The St. Paddy’s That Never Was: Excerpt from Chapter – Sidney Douglas Stateler III I worked for Sidney at Harlowe for a very short time. After starting in early January and working through February, things took a nasty turn in March of 2020. Not just for me, but the whole world. As we cruised into…
Becoming the Rave Grandpa: Excerpt from Chapter – Zack Sandoval Zack is now a thirty-year-old bachelor working his life away running a branch of a Sprint store. He spent almost every day at his store making things run super smooth. He had become one of the top managers in the company within months of starting…
Prologue to The Book of Osten: “Osten or Osten?” My full name is Brannon Malcom Osten Meador and I am very proud of my name. Brannon after my Dad. Malcom for my grandfather Mac Cunningham. My real name, and the one that truly encompasses my personality and ideology, is Osten (long “O” sound). The only of…
Tall Man is Back: Excerpt from Chapter – Dakota Daniels Pt. 2 I had moved off to Conway for College when Dakota reached out to me from his new position over in Cabot. He had heard that I was living close to him, and wanted to reconnect after a crazy year. He came to Conway…
Life on Reservoir: Excerpt from Chapter – Caverin Phillips Caverin had lived in Conway for a good while before I came along. He had been there long enough to be ready to leave. He wasn’t getting anywhere in that small-town environment. Caverin eventually had a falling out with his roommates, and found out his girlfriend…
Brannon Dale Meador June 20, 1968-April 26, 2012 My father’s name was Brannon Dale Meador. He was born to my grandmother Dolores Layman formerly Dolores James and my grandfather Otey Don Meador in the summer of 1968. According to my grandmother, he was a descendent of Jesse James the famous outlaw. A statement that he…
Prologue to The Book of Osten What is it about being up at 5 am that is so odd. I suppose it would depend upon your situation. Take me for example, I am a 22-year-old man who works late, and has very little to do with the early daylight hours. Spending most of my time…
Kicking and Screaming: An Excerpt from the Chapter- Jack Riley The next semester, we were back to soccer. We didn’t have much going for us, but we were going to give it all we had. We had only lost two seniors the year before, but what was left was mostly younger inexperienced players. Jack and…
Seniority: Excerpt from Chapter – Taylor Medlin With soccer season looming and preseason practices starting, the time for “The Heist” came. We had been spending money like crazy, and we were going for the big one this time. Needless to say, that didn’t work out in our favor. Immediately the news of our exploits swept…
High Medlin: An Excerpt from the Chapter – Taylor Medlin The summer after my sophomore year Medlin and I were together a lot. We had gotten really close during soccer, and I took him everywhere with me. He came to a lot of my parties and hung out in the garage with me almost every…