This story is fiction and is not intended to represent any reality other than empowering creativity, embedded loosely in Cherokee mythology, in the face of evil.  A 2001 version of the story earned a 3rd prize award from the International Ground Zero literature contest in 2002.  Every few years I tend to update/edit it a bit around September 11.  This is the first revision since Obama's POTUS tenure. *** White hair cascading over his bare shoulders, he looked up to the Sun and bowed his head. He inched forward to a majestic oak and wrapped his arms as best...

This story is fiction and is not intended to represent any reality other than empowering creativity, embedded loosely in Cherokee mythology, in the face of evil.  A 2001 version of the story earned a 3rd prize award from the International...

Back to isolation... F I R S T - P R E V I O U S - N E X T Section 0 Section 1 Section 2

With a debt like that, will Alex ever leave prison? F I R S T - P R E V I O U S - N E X T Section 0 Section 1 Section 2

Lots of secrets. F I R S T - P R E V I O U S - N E X T Section 0 Section 1 Section 2

Look who's back. F I R S T - P R E V I O U S - N E X T Section 0 Section 1 Section 2

Friends will be friends... with benefits? F I R S T - P R E V I O U S - N E X T Section 0 Section 1 Section 2