Shane’s First Drunk

We walked up the bank to where some of Kalissa’s friends were sitting around a fire. It was starting to get dark. She said she was gonna run over to the store before they closed and left me there amongst them. There were no more than ten people sitting around and I recognized most of [...]

Two Hearts in the River

Everyone remembers the firsts of their teens. First beers and first times out with friends are the usual ones. I remember some other firsts. The first time I really fell for a girl. The first time I realized what I was destined to do. My first night by a river. Kalissa walked past the fire [...]

From the Icehouse to Mountain Breeze

I walked around the side of the icehouse with Derek and climbed up in his truck. Derek was about six feet tall and had a really short hair cut kinda like me. He smelled like cigarette smoke, but I barely cared. Granny smoked everytime I was at her house, and she was the sweetest old [...]

Fate, Chance, and Two Loves

I’ve often thought about fate and how any one event, though appearing to be chance occurrence, can somehow find a way to make things happen that alter your life forever. For instance, I can say that if Momma hadn’t been shot back when I was young, I never woulda met Kalissa Mason. Momma got shot [...]

Kalissa Mason

I woke up to two of the most amazing things I’d ever seen. They were in a pink tie dyed bikini and hangin from of a girl that had dark auburn hair and green eyes. “He’s not dead.” She said this over her shoulder which meant she was either a crazy person or she had [...]