Frostproof808: 88 books

As Hallowe'en approaches, take a guided tour through the prep room of a mortuary. Let the mortician himself explain how difficult or easy is the preparation for each person. Well, former person. Don't miss his take on the delivery people, those of fewer skills who bring his clients to his place of...

There's the way things are depicted in the movies, and then there are the way things happen in real life. When it's a matter of life or death on both sides, opt for the one that best suits.

Friends are out on their bikes, on a run to Sturgis when one, then another race through what seems to be a small fog bank that suddenly appears before them. But it reaches toward the first biker with an appendage. Time slows to a frame freeze as the second biker through watches his friend lay his...

These tales range from the merely odd to the fantastic, from the tragic to the magical. In one story you'll accompany a Cajun on a single-minded mission into the backwoods of Louisiana on a deep, humid night. In another, you'll witness the life or death struggle between a fifteen year old boy and...

Three boys on the verge of manhood are hurrying along a two-rut path in a line of refugees. They encounter an old man sitting alongside the road on a rock. With safety several kilometers to the west and an enemy column advancing only a few kilometers from the east, what is he doing there? To top it...

This is a collection of magic realism. In the title story, sometimes letting go just isn't possible. You've loved the same soul down through the ages, but just before you can be together forever, he is ripped away yet again. The eerily weeping heavens combine with the sea and a departed love to ease...

This is a love story set in Mexico in the late 1800s. Being a lawman takes a toll that former Texas Ranger Wes Crowley knows all too well. He's settled with the notion that he will live and die alone to avoid bringing harm to those he might have loved. But Coralín Martinez de Silva is a force of...

Charley Bradstreet is a snappy dresser. For a mob guy, he also has strange ideas about how women should be treated. He's always been loyal, but some things go beyond what he's willing to accept.  

Me and my buddy Jackson just wanted'a stop off for a brewski, right? Hey, but we never expected to see what we seen. Or what happened after that.

Two officers stop by a party to ask the revelers to quiet the music and they do. But one officer, a new guy on the force, is flirting with one of the partygoers. Or is she flirting with him? Perhaps Julie isn't quite the nice girl she seems to be. Perhaps Dave isn't what he appears to be either.  

Salvatore "Little Sally" Picarilli is having a rough day. On one front, his wife is being demanding. On the other, his boss is loading him up with extra, less than usual tasks. What gives?  

Reginald Cranston, senior partner in the lawfirm of Cranston, Cranston, Swain and Devereaux, is about to lose Devereaux. And he doesn't want to lose her. She's the junior partner at only 29 years old, but she's also his fantasy.

In "Sanctioned" the reader is drawn into a seventh-floor walkup. About fifteen minutes before midnight, the telephone rings. The gentleman in the apartment is annoyed, waiting for his favorite state-sanctioned program to come on television at midnight. But this is a phone call that will change his life. Or maybe give it back.

There are families, and there are families, and family members come in all kinds. Some are good to talk with, some to hang out with, and some will kill you. The characters in this story use strong language.