True Stories

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 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'm currently living in Myrtle Beach, SC. I'm originally from Spencer, WV in Roane Co. I stumbled upon this web site and thought I...

When I was about 16 years old, I had a good friend of mine named John Mitchell Burdette or “Mitch” for short. We both...

I guess a lot of people know about Wolf Creek near Fayetteville because it drops into the New River Gorge in a series of...

I have lived in the small town of Burlington my whole life. Burlington is rich in history that is extremely hard to find. One...

Being a Surveyor in my past career, I had come across an area that I wanted to share with my wife. A forest Fire...

We bought a house which was also a log cabin that was built in 1766. It was located on WV 9, 3 miles west...

The fall air was breezy and as I became fully exposed to the chilly West Virginia wind, I felt an overwhelming sense of autumn...

This story took place at my parent's home in Brooke County in a town called Wellsburg, WV. My parents purchased this home back in...

I was walking with friends at night along the tracks that lead west out of Oak Hill toward Dothan. This gap is where the...

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...