Alabama Stories is a collection of short works lifted from the life of native son William Vernon "Billy" Johnson. Haunting, harrowing and gloriously-moving, these stories represent an intense examination of Billy's childhood and young adult years in the Cotton State. Meet the colorful characters Billy knew during his Alabama years. There was Boone, the tight-lipped, physically and emotionally crippled farmer who had a psychotic love for his invalid wife. You will never forget Annie, the lonely, tragic former actress who desperately wanted a child. Meet Bobby Worthington, the high school...

Thanks, PG is a madcap, often bizarre, sometimes serious adventure into the world of tabloid journalism. Like the tabloid industry itself, this book is a combination of fact and fiction which recounts the life of fictional reporter Billy Don Johnson and the twenty years he spent working at the feet of his great hero, Padrone Gallione, the longtime editor and tabloid genius who sent him to the furthermost corners of the earth to cover the wildest, craziest, most unbelievable stories imaginable. Finally, this book is a tribute to the genius of Generoso Pope Jr., founder and publisher of the...

Devoted mother Cassie Carter is hard working and dedicated to running her small farm in Georgia. She tends to her home and sickly son daily while her truck driver husband is away on long hauls across the country. Her life and values take a sharp turn when a handsome and intelligent construction worker disrupts her daily routine. Her priorities shift and everything she keeps in her comfort zone is threatened. Damaged romantic Paul Hamilton has a void in his life that leaves him wandering from affair to affair, empty and unfulfilled. He identifies with the haunting poetry of Edgar Allan Poe,...

In the early summer of 1955, Palm Beach County judge Curtis Chillingworth and his socialite wife Marjorie mysteriously disappeared from their beach home at Manalapan, Florida and were never seen again. No bodies were ever found and the only evidence was a trail of blood which led from the home's back porch to the ocean's edge. Over the years, in the public's imagination, the story took on mythic proportions. Who would want to kill the foremost jurist in Palm Beach County and his charming, devoted wife? What could be the motivation behind such savagery? Would the perpetrators ever be caught?...