Red is the one color that unifies us all. For Jessica, red is the color of revenge; for the passenger seated in row X seat 3, red will be the color of his nightmarish descent into one woman’s dark past...and darker present.

We are all walking stories just waiting to be told; but what responsibility do we have when we choose to unleash our darker tales on the world?

Holiday Short Story Series #3: Halloween.

In "Fido," we find that not only dogs can qualify as man's best friend....

"Chris has been given a gift, as a wordsmith, to get it down on paper for the rest of us: There are no coincidences; you're here with a reason.

"The Epiphanies remind us that the moment of genius, of universal insight, of Spirit informing us of things we have always known deep within, is available and accessible to each and every one of us, if only we open ourselves to receiving the message. If only we listen.

"It’s time. Time to get everything in its right place -- time to look at yourself (something I have been avoiding); the Epiphanies require you, the reader, to look at yourself with honesty.

"The Eleven Epiphanies exist, right here; right now. And, now, I can recognize the beauty of my own imperfection, of my own clumsy strands, and learn to savor them for what they are, a piece of the whole, a portion of the total experience of what it is to be me. In this moment. Right here. Right now."

Holiday Short Story Series #5: Labor Day

In "McDeath," we learn of a particularly appetizing set of events that transpire not too far away....