Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
So a friend died this week. She was a wonderful person who was just barely 50 but caught a bad break with a rare disease. It just stinks. It stinks for her husband and her son. It stinks for her family. It stinks for her friends. But those of us who knew Carmen will think … Read more
My wife, who is retired from the work force, tends to stay up late. Most nights, I stay up later than I should through sympathetic response. Like when you drive past people outside an ice cream store licking a cone, and decide you’d like ice cream; or maybe you see someone robbing a bank and … Read more
The Sunday before last, as I drove to pickleball in the morning, my car slid on some ice and hit another car. It was something of a perfect storm as the car I hit was a commercial-grade flatbed truck and the corner of the flatbed rolled up the hood of my car like it was … Read more
This is a very special Mickey Picayune in that I’m mostly sharing a giveaway for books at the end of this email. I have a shorter-than-usual story because my brain hurts at the moment and I need to give it some rest. Why does my brain hurt? A month ago, after one of our December … Read more
I’m really torn about the Christmas season. I like receiving gifts, but I don’t like shopping, so I’m not great at giving. I like watching a lot of Christmas movies, but there’s a lot of absolute drek that gets passed off as holiday themed, but is just boring or silly. What I truly love is … Read more