Black People Watched as I was beaten and Molested by Police.

In 1995, I was beaten and molested by a police officer while two black people watched and did nothing. Only a handful of people know this, but it’s important, so kindly bare with me. My brother and two of our friends were swimming at streeter beach. It was after dark, so we weren’t supposed to…

My Review of The Magic of Deben Market, by David Bowmore

Greetings everybody, and thank you for stopping by my blog.   Since I’ve begun a book review channel on Youtube, I figured I may as well try helping promote the books I love here on my blog as well. I know you all have a busy lives, so I’ll keep this short.   Below is…

First Sign of Alcoholism

We sipped at a sugary punch, close to the kind we made ourselves when i was little. Too much sugar made it delicious back then, but now, it soured my stomach.   “I’m feeling kind of weird,” Janet said. She held the edge of the table to keep herself stable. “I think I might be…

Clock

A teenage boy sits at the kitchen table, studying a photo on his cell phone. It started as a profile pic on tinder, but since she’d agreed to meet him for coffee, he’d taken a screen shot and saved it to his gallery.   Tonight at seven, they meet for the first time.   He’d…

Proper Story-Telling Etiquette

Ever notice when you tell someone a funny or exciting story, they have to immediately tell you a similar story of their own, as though they need to one-up you?   This is improper etiquette, and should be avoided at all costs.   When I tell a story, it is in the listener’s best interest…

Abduction

Snowflakes whipped my face and neck, my hands crammed into the pockets of my jeans, throbbing against what little body heat I had left.   With a dripping nose, freezing to my upper lip, I staggered on, limping through the foot-deep snow.   The smaller tracks I’d been following ended, right in the middle of…

WU! Anthologies: Dimensions of Mystery

Originally posted on Writers Unite!:
Writers Unite!’s Anthology Dimensions of Mystery will be available for presale on Amazon. com on August 15. 2019 . Join the excellent authors from Writers Unite! as they take you through tales of murder, mystery, mayhem and well… the tale of a funny thief. Check out Amazon. com Presale: August…

Shade

The sun beating down on me today cast a shadow that loomed everywhere I went. It helped me realize that something as small as myself can still provide shade and protection, even from something as big and powerful as the sun.   We’re all capable of having an impact on this world. Even if it…

Racial Issues

My Facebook post from yesterday. It received many comments and reactions, so I figured I’d share it here.   There’s been a few racial issues in my world lately. Yesterday, for example, my partner and I were having a business lunch with a potential investor. A latin couple were walking their dog as we made…

My New Youtube Channel

Hey everybody! As some of you may know, I’ve started a Youtube channel titled, ‘Books and Buds.’ Buds because the channel is sponsored by Burning Bush LLC, a medical cannabis company in Maine, and books because books are awesome.   We’re trying to bring attention to books that don’t receive the attention they deserve. Writers…