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Halloween is here so it seems appropriate to publish a very short Halloween story. Dead isn’t always dead He sat alone in the viewing room, admiring the handles on the coffin. She was laid out in her simple dress, her face, eyes closed, had a blank look on it. He thought she wouldn't be there if she only listened to him, if she hadn't disobeyed him. It served her right....

To the reader: I published this last year. Given Halloween is upon us again, it seemed appropriate to repeat it. Earlier this month (October 2009), the local newspaper, Daytona Beach News-Journal, announced a contest for readers to submit a scary story for Halloween. The submittal had to be 250 words or less. Winners would be announced just prior to Halloween. Although scary stories are...

There was no end in sight to the household details to get to after my daughter's recent wedding, but as I stepped up to the kitchen sink, through the window I could see dozens of like-sized birds silhouetted against the light grey sky in a dead tree off to the side of the yard. I keep a pair of binoculars off to the side of the sink as an essential "kitchen supply" (and a bird guide handy in a...

Patriarchs and Prophets, Chapter 67."Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; and inquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse" (1Chronicles 10:13,14).Many believe that Samuel was...