And Another Thing...A Collection of Short Stories, Blog and Writing Prompts

Table of Contents

Intro – Page 3

Encouragement - Page 11

Pink Lily (poem) - Page 13

Window Shopping – Page 15

Got to do it! – Page 17

The Windows of Jealousy – Page 19

The Box – Page 21

One Hundred and One – Page 23

Maui Massage – Page 27

Shadows in the Sand – Page 29

There’s a Beckoning Candle – Page 31

Regret – Page 35

Russian Roulette Rain – Page 37

The Lycan Proposal – Page 39

Haunted One Bedroom Apartment – Page 41

My Adventure to a Hobbit Hole – Page 45

Hiding in Plain Sight – Page 49

Instruments of Love – Page 51

Walking my Giraffe – Page 53

To Texture or to not Texture – Page 55

One word/true story: travel – Page 59

False – Page 61

Volunteer – Page 63

The Love that Held my Feet – Page 65

One word/true story: tissue – Page 69

The Yellow Trellis – Page 71

By the Ounces – Page 73

He creeps me out! – Page 75

Jackpot! – Page 77

Coalminer’s Hell – Page 79

Thorns of my Heart – Blog – Page 81

The Ladder – Page 83

Crackup and Parachute – Page 87

One word – freeze – open mic night – Page 89

One word/true story – Supercalafragalisticespialadocious – Page 91

I remember my Mother’s words – Page 93

The Grill near the Library – Page 95

Bring me a Smile – Blog – Page 97

Summertime – Page 99

Time out – Page 101

Nineteen Containers of Buttons – Page 103

Funny emergencies – Blog – Page 113

Happiness is Hard to Find – Blog – Page 115

Exotic places – Page 117

Mother – Page 119

Stubborn word prompt – Page 121

Obvious word prompt – Page 123

Step away from Adulthood – Blog – Page 125

Ginger Sounds – page 125

The Jacket – Page 129

What would it Take? –Blog – Page 131

It’s Been a Long Time – Page 133

Are you Complaining? – Page 137

Banshee – Page 139

Do you Believe in Ghosts? – Page145

What is that? – Page 147

Nanowrimo 2016 – Page 149

Let’s talk about bugs – Blog – Page 151

Vote for America – Page 153

Jeika’s New House – Page 159

Must be my Driving – Blog – Page 161

The Song that Stops me in my Tracks – Page 163

Speak of the Devil – Page 165

Grandma’s Toenails – Blog – Page 167

Nyleen - Page 169

Craigslist Ad - Page 189

Time for Change – Page 191

Necessity of Sacrificing a Love One – Page 193

Are we there yet? – Blog – Page 195

The Grim Reaper meets Country George – Page 197

The Longing to Belong – Page 205

I saw an Angel – Page 207

Oncoming traffic – Blog – Page 209

Pot of Gold – Page 211

Burning Sage – Page 213

Over my Dead Body – Page 215

Weather – Blog – Page 217

A Romantic Evening – Page 219

Baby Photo – Page 221

Memorial Day Celebration – Page 223

Consequences of Sibling Rivalries – Page 225

Stair step Cactus – Page 227

Dueling pianos – Page 229

Am I a riffraff writer? – Page 231

Food – Page 233

Good Vibrations Music – Page 235

Get Down Tonight – Page 237

Something about School – Page 239

Bob Dylan music – Page 241

You’ll never believe what I just saw! – Page 243

Hotline – Page 249

Lady on the Coin – Page 249

Dinner with Daniel – Page 251

Amber Knows – Page 255

But, it’s Paris! – Page 257

And then, the hurricane came… - Page 259

Past Life Healing – Page 261

Hunting dogs – Page 263

Multiple – Page 265

Vaping – Page 267

Time for Fall – Page 269

Very, conventional, conservative, strong and unyielding – Page 271

What’s going on? – Page 273

Tiny House – Page 275

Strength – Page 277

Writing to Shostakovich – Page 279

Will wonders never cease? – Page 281

Hammer and nails – Page 283

Crazy woman dancing – Page 285

The Dress – Page 287

Location, location, location – Page 289

End of the World – Page 291

2030 – Page 293

A Feline Thanksgiving – Page 295

A Thanksgiving to Remember – Page 297

Zoot suits – Page 299

Holiday Child Memory – Page 301

Heaven and Hell – Page 303

55th and 3rd – Page 305

A Christmas Memory – Page 307

Sneaking back home – Page 309

Italian Song – Page 311

Author Bio – Page 313

Author publishing information – Page 315

Author contact information – Page 317

All of Us in Darkness excerpt – Page 319