Tag: Derek Elkins

• A Walk To Really Remember . . . Or Forget

  Wait for the ending. That is a must. Today’s Free Thanksgiving Story comes to us from Derek Elkins. As I read it, I kept thinking the protagonist should own a chain of hotels called The Big Elk Inns. You may get that joke after you read it, or you might not. Click on the Elk’s…

  Jamie Greening

  November 19, 2020

  All, Writing

  Derek Elkins, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Stories, Whodunit

• Free Stories Are Back — This Time With Creepy Add In

  My writer buddies and I are at it again. We have written you fresh Halloween stories — all free. However, if you wanted to buy one of our books, well, they make great Christmas presents. Which reminds me, our plan is to do this same thing between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Today’s story is from Derek…

  Jamie Greening

  October 22, 2020

  Writing

  Derek Elkins, Free Stories, Funeral, Halloween, Salt, Sundown

• Welcome, to Elkin’s Island

  I love this story for many reasons, but one is the deep theological implications imbedded within it. It made me think about birds. I’ve often wondered, as I listen to grackles swirling in the air around me, if maybe the sound most delightful in the ear of the Lord isn’t birdsong? He has put birds…

  Jamie Greening

  August 6, 2020

  All, Writing

  creation, Derek Elkins, Grackles

• The Light Is Free, Even Though It Is Costly

  Today in the penultimate COVID Chronicle Derek Elkins goes full on Derek Elkins with a great three-scene story about light in a dark world. His story reminds me of the famous MLK quote — “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Click…

  Jamie Greening

  June 22, 2020

  All, blogging, Books, Culture

  1 John 1:5, COVID-19, Derek Elkins, Light and Darkness, Riots