December in May & Other Stories

This collection takes the reader back to the Civil War for the story of an immigrant Union soldier and features four stories from the Great Depression years (1930s), with another story set during World War II in 1943. The Kentucky soldier is not required to serve. The 1930s-era yarns deal with untimely death, a necessary killing on a passenger train, a teenage baseball phenomenon, and a police detective whose sidekick is often a reporter who is also a popular restaurant/lounge pianist. The WWII story deals with the harsh realities connected with war. The remaining stories are more or less current, dealing with alleged manmade global warming and consequent governmental silliness, college football corruption, technology, spiritual convictions, and a lost weekend in Tennessee. They deal with a laid-off worker, university walk-on athlete, computer genius with unusual powers, minister who temporarily lost his way, and two “good ol’ boys,” who throw a bender big-time with disastrous results.