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This short story, "El Espejo de Navidad", is in Spanish. It is about a father, who is having a hard time letting go of his daughter, as she comes to the point, where she no longer believes... in Papa Noel(Santa).

This full-length novel grew out of the five-star short story "Blackbird: A Young Boy Meets the Devil For the First Time". It follows the little boy from that first meeting with the devil, all the way through his life...until the surprise end. Meet "Bill the Blackbird" and "Boogie McCain" and a host of other interesting characters.

The author takes on his fellow Southerners who say they are all about "heritage, not hate". He believes the Southern heritage was hate and to a great extent...still is.  

Will Bevis is a prolific writer of short, sometimes controversial "slice of life" stories, articles, essays, and memoirs that make you feel you are right there, experiencing the story as it it happens. 

In fairy tales...the godmother never dies. 

This story came to me in the form of a letter and email, and I am publishing it with the author's permission, I hope, word for word, with nothing changed or left out except the author's name and the city where he lives....

Bad news travels fast, even more so today. The families heard about the crash almost immediately...even though it happened almost 1,000 miles away. The surviving families were devastated. The public and this writer wondered just one question: "Why?"

This story is so short, to tell anything about it would be to give away the ending....

What kind of person would publish his father's autopsy results? I would. I am Will Bevis, the author of sometimes controversial short stories and articles such as Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus, Who Won the War, Young Turk: A Dog Story That Will Make You Cry, and now, An Autopsy Letter: It Is What It Is. I will explain to you why I did it. You may not agree with me for having done it...but...maybe you will.

Is there anything you wish you could do over? This is a very short audiobook about regret, and trying to live in such a way that you never have to have that again in your life. What is the key to doing that? One question....

Just when you think things can't get worse. They do. Then what do you do? There are some things, you just cannot ignore. Or can you?

Today I spoke with a dead woman. Or rather, she spoke to me and I listened. To be more specific, today a dead woman spoke to me, through a medium of sorts. Not a psychic. The woman who brought the dead woman to life, was an actress. Not just any actress, but a magnificently talented one. Perhaps I should explain….

"I lost a big battle this morning. The battle was whether to stay in bed and take it easy all day or tell you about Bill Klase and Jack Swift. It is the Summer of 1972 and I am with two of the most wonderful guys I have ever met. It is Florida, St. Petersburg, a beautiful, sunny day. I am at Bill Klase's house and Jack Swift is there. We are standing next to Jack's shiny new sports car, and Bill is smiling, and I am smiling, and Jack Swift is smiling. All is well and wonderful in the world for that one moment...."

About this story: People do strange things. I am one of them. Don't call the police on me. I'll fix it.

A little boy is lost.

What does a rich man do?

Listen to such a scenario in Money First: How to Get Rich

WARNING: This short story is for adults only. It contains hard language and hard situations. Meet Candy: She's fallen for some wrong men in the past... And she's become a little more self-destructive each time. Now meet Jay. Her new love. The one who is going to take her all the way to the bottom.

Isn't your family supposed to love you and take care of you? A Story of one family...who didn't.

Jezebel "Jessie" Bizzard has a big problem. Her father. She will be alone with him for three days. Will she survive?

I laid down alone one night near midnight, on the site of Pickett's Charge in Gettysburg, where so many brave Rebels died. That is true. It is also true that I shouldn't have done that. For in doing so, not only did I defile Holy Ground where so many brave men gave their all... but I asked for trouble as well. This is the story of what happened after I did that.

Guess What! You have just found out your high school teenager is going to NYC for their annual trip. Should you panic now, or wait til you hear the price? One parent's short memoir of Band Trip sticker shock!