John Isaac Jones
1) Pauline
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Jen and Shirley Ann had been best friends in Palm Springs, CA. for more than 31 years. Even after Shirley Ann married and divorced Jen's older brother, they remained friends. Although both owned homes in Palm Springs, Jen later purchased a home in Colorado so she could be near her ailing mother Pauline. Once Jen moved, Shirley Ann made frequent weekend trips to the new home to visit and go hiking. During one of those weekends, Pauline suddenly died...
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"If you liked The Bridges of Madison County, you will LOVE the Duck Springs Affair!" Devoted mother Cassie Carter is hard working and dedicated to running her small farm in Georgia. She tends to her home and sickly son daily while her truck driver husband is away on long hauls across the country. Her life and values take a sharp turn when a handsome and intelligent construction worker disrupts her daily routine. Damaged romantic Paul Hamilton has...
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"Follow love and it will flee; flee love and it will follow thee." - Anonymous.When Alma Dawson, a middle-aged, hard-working single mother, sets out to get the tuition money for her daughter's last year of college, she never dreamed her entire world would be turned upside down. A poignant, inspiring story, this novella is a testimony to a devoted mother's love! "This short story is a good read. Business is business and love is love. This short story...
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“Thanks, PG! Memoirs of a Tabloid Reporter” recounts the life and adventures of reporter Billy Don Johnson during his 20 years (1975-1995) working for the fictional tabloid The National Insider.
After his dreams of becoming a crusading journalist with daily newspapers are dashed, Billy throws himself into the wild world of diets, household tips, ghosts, UFOs, weird history, and celebrity scandal, all of which is designed to please Padrone Gallione...
5) Annie
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"Southern Gothic is alive and well!" - Amazon reviewerCousins Billy and Roy were just two mischievous boys--probably meaner than most--but still just bored, country kids looking for some adventure and excitement.During the nights they spent with their grandmother, their favorite pastime was spying on the tenants of their grandmother's rental houses.Over the years, the two had spied on all of their grandmother's renters at one time or another, but...
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For years, "Big Walter" Huffman had dreamed of becoming Georgia's Director of Public Safety.Now his big opportunity was at hand. The governor's chief aide said all he had to do was find the body of the governor's college-age son who had been swept into the raging waters of the Tallulah River in North Georgia.After three days, however, "Big Walter," armed with all of the body-finding technology the twentieth century had to offer, came up with absolutely...
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"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware." - Hebrews 13:2
When his father died, Billy Johnson felt he would never lose the vicious, gnawing grief that had formed in the innermost recesses of his soul. His father had been his mentor, his adviser, his fishing buddy, his protector, and most of all, his dearest and closest friend all of his life. It was grief he felt he could never be totally free of. Then, out...
8) The Old Men
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For years, the old men had been hanging around the country grocery store whiling away their days playing checkers and dominoes and talking about politics, women, drinking and life experiences.All that time, the store owner readily approved their presence in the store and went on about his business as if they were not there. Then, one fateful morning in the fall of 1956, a new owner bought the business who was not quite as tolerant. The narrator of...
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"Tembo Makaburi is a novella about a big game hunter and his indentured servant in the Africa of the 1960's, long before governments placed any restrictions on the killing of endangered species. It is difficult to review this novella without giving away the plot, so I will just say that this story pits Walter Cravens, a white man from England caring only about the fame and fortune he hopes to acquire by killing African animals, and the wise elephant...
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Although they had always dreamed of having a family, tall, horse-faced Frances and stubby, one-eyed Jack had reconciled themselves to a lifetime of abject loneliness. Then one day, out of nowhere, an infant is dropped into their midst. A fairy tale for adults!
11) Grandfathers
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"I like talking to you, Granddaddy," the child said.
"I like talking to you, too, little boy," the grandfather said.
Suddenly, the child burst into tears and ran to his grandparent.
"Oh, Granddaddy," the child sobbed, leaping into his grandfather's arms. "I love you! I love you! I love you!"
For a full ten seconds, the child clung to the grandfather's neck with all his might, shedding huge tears.
As the grandfather and grandson held one another...
12) Boone
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"Everything he did, he did for Miss Mary" - Amazon reviewer A snapshot view of an old Alabama farmer, seen through the eyes of a young boy, Billy, whose mother had been employed at the farm to nurse the terminally-ill wife that the gentle farmer had loved his whole life. Well-written, this short novella conjures up the expanse of the farm, the solitude of Boone, despite the numerous farm workers, and above all, Boone's love for his invalid wife Mary....
13) Going Home
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Archie Johnson thought he was prepared to meet his death in the electric chair. The sentence had been read; he had had his last meal and the prison chaplain had asked God to have mercy on his immortal soul. Then, just as they were strapping him in, he suddenly realized there were a few things he wanted to do before he left this earth. This story has been called a "dead man's dream."
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Story about a group of kitchen employees in a 1950s Alabama hotel and how they prepared the salads for the state's annual businessman's banquet. Not for the squeamish! Be forewarned:after reading this yarn, you may never again eat a salad! Here is the kitchen from hell!!
15) Mother's Day
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It was Mother's Day and Robert Allman tried to prepare for the occasion. Tradition held that when worshippers attended church on Mother's Day, those whose mothers were alive wore red roses. Those whose mothers were passed, like Robert's, would wear a white rose. However, after he could only find a red rose to wear, he never dreamed, not in a million years, what was in store for him.