James Russell Allen: 5 books

Black Ice, the almost invisible road hazard at night in a lonely place takes it’s toll. Tom, now lying on the snow next to his totaled Ford is sure he’s going to die. It’s cold and dark he can’t get his leg out of the car.The man, the one who stopped, is armed, a stranger, an unknown. What’s...

In virtually every life there is a time to consider “do-overs.” No matter how much we consider it our “due,” it just can’t happen. Each path we take fades behind in memory with no chance to go back and start over…unless of course you are Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future.It may be a...

Riding a bicycle is such a part of the American way of live that is not surprising to see bike lanes alongside the roads of our towns. From the old "Paperboy Special" type up to the serious racing bicycles you see them in the garages and on the roads in our cities and towns. As exercise, it is more...

On a peaceful evening reading on my recliner in our cabin in the woods, I came across this story. I had to share it.‘Sailing across the Pacific in our thirty-six foot sailboat is a voyage of a lifetime. The leg from Hawaii to Fiji crosses the equator. The trade winds find us in the doldrums,...

Some days are good, others are great but Magical Days are few. Marie Tennison has one of those Magical ones in a place called Greer. A hamlet in Eastern Arizona, Her article for the editor starts with a sentence…then magically it grew.Will he publish it?Can Marie even send it?Will love change the...