CJ's Writer Thoughts

Ol' Lady Chensky  By Ronald Nitke COOLIDGE SPRINGS, NO. WISC. - 1964 I stopped the car. I couldn’t just leave her lying there o...

A Whole Tree of Books! Ho! Ho! Ho!  Merry Christmas! I know you're busy, but I want to tell you a secret. Shhhhh ... I know ...

by CJ Heck Home alone, the sound of breaking glass wrenched Maggie from sleep.  Waiting, listening, afraid to breathe, her heartbeats ...

Peck's Corner by CJ Heck There’s a sewer drain   in town   on Peck's Corner.    A t half past five every evening,   the ...

"Yardsticks" of Life by CJ Heck It was late autumn, but a day still warm enough to make Kathryn sweat and she smiled, rememb...

Marlborough Man “ Magnetism:   one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining...

"Jingling" in New Mexico by John A. Roof "Ranger! Ranger, wake up! Ranger, it's time to go!" shouted Tucker. ...

Beautiful Flowers by CJ Heck It was Memorial Day and, as she did every year, Sharon Cleary drove to the Eternity Gardens Cemetery wi...

John on Lisa It was getting close to the fourth of July and there was always a big celebration in Cimarron, New Mexico. At the time, I ...

Life is what we make it ...   A Short Story by CJ Heck  Anna was signing a birthday card for her oldest daughter at the kitchen t...