Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I was sitting in the back seat of our station wagon, behind my father who was behind the wheel. My mother, riding shotgun, flipped through a magazine. My two older brothers sat beside me in the back seat. We’d been on the road for an hour and it wasn’t nine yet, one of the rare … Read more
If you’re just tuning in, this is the third installment about my uncle’s cottage, and you can catch up with the first two here. When last we spoke, a new weather phenomenon of sustained winds raised the waters of the Sandusky Bay above flood stage, putting a foot of water into the cottages along the … Read more
Along the shores of Lake Erie and its tributaries, there is a water snake that is not venomous but it has the magical power of making me crap my pants. I don’t like snakes, and these water snakes (scientific name: Bloomer Poopers) are nasty, slithering around like they own the place. I’m told they bite, … Read more
Before I was born, just after the middle of the previous century, my uncle bought a small cottage on the shore of the Sandusky Bay in Ohio. The yard sloped down to a beach where there was twenty feet of sand to the water. Our family visited him at his cottage often, and those childhood … Read more
My birthday was this past week and I wanted to make it a special day: I wanted to vacuum. I know what you’re thinking: the vibrating motor and the 12 amps of suction excite me. Nope. I just like to get the filth off the floor. Filth you say? Yeah. We have three dogs and … Read more