True Stories

This happened just a few days ago. My girlfriend and I had gone to September Fest. We stayed out late eating and hanging out...

I grew up in Gallipolis, across the Ohio River from Point Pleasant. In high school I found an old scrapbook of my mother's with...

I live in Wayne County, West Virginia. About 14 years ago, my wife, Jacklyn, and I stayed at Cabwaylingo Park for the weekend. We...

This story dates back to 1970, when I was just 18 years old. I will not give my name because people never believed me,...

I was young, maybe in first grade, when this happened. It was Christmas break, and my aunt had come home on leave from the...

I work at Cabel Huntington hospital in Huntington, WV. My encounter happened on 5th Street Hill just after 9 pm. It was raining and I...

I was delivering the morning newspaper in Cabin Creek, in Ohley Hollow specifically. I am usually out in the very early morning hours, just...

One night, when I was about sixteen years old, I had gone to bed and had been asleep for several hours when I awoke...

I've had two encounters with The White Beast. Both occurred around or near my best friend's house in New Cumberland, West Virginia. I used...

This is a true short story from my newest book, Stories of the Fire House. Enjoy! No collection of firehouse stories would be complete without...

It was a cold, dark Thanksgiving evening in rural West Virginia. My family and I were on our way home from my grandpa’s house...

I was 25 years old and dating the woman who is now my wife. My family was using the Dunlow Community Center for our...