Just after the turn of the 21st Century, a friend of mine (a fellow writer) introduced me to the "Thought Cafe," a writers group where my writing was critiqued and I was given constructive criticism. My fellow writers told me how much they enjoyed my writing. So I decided to put the articles in book form and share them. I hope you enjoy reading my stories, essays, and poems as much as I enjoyed creating them. The "Thought Cafe" is no more, but I thank my fellow writers for helping me to evolve. Don Mosher SHORT STORIES: DONNY: A sad piece of my childhood. VENGEANCE IS MINE: Diego searches for...

Gregory John, a Millionaire Lawyer with macular degeneration, awakes next to his dead wife. After absorbing the initial shock, he decides to retire and work from home on his first love--Pro Bono cases. C. T. Soberman, who threatened to kill Gregory, in open court, after being sentenced to prison, is released after three years because of prison overcrowding. He gave his lawyer an ultimatum, and is bent on fulfilling it. Burton Edge killed an employee who stole from him, after Gregory got the employee off on a technicality. Burton went into hiding, then threatened the judge and Gregory. Milton...

Wendell Camp is a bitter man who believes his life in meaningless. After losing his wife and stillborn child, he figures God had deserted him. His sister, Tricia, can't convince him otherwise. His good buddy, Diego, tells him of a ton of gold lost in a quake near Muffin Mountain during the Civil War. Diego hopes to unearth the gold to help the children of the orphanage he was raised in. Diego leaves for Baja, California to search for the bandito who killed his parents. He intends to kill him. Billie Bob Budd and his wife Beth snugly up on their Salvation Army couch and watch, from their...