Category: Books

• FREE KITTENS! — Okay, Not Really: FREE KITTEN STORY Is More Accurate

  Paul Bennett is the resident nature writer on staff here at the COVID Chronicles. Today he gives us a heartwarming, bittersweet story about a young boy who makes a surprising find in the underbrush that changes him. This is the last story for this week. Joe Courtemanche is bringing our Memorial Day story on Monday…

  Jamie Greening

  May 22, 2020

  All, blogging, Books, Culture

  animals, Free Stories, goat, kitten, Paul J. Bennett

• This Story Is Free But So Was The Coke Janelle Never Paid For: You Have To Read It To Understand That!

  Kathy Kexel sets us up with the first part of what feels like a kind of conspiracy theory meets crime mystery meets Murder She Wrote meets Butch Gregory. Seriously, this could have been a scene from one of my own novels, especially the part about . . . oops, I almost told too much. Click…

  Jamie Greening

  May 21, 2020

  All, blogging, Books, Culture

  Coronavirus, COVID-19, Free Stories, Kathy Kexel, mystery stories

• Free Flowers For The Yard Of Your Imagination!

  Oh wow! I just got home from a long day at work — we are working hard planning the re-opening process of our church as COVID-19 restrictions ease — and I find Joe Shaw’s terrifying parable of modern life. The phrase, ‘This is the way we do things now” will stay with me a while.…

  Jamie Greening

  May 20, 2020

  blogging, Books, Culture

  Coronavirus, COVID-19, Joe Shaw, mobs, neighborhod

• Running With The Devil — Or Something Like That

  Derek Elkins creates a memorable character in this story. Before the end comes, I feel like I know her. In my ministry, I’ve spent a lot of time in care facilities, and Elkins catches something of the feisty nonchalance I find in most people who are for one reason or another in a long-term residence.…

  Jamie Greening

  May 19, 2020

  blogging, Books, Culture

  Derek Elkins, nursing homes, Running, Shady Acres