Short Stories -

A Beautiful Day

- by Arlene Ajello

Genre: True Crime

Arlene tells her story about the tragic event of 9/11

I came home for Christmas that year as I did every year. My family had seen more of me that particular year than they had in the sixteen years since I’d left. I am a New Yorker, born and bred.

TEXAS, TEXANS, TEXIANA

- David Smith

Genre: Humor

1. Texas Citizenship A drink from a fire hose

If Texas is a whole other country, and it is, and if being a Texan means anything, and it does, we do well to consider the sources and dimensions of our unique Texas citizenship.

Ol’ Raymond

- Luke Boyd

Genre: Short Stories

He was the first dog I ever knew. The first memories I have of anything or anybody--the house, the yard, my parents--include him.

He was as much a part of my family and my early existence as were my parents and younger brother and I loved him greatly. His name was really just Raymond.

Texas Spirit – Jogging Into The 21st Century

- David Smith

Genre: Life Story

Hi! My name’s David Smith. I’m one of over 200 David Smiths in the Greater Houston phone book.

Since 1973 my wife Charis and I have lived near Rice University. Chief among what I call “spillover benefits” from living across from Rice is the jogging path around its campus,

The Ragpickers and the Lady – Part Three

- Tom Calarco

Genre: YA Fiction

Two boys who have run away from their home in rural Nepal struggle to survive on the streets of Kathmandu

The night comes all too soon, shutting down the light that gives life to all, the lesson we experience throughout our lives, the lesson we sometimes forget because the light is such a wondrous . . .

The Ragpickers and the Lady – Part Two

- Tom Calarco

Genre: YA Fiction

Two boys who have run away from their home in rural Nepal struggle to survive on the streets of Kathmandu

The night comes all too soon, shutting down the light that gives life to all, the lesson we experience throughout our lives, the lesson we sometimes forget because the light is such a wondrous . . .

The Ragpickers and the Lady – Part One

- Tom Calarco

Genre: YA Fiction

Two boys who have run away from their home in rural Nepal struggle to survive on the streets of Kathmandu

The night comes all too soon, shutting down the light that gives life to all, the lesson we experience throughout our lives, the lesson we sometimes forget because the light is such a wondrous . . .