I’ve been doing research and taking notes on sub deployments and the Cuban Navy during the early 1960s. The information will be used in a story I’ve tentatively titled “The Komar Incident.” One of my favorite Cold War movies was The Bedford Incident with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. It …
Here’s another Whipper Barony tale! My sister and I went to St John’s Catholic Elementary School near the Navy Base in Charleston, SC. Just about everyone else went across Rivers Ave to Ben Tillman Public School. I always dreamed of being able to ride a big yellow school bus like …
Things were different growing up back then. The 1960s and 1970s. Entertainment was basic and the neighborhood you grew up in defined your life. They have been described as simpler times and I guess they were when compared to today’s child rearing activities. They were simple because we weren’t overwhelmed …
Circular Run! is finished. Yes my 2500 word short story involving time travel, a father and son, and a World War II submarine is finished and published on Amazon. You can grab a copy here at Circular Run! I’ve also gone ahead and published Down the Throat! as well. After having a …
I have not made much progress on my short stories, “Circular Run” in particular. I have made progress on more of my Gitmo stories. This one in particular, “First Grade,” was the first of many misadventures in academia. -John First Grade My first memories of any type of organized school …
Today, Gitmo conjures up visions of prisons, terrorists and a dry tropical unused corner of US military presence. Not so for me. I remember Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba quite differently. My Gitmo is from the early 1960s when our family was stationed there courtesy of the US Navy. It was …
So with the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 looming, I have reopened a couple of my stalled projects. I had to spend some time reacquainting myself with the innards of a Balao Class Fleet Submarine, specifically the social areas like the crew’s mess and where they all …
Merry Christmas! Here’s a free short story of submarine action in World War II. I originally wrote this to submit to thefirstline.com which runs a contest every quarter. They give you the first line for your story and you build the rest. If you are looking for a place to …
The Alpine Viper Pit: A Blaze Burns Adventure has been published on Amazon for the Kindle. Our second Blaze Burns Adventure finds Blaze finishing up a mountain climbing vacation in the Swiss Alps until trouble finds him in an innocuous tobacco shop. Plus you can pick up his first …
