Short Stories, Editorials, and Addresses



	Award-Winners & Notably-Recognized	Four Essays on the American Flag written in response to the 1989 Supreme Court ruling on Flag-burning The Healing - I have discovered this in on-line syllabuses listed as required reading in college courses on understanding the 1970's! Lil' Daddy (1st place short story) Monorail Headlines You Will Never, Ever Read - editorial originally posted at The Monorail Society webpage Once There Was a Union (State winner short story) Skin-Deep (3rd place short story) The Sunday Recall (1st place essay) Men and Depression: "When a Handshake Isn't Enough" (published in Meridian Magazine)

	Depression	Men and Depression: "When a Handshake Isn't Enough" (magazine articles)
	Fairy Tale / Moralistic	Skin-Deep The Prince and the Servant The Stable Boy The Talent (See also most of the short stories in the Chronicles of Narnia section of Fan Fiction.)
	Fan Fiction	CLICK HERE to go to my fan fiction page ... Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and even Pilgrim's Progress
	Horror	These are not all my horror stories. I've lost the manuscript about a vampire operating a late-term abortion clinic, and also the one about an old Spaniard in the Amazon building up an army of fellow vampires by remaining disguised as bats... When I find them, I'll post them. But meanwhile, enjoy these: Golem High School Reunion The Wolf Collection
	Horror
	NEW!! Horror in a Latter-day Saint setting	'Why?' you ask? I have a couple of answers. One, why not? Two, do you think nothing bad ever happens to Latter-day Saints? Three, why should Catholic priests have all the fun? Are there not others who have the power and authority to vanquish Evil? NEW!! "Ye Who are Weary - Come Home!" ... FIRST DRAFT ... a young returned-missionary/newlywed is faced with a life-changing tragedy, mostly for the worse, and has to struggle to hold on to the nobleness of his human nature as opposed to the emerging animal (werewolf) NEW!! Night Bird Canyon ... a vampire in Cache Valley (Northern Utah)
	Humor	Better Than a Gold Medal Why English Students Should Never Take Algebra
	Inspirational	Bobby and the Star-A Class (true story) The Journey Home Lost Treasure ... dedicated to Lori Hacking and her family, to all Lost Treasures, and to all who have lost such a Treasure
	Israel / Holocaust	Middle East Conflict (editorials & poems) SHALOM - "Peace" (story) What Would You Tell Him? (essay)
	Other	Lil' Daddy (short story) Place for us (some really dumb science fiction) Lost Treasure (Lori Hacking) Monorail Headlines You Will Never, Ever Read (editorial) A Non-Utah Mormon's View of Utah ... I wrote this some time ago, and I still hold to much of it
	Patriotic	An American Heritage (essay) Four Essays on the American Flag Once There Was a Union (short story) The Healing (short story) The Sunday Recall Thoughts on Operation Iraqi Freedom
	Religious	Bless You, Mister Fearing, for Your Faith, Courage, and Strength... a commentary on my favorite character in Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS Blessings ... a fictional view of Jesus and Joseph's final meeting Bobby and the Star-A Class (true story) Charity Verses Self-Reliance: And the Winner Is...? ... I wrote this amid a congregation that believed in Self-Reliance more than they did Charity Festival of the Lights and the Light of the World ... an even from my own family One In My Hand (story to explain the purpose of the Book of Mormon) How I Perceive the Aaronic Priesthood (address) A Man as the Primary Chorister? ... tips and suggestions for other men with the best calling in the Church The Middlest Angel (A Christmas story) ... a perfectly average angel finds out he is of special worth to the Father - as are all of us! Patriarchs and Stewardships ... a church leader was having a hard time explaining the father's role in the family, so I helped him out. Place of Meeting ... a church address on the importance of the temple Stake to Stake (story to explain the building of God's kingdom) Strengthening the Family (address) Temple Mirrors (story to explain the purpose of the temple to children) The Anniversary (short story) The Blessings (short story) The Festival of Lights and the Light of the world (true story) The Last Passover (short story) Thoughts on Service (a shocking rewrite to make a point) What I Learned Teaching the Children to Sing "How Firm a Foundation" ... or, how the chorister is taught the Gospel by the children What the Atonement Means to Me (2009 Easter Sunday address) ZION Is Where the Heart Is (humorous, Dickens-ish story)
	Scouting	Uncle Charlie