Sifting through the dirt to get to the gold
"Starry night, Cassandra? Do you have a fever? In this city we don't have stars in the sky, they are all on TV!! In the sky we have only clouds and pollution. And lights...and flights. Helicopters... Ok, maybe one or another star...but starry night? You're really a city girl Cassandra, that sees a couple of... Continue Reading →
" 'What's this?' he mumbled, lifting it for a closer look. It was the sheriff's business card. He stood there for a moment reading the bold print. On the front was sheriff's name and phone number. Then he flipped it over. Hand written on the back was a quote. 'Of all the animals, man is the... Continue Reading →
"Joe felt that being in a cinema was as close as you can get to being in the movie. The last layer between reality and fiction. That was partly why he was so protective of preserving theatre etiquette." A narrative that spans the course of three years and jumps from present to past to highlight... Continue Reading →
First off this book is a young adult non-fiction and is intended for the 14 and up demographic while also challenging them to think with a more world view. For me I guess I would fall into the "and up" category and these genre's are generally not one's I'm drawn toward, simply because of my... Continue Reading →
"What you think you practice, what you practice you become, and what you become has consequences." In a lot of ways James "JD" Dillenger is a traditional teenager. He is in his first relationship with a young woman named Sylvia, he has an indiscriminate palate for donuts, he belongs to a circle of friends self-described... Continue Reading →
It is September 1979, the start of a new school year and you know what that means; the buses are fuelled to the brim, the kids are fully charged, old friends are reunited, and teachers have their red felt pen ready for harsh criticism. All Oliver "Boo" Dalrymple wants to do is walk through the... Continue Reading →
"The sound cuts off, and Carly stares at the dead phone like she wants to crush it in her fist. Thunder shakes the house again, and a flash of lightning illuminates the shabby living room. Suddenly everything seems very still. The wind goes silent. Our eyes meet in the dim light. We both know, deep... Continue Reading →
"You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” This book demonstrates the art of storytelling in a part fantasy, part reality environment where the main character finds himself dealing with what troubles may come. Courage, loss, survival, relief,... Continue Reading →
"An angel has stepped into your life, perchance to change it forever. And you want to contemplate the ifs? Go now, James; and tomorrow when we meet again, we'll talk more about this angel, who by then will have a name." This is a short story collection that concentrates on the trials and tribulations that... Continue Reading →
"Here is what I believe: distance is more important than time. The Earth travels about twenty miles every second. It's easy enough to figure out = pi, our distance from the sun, three hundred sixty-five days, and there you go. Twenty miles per second." In 2007 a husband, wife, and their son have taken up... Continue Reading →
bindblottyandcajole 