Short Stories

"Bite of the Grizzly" is my first short story and is out now on Smashwords. This story is about a young man who takes a hunting trip with his friend. The story starts out great with newly found love and excitement only to turn to horror in the vise like grip of a huge grizzly. Will the man survive to return to his lady? Read and find out!
                 eBook version on Smashwords:
    https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/434465
            Nook version on Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bite-of-the-grizzly-cc-wills/1119459683?ean=2940045922722

"The Haunted" is a short story of two high school age boys who decide to challenge the old myth regarding the Crenshaw Mansion (old slave house) and the third floor slave cells. They decide to spend the night on that third floor to prove once and for all that it really isn't haunted...or is it? Nobody has ever been able to stay all night and live to tell about it, will they?
                       eBook version on Smashwords:
       https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/469823
                    Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-haunted-cc-wills/1120315405?ean=2940046141030

"24 Hours Till Grace" is about a couple who take a long awaited vacation out west. While on the trip she gets sick and they deal with her having cancer. Faith and prayer intervene on her behalf but will it be enough?
eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/471905
Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/24-hours-till-grace-cc-wills/1120326174?ean=2940046152623

"Shawnee Wildcat Gold" is about two old timers deciding they want to try their hand at looking for gold in the Shawnee Hills. What they find may surprise you.
                       eBook version on Smashwords:
            https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/471912
                    Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shawnee-wildcat-gold-cc-wills/1120315486?ean=2940046141160

"Mama's Fried Chicken" is about two teen boys who go to their church picnic but then decide to spend the day exploring the woods that surround the church. What kind of trouble do you think they can get into?
                     eBook version on Smashwords:
           https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/473777
                  Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mamas-fried-chicken-cc-wills/1120326096?ean=2940046151671

  "Murder in Pounds Hollow" is a murder mystery that takes place in a small campground in a state park in southern Illinois. A man's throat is cut and he is left by the lake to be found by a fellow camper. Who killed him and why?
                  eBook version on Smashwords:
      https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476153
               Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murder-in-pounds-hollow-cc-wills/1120360045?ean=2940046168891

"Through the Eye and Beyond" is a sci-fi that begins in 2054. A young man living in the destroyed remains of earth goes back in time to try and reverse Earth's destruction. His goal is to prevent the assassination of the first woman President who just happens to be his Grandmother. Can he do it?
                 eBook version on Smashwords:
     https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/476155
              Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-eye-and-beyond-cc-wills/1120360127?ean=2940046169911

"The Lottery Ticket" is a general fiction story about a rich lawyer heading back home from a successful business trip. He purchases a winning lottery ticket but before he can cash it in he has a serious car accident. Check it out and see what happen to the money, it may just surprise you.
               eBook version on Smashwords:
                https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/478288
                      Nook version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/through-the-eye-and-beyond-cc-wills/1120360127?ean=2940046169911

"His First Love" is the story of a young cowboy out looking for strays but what he finds is a young Indian maiden taking a bath in a pool at the bottom of a small waterfall. Together they find passion and a craving for each other that can't be denied.

eBook version on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/573914
Nook Version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-first-love-cc-wills/1122610837?ean=2940152129953

  "Hunting a Spooked Tom" is a true story of my attempt to harvest a mature old tom turkey that was for some reason agitated. My stalk on this cagey old gobbler was not an easy one to attempt but attempt I must!
           eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/589800
          Nook Version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hunting-a-spooked-tom-cc-wills/1122908083?ean=2940152444902

"A New Beginning" is about the struggles between a Georgia plantation owner and the whites that try to come in and steal the gold found on his property. This plantation owner in not the usual type, he is a Cherokee chief. After a confrontation takes the chief's life his son and daughter leave to find a new life to the north.
eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/597006
Nook Version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-new-beginning-cc-wills/1123083288?ean=2940152496970

"The Homestead" is the sequel to "A New Beginning" and is about the union of a Georgia Cherokee maiden and the white man who saved her life. They carve a new beginning out for themselves and make plans for a new home and a family they can raise there!
eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/598419
Nook Version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-homestead-cc-wills/1123117772?ean=294015250

"On The Ridge" is the story of a bank robbery that takes place in the southern Illinois town known as Shawneetown. The five robbers get away with gold coins and head for the Shawnee Hills to make their get-away with a posse hot on their trail.
eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/625270
Nook Version on Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/on-the-ridge-cc-wills/1123599315?ean=2940152940596http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/on-the-ridge-cc-wills/1123599315?ean=2940152940596

"A Walk In The Snow" is a story about two hunters who head down to the Shawnee National Forest in the middle of a winter storm in hopes of successfully hunting deer. What they run into is an iced over forest causing rough conditions for walking and hunting but what else do they run into?
eBook version on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/690944

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" will be a series of short stories in which these youngsters ask their Grandpa a question with the intent of getting a story in return. This particular story is Short Story 1 where they ask (How Did You Meet Grandma?) and he shares about their unusual meeting. Each one after this will be a different question for Grandpa.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 2 the kids ask their Grandpa the question (Have You Ever Been Scared?) and they get three stories back from Grandpa.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 3 the kids decide to ask their Grandpa the question (Have You Ever Shot Anyone?) and they get a surprise answer and story from Grandpa.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 4 the kids ask their Grandpa the question (Have You Ever Been Lost?) and he shares an experience of being lost in the Shawnee National Forest.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 5 the kids ask their Grandpa the question (Have You Ever Been To a Drive-in?) and they hear of his experiences at different stages of his life.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 6 the kids ask their Grandpa the question (Were You Ever Sick As A Child?) and Grandpa tells of 3 different situations he faced within a 6 month period.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 7 the kids ask their Grandpa the question (Any Special Moments In The Woods?) and they hear of 3 special moments in Grandpa's memory of time in the woods.

"Grandpa Tell Us A Story" - Short Story 8 the kids have no particular question for their Grandpa in (No Questions For Grandpa This Time) so Grandpa shares with them of a time in the local past.