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Time Trials is the story of the redemption of Wes Strong. After surviving an abusive father and a devastating loss in his family, he becomes an elite runner in high school and earns an athletic scholarship to Clemson University. Tragedy strikes when he becomes addicted to painkillers and bad decisions land him in prison where he is saved both literally and spiritually by the mysterious Preacher. Preacher enlightens Wes about the New Testament, particularly Romans 8:28. Wes is granted early release, and he becomes a counselor at the Bowers-Rodgers Shelter for Abused Children, where he uses...

Time Trials is the story of the redemption of Wes Strong. After surviving an abusive father and a devastating loss in his family, he becomes an elite runner in high school and earns an athletic scholarship to Clemson University. Tragedy strikes when he becomes addicted to painkillers and bad decisions land him in prison where he is saved both literally and spiritually by the mysterious Preacher. Preacher enlightens Wes about the New Testament, particularly Romans 8:28. Wes is granted early release, and he becomes a counselor at the Bowers-Rodgers Shelter for Abused Children, where he uses...

Sheriff Smith, and his dog, Justice, love to solve mysteries and keep the citizens of their town safe. One day, after they arrive at the sheriff's department, they receive a call from Kaden and Briley, who think a monster lives in their room and comes out at night. But before Sheriff Smith and Justice can go to their house to investigate the case of the bedroom monster, they must first swear in a group of children to be their special deputies.

As soon as the special deputies, Sheriff Smith, and Justice arrive at Kaden and Briley's house, they head to the bedroom, where Justice...

Sheriff Smith, and his dog, Justice, love to solve mysteries and keep the citizens of their town safe. One day, after they arrive at the sheriff's department, they receive a call from Kaden and Briley, who think a monster lives in their room and comes out at night. But before Sheriff Smith and Justice can go to their house to investigate the case of the bedroom monster, they must first swear in a group of children to be their special deputies.

As soon as the special deputies, Sheriff Smith, and Justice arrive at Kaden and Briley's house, they head to the bedroom, where Justice...

Eric J. Smith crams atmosphere, characterization, and plot into each of these short, short stories. Characters leap from the pages to impart their twisted tales before colliding with the author's dark-humored punch lines. If these stripped-down vignettes have anything in common, it's fading tattoos, excessive drinking and smoking, hopeless attempts at communication, unexpected violence, and untimely death--not to mention coffee, steak, and eggs.

Some examples:

- An unknown narrator delivers a bitter-sweet eulogy of a woman he hasn't seen for forty years

- An unexpected...

A boomer memoir delivered in wry vignettes--edgy but never bitter. These reflections concentrate on the early 1970s as I drifted through a turbulent swarm of events, buffeted by psychological conflicts, underachieving, drinking, and drugs.

• Commune. I guess you could call it a commune: some of us were unrelated; we bought, cooked, and ate food as a group; we'd sit on the floor around a low table eating fried rice, scrambled eggs, calf...