The year was 1977. Jimmy Carter was the sitting president of the United States. It was the year the original Star Wars movie opened in theaters, a film that was soon to change the landscape of celluloid entertainment forever. The first Apple II computers went on sale to the public, the harbingers of a technical […]
Paradise Lost
Civilization has its inherent problems. With the responsibility of providing food, water, lodging, electricity, and social services for hundreds of thousands of individuals who inhabit any large metropolis, come the liabilities of controlling and maintaining such a delicate infrastructure. With all those moving parts, something somewhere at some point is going to break. This last […]
Character Study: Colin Jonahs
In this wide, immersive story of White Rock, the male sympathetic confidant is Colin Jonahs, the childhood-friend-turned-love-interest who compliments and complicates our heroine Laura Milton’s journey every step of the way. And he is a man that wears many different hats. Obviously, I needed a love interest because, hey, this is America, right? And western […]
Texas Urban Legend Series
Part 3 – The Peyton Colony, Austin, TX
The Peyton Colony is a 350-acre historic site outside of Austin, Tx. It’s also known as the “Boardhouse”. The location was settled by freed slaves after the Civil War and is named for its founder Peyton Roberts. The land had been in the Coffee family for many years. There are several buildings on the site, […]
Texas Urban Legends Series:
Part 2 – La Llorona
It’s not unheard of for people to swoon over someone in a ‘love at first sight’ kind of situation. I think at one time or another we have all found ourselves in thrall over an alluring person who, at the time, embodies our idea of the perfect partner. But what desperate lengths will a person […]