When Eckart Tolle's "The Power of Now" came out, I was struck by the introduction, where he says, "...a time came when ... I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I spent almost two years sitting on park benches in a state of the most intense joy...."
I wondered what would have happened if he had been picked up by city services and taken to a psych ward for evalution, and this story was born.
* First published in 2009, in "The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves" (John Hunt Publishing)
In 1930's Mississippi, a young boy is walking to catch a bus to school, but he must face a great enemy on the way.
This was my first published story, in 303 Magazine in 2007.
This is, in my opinion, the best thing I’ve ever written — by far.
This is a dark coming-of-age tale where, under the bright veneer of suburban life, not all is as it appears. * First published in 2009, in "The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves" (John Hunt Publishing)