This was a day Sam would never forget. Not because it was necessarily the worst, with the passing of his grandmother, but because it was ...

The hours home were excruciating. Sam could not ever remember them being so much so. Not a word was said all the way from Tomson to where...

“It’s alright, Mona, I’ll get outta here,” Sam’s Dad leaned over the table to grab his wife’s hand, but she swiftly pulled it away. The t...

Morning came in the same way it always did. Sam blinked open his eyes to the prevailing threats. He found his plate of hot French toast, ...

“M...Mama?” Sam quietly crept into the kitchen like the sun trying to break through a storm. His Mama was not the same since his daddy’s ...

It didn’t help that Sam wasn’t from this town. It didn’t help that Sam was always feeling awkward. Always on the outside. One step behind...