one who doesn't write. When I meet someone like him, I usually ask them if I can write the story they told me. Wes gave me permission, and so here is the story of The Head in the Road.

How I Got Wong is not your usual love at first sight pet story. It deals with a taboo topic and is meant for adult listeners only.

About this collection: This is the a collection of seven of the author's best short stories, including "The Killing of Train-Man Brown","Send Me a Friend","Then Her Wig Fell Off","Let the Dog Drive","Selma at 4 A.M.","Young Turk", and "Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus".

What would you do if you were in a public place - a Doctor's waiting room - and a bigot came in and started spouting his hatred for one and all to hear. Would you keep silent? I did not.

In Alabama, there is only one person greater than "The Bear." That's JC himself. And although the legend has now been dead thirty years this year, he still has tremendous power over people - even non-believers. Even when they're not awake. I was one of them. A non-believer. Until he straightened me out in the strangest way.

From the author of Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus comes All the Heart's Fault. There is a knock on the door. It is the silence of the night. You come awake slowly. The knock won't go away. You realize it is time again. Death is at the door once more. Also by the same author, The Killing of Train-Man Brown and Send Me a Friend and many, many more short stories.

The stranger came over to where I stood. I wish he hadn't. He told me a story. And now I tell you....

Some Marriages are a little bit different from others. This is one of those. Do not call the police on me. This is fiction. It did NOT happen.

From the author of "The Killing of Train-Man Brown", "Send Me a Friend", and "Then Her Wig Fell Off..." comes "A Marriage Story".

It's New Years Eve. Everybody's celebrating...Unless you happen to be elderly.Then, it may not be a party for you.It may be the emergency room.New Years Eve at Eighty-two.What it was like for a dear friend of ours.What it may be like for you or someone you love someday.

What you are about to listen to is part of an unpublished novel, based on the absolute worst time of my life: The Winter of 1988-89. It was such a bad time, so many bad things happened all at once, that I am very surprised that I did not kill myself, or someone else. I seriously thought about doing both. As God only knows if I will ever finish the whole novel, I wanted to share at least part of it, this part, with the world. What you are about to read is true. I was so bad off I was seeing and talking to "Jesus" at the time.

This is a short memoir about the time Elvis came into my father's "Greasy Spoon" Cafe... and about the tragic end of the girl in Florence, Alabama, that he had come to see.