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Category Archives: stories/essays

stories, memoirs, essays i have authored.

The Chozenski’s, Genesis

How do so many men sit and listen to some man yell at them in front of their spouses and children? It wouldn’t happen in any other situation, what man would tolerate another man doing something like this, voluntarily? Pastor Dawson was now in the last part of his message. His formula for Living the [...]

The Man on the Hill

I was asked to write a story based upon this picture. “I’m sorry I haven’t called, and I’m sorry for not telling you anything. There’s not a lot I can say, but I am sorry. I really am sorry…. And I do love you very much.” Tears strolling down his mouth, and anguish in his [...]

father

Chance’s wife shakes him; he wakes to darkness and the sounds of frantic chickens. His eyes go red as he throws the covers aside and goes for the borrowed gun. Tonight, Chance would stop the animal that had been stealing from his family. His 6 year-old son meets him outside the bedroom door. ‘Is he [...]

The White Huxtables- Christmas and Karen

This was a gift to my family for Christmas.  by Shawn Hopkins I sat at the edge of my bed staring at a red, white, and black box. Inside this box was a woman’s vest from The Limited, which would be a Christmas gift for the girl I was in love with. This would be [...]