James William Barber

I clutch the paper bag under my arm and walk out the back door with a heavy heart. Gotta make a delivery for a very important friend of mine. Hope he likes it. Here’s my dilemma. My best friend is dying and it is breaking my heart. Yeah. I knew this day would come. Sure I did. I mean. You gotta to say goodbye sometime, right? But that’s the funny thing about denial. You can pretend something is real but when you know it’s a lie, you kinda half-ass believe. Sorta like hope. Review & Purchase

It is 1976 and nine-year-old Danny Sommers hates Mr Stevens’ fourth grade class at Emerald Elementary. Why? Because the class is a zoo. Whenever Mr. Stevens leaves the room, which seems way too often for Danny’s liking, Chuck Davis, the classroom bully, picks someone to tease. That person is usually Danny. Danny is tall, straight brown hair and brown eyes, skinny, awkward and unsure of himself. Chuck, curly blonde hair and blue eyes is about three inches shorter than Danny, about 20 pounds heavier and has a personal vendetta to target and destroy anyone who he perceives is weaker than he, no matter whether it is in class, during recess or after school. Review & Purchase

Kansas City You are sitting on a newer leather couch in the sparsely decorated and immaculate living room of an attractive, early thirties woman. She has a medium build, straight, perfectly combed blonde hair about shoulder length, a slender nose, blue eyes and fashionable glasses. She is wearing a solid green tee-shirt, faded blue jeans and no shoes. She is smoking a cigarette and nodding her head yes. Review & Purchase

1983 The truth hurts.  But sometimes lies  can hurt more,  especially if they hit  close to home. Review & Purchase

The Death of 'F' “A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.” Review & Purchase

Love Sex Horror Coffee: See what you want to see So I’m walking down the street, minding my own business, when it starts to rain. So I think maybe a coffee would be a good idea. So I step into one of those cute, little generic coffee shops. You know, those certain way stations that litter the American landscape with rivers of coffee and oceans of sweetened cream or cream substitute? Review & Purchase

Radio Mars Greetings. Mr. McFee. By Rule I must state my personal greeting of which a false greeting is punishable by death. My name is Wendy. I am a robought. I was purchased and am the current property of Mr. Harold Kushner proprietor of Ascension, Core, Incorporated. My purpose is ascension judgement and interviewing. Today we will begin the trial process by which we will determine whether you are worthy of ascension. Is that OK with you? Review & Purchase

Play with the Boy A quick story about what happened after that Don’t ask me why or how I ever get stuck with these things. I really have no choice. Ellen, my loving wife of 24 years and her sister Jane want to go see the latest Robert Evans movie and I don’t want to go. Why? I am simply not the mood for a chick flick, in fact I hate them very much and have never liked them. And, more importantly, the Bolts game is on TV tonight and I have plans to enjoy it with the swill of fine American beer. Review & Purchase