The Midwest

There comes a time in a man’s life when he must prove himself on the field of battle. This was not exactly …

A popular trope in horror is the isolated farmhouse, the remote village, where gruesome serial murders take place. Innocent victims stumble onto …

Living in his house, it was hard to comprehend how such a cold, self-absorbed person could create a thing of such beauty. …

It started with a disaster. When the tornado struck, devastating the town of Rochester, wiping out a third of the town, killing …

They have a name for me. They call me a Grinch, a curmudgeon, a Scrooge, and a grouch. The number of words …

Caves are cool. Slipping out of a hot, muggy day into the cool environs of a cave is the pre-modern equivalent of …

Field of Dreams is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American. Naturally, some people despise it. In the spring of …

I suspect my daughter is a hillbilly. That is, I think she may have hillbilly blood running in her veins. How much …

Kaydan awoke in the middle of the night demanding Deet. I told him to go back to sleep, told him I was …

Lincoln wanted to get away.  He said, “Find me a dock on a lake somewhere up north where I can dangle my …