The Last Flower is the story of Jose Lozano, a young Mexican boy of twelve, who watches his family disintergrate when his mother contracts cancer. The story is in three parts.
Part one is titled 'Death'. Jose's two younger siblings are given to a distant aunt while Young Jose remains with his mother to care for her every need until her death.
Part two, 'Leaving', follows Jose through his school years where he develops a desire to come to the United States. We follow Jose's illegal border crossing and his journey to Los Angeles, where he soon finds...
The Last Flower is the story of Jose Lozano, a young Mexican boy of twelve, who watches his family disintergrate when his mother contracts cancer. ...
In 1952 Sammy Collins' family moves to Jasonville, Indiana and into the Johnson House, a long vacant home rumored by neighborhood children to be haunted. Unknown to anyone, Paul Mason, a WW-II veteran and now a wandering vagrant, has squatted surreptitiously in a nearby, old abandoned cannery. During the previous six years, twelve young boys from the towns where Paul lived or worked, have gone missing. While in Jasonville, another boy disappears. Is Paul guilty of this heinous crime, or is it Joe, Paul's deceased lifeboat companion, whom Paul has been searching for since the end of...
In 1952 Sammy Collins' family moves to Jasonville, Indiana and into the Johnson House, a long vacant home rumored by neighborhood children to b...
A mysterious elderly stranger, dressed in the style of a late 19th century preacher, struggles on foot through a Colorado snowstorm. Freezing, wet and weary, he comes to a country roadhouse bar and grill. As the evening progresses, the storm intensifies. Jeremiah Walters, a onetime radio Storyteller, becomes snowbound with three remaining patrons and the roadhouse waitress. As midnight approaches, he shares the tale of Louisiana moonshiners, in 'Bayou Moon', and Quentin Dubois' date with 'Gruesome Gertie', Louisiana's portable electric chair. Read THE STORYTELLER. Follow the...
A mysterious elderly stranger, dressed in the style of a late 19th century preacher, struggles on foot through a Colorado snowstorm. Freezing, wet ...