Type: Creative Nonfiction

A Darkened Shape of Something in the Light

The past is alive and up to its old tricks.

November 15, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

A Spider Ate my Muse

A lesson in inspiration, given by a spider.

September 21, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Be Careful When Casting Out Demons

I've become so normal that I think I may no longer be interesting.

April 22, 2007 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Because He Said So

The first day of fifteen years without my dad.

August 30, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Birth

Compare and contrast between my own birth and that of my son. (Word count: 27,306)

November 16, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Blizzard

The fantastic and frightening blizzard of '77. (Word count: 35,111)

November 23, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Blizzard of 77: School in the Gym

When the heat died in the school, classes were moved into the new gym.

July 19, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Bloom

The winds of Spring bring with them the clouds of fear.

April 15, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Bong Hits before Bed

Hits from the bong before bed in high school lead to heightened geometry skills and paranoia.

May 2, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Carnival House

At the age of eight, in 1977, Rome City was a veritable carnival.

August 20, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Come with me to my Sabbat

When I first transvexed into the realm of my sabbat.

October 4, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Crooked Handlebars

Realizing my life would always be a like riding a bike with crooked handlebars.

June 21, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Curled up on the Floor... Birth

How did I get here curled up on the floor? (Word count: 993)

November 2, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Did you Punch Someone in the Stomach Today?

A good day is a day without...

February 5, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Door-to-Door Witnessing

Going from door to door with my mom talking to strangers about God.

June 28, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Dream House and the Spirit of Murder

The house with the fancy bathroom and the psychopath roommate.

June 25, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Eating her Demons

Love is sharing your demons.

September 4, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Factor 2: Disposition

Disposition and its results on the persona.

July 5, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Find Yourself a Music

Search for your secret music.

November 4, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Four

Wondering if my son will remember four.

April 9, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Giving Thanks ‘06

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Go Suns Go!

You can turn your nose up at basketball, but I have a good reason to love it.

April 25, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Goth Girl in the Mist

A surreal moment in a thunderstorm on a highway with a goth girl.

March 14, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Haight-Ashbury Snake Oil

In the late '60s, Dr. Wierwille leaves Ohio and heads to California to recruit followers.

June 14, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Happy 5 Son!

A ramble about my son turning five and our common ground right now is farts.

April 18, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

How will the Russians know of God?

Thinking back on the days on how to save the Russians from communist captors.

January 13, 2008 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Entered the Desert Alone and Lonely

Encounter with the spirit of the desert in New Mexico on the way to Los Angeles to become the next Eddie Van Halen. (Word count: 5,199)

November 6, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Hope I Cut Myself

When cutting apples with a big knife, be careful what you wish for.

August 16, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Remember Remembering

Remembering the first time I remembered something.

July 9, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

In this Class on Power for Abundant Living

Decades of listening to the Power for Abundant Living class, but only graduating once.

July 2, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Installing the Database of Memory

Looking for a memory not tagged with "The Way"

June 11, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Interim Year Assignment

What kind of a person sends a single mom and her boy on an assignment 1,100 miles across the country with way to get there, no money, and a huge guilt trip?

November 7, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Jesus Loves You Baby

A lecture on love in a Los Angeles strip club.

May 13, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Jim Beam Dreams

Bottom feeding on languid liquori illusions.

September 20, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

My Dreams are the Devil’s Dreams

How the Devil go into my dreams.

September 24, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

My Secret Friends

Memories and sugar cubes.

July 30, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Santa's Last Batch of Cookies

The day I found out Santa isn't real.

December 14, 2005 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

So Today I Choose to Remember

Remembering why to remember.

June 7, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Spiders in the Dark

After spending the day with tarantula in glass jars scattered around the house, the imagination has plenty of fuel for fear in the dark.

September 10, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Spirit Walkers

Drinking with an Indian talking about ghosts.

September 27, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Statues and Spirits

Tales of Devil Spirits in the statues in the basement at Rome City send us kids down to see for ourselves.

March 7, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 16, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 17, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 19, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 23, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 26, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 30, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 3, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 7, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 10, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 14, 2007 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Stinky

We call him Stinky because he doesn't wipe his ass.

May 9, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Such a Beautiful Morning to Celebrate the Glorious Miracle of Life

Celebrating the miracle of life from death.

April 8, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Taking a Break

Thoughts after returning from my hiatus.

June 4, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Tarantula Attack

While trying to domesticate a wild tarantula, the spider attacks.

September 6, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Terrible Tuesday

On Terrible Tuesday, April 10, 1979, an F4 sized tornado attacked Wichita Falls, Texas. But according to The Way, the devil did it.

September 3, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Thank You for a Wonderful Year!

August 7, 2006, marks the 1 year anniversary of The Writing Machine.

August 6, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The BRC

Enter the Biblical Research Center, the soulless nexus of The Way. (Word count: 32,227)

November 20, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Best Christmas Ever

A poor boy has an unusual delivery from Santa.

December 25, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Bored Young Man Behind the Registers

Customers destroy writing reveries; revenge ensues.

January 18, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Dark Blue Pages

Here, under the dark blue waters of the Loch.

August 27, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Fever

A high fever and talk of spirits bring on a hallucination.

April 16, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Gas Station in the Middle of Nowhere New Mexico

Being alone on the highway without the lights of other cars to blind me, I saw shadows in the darkness. (Word count: 16,323)

November 9, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Great Abraham Barrier

My grandfather's function over fashion solution to Lake Erie eating away his property.

August 2, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Most Dangerous Gift of All

The day I got the most wonderful and most dangerous Christmas gift.

December 6, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Next Place

The next place will be better... I hope.

July 23, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Overdose

An overdose, a promise to God, and a rescue. (Word count: 27,306)

November 16, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The PFAL Product

A loose summary of The Way’s first and most important product, Power of Abundant Living; and The Way’s org chart, The Way Tree.

June 18, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Patron Saint of Flattulence

Farts saved us from the boredom and oppression of Rome City. Rough draft from memoir project.

January 16, 2008 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Return to Rome City

I did it! I won NanoWriMo! The last excerpt from the NaNoWriMo writing introduces my final visit to the home of the commune I grew up in outside Rome City, Indiana. (Word count: 50,885)

November 27, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Tower

Climbing an old water tower on a 50 cent bet.

August 9, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Undeniable and Unexplainable Event

An undeniable and unexplainable supernatural event on the stairs of my former Texas home.

October 23, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Truth

A rant about the search for truth. (Word count: 23,507)

November 13, 2005 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Wayfers

There were no memberships in The Way until you stepped on the school bus.

July 26, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Who Wants to Live with a Prophecy Looming Over their Head

Living with a looming prophecy can lead you to drink.

September 13, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Who's Gonna Save You?

The hope of the return and why you need to know how to speak in tongues.

July 16, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

With a Wad of Red Man in my Cheek

When chewing was thought to be a safe alternative to smoking.

July 12, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Words in a Room

Lots of languid lip service.

November 12, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction