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This is the 9th vignette for the book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, A Monk Buttman Mystery. In it are characters from the book, and is meant to add a little backstory to it. Chester Jenkins called me over. His son Farrell, and my daughter Rebekah, were engaged and soon to be married.Continue reading “Chess Jenkins”

This is the 8th vignette for the book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, the new Monk Buttman Mystery. In this one, Monk visits his friend, Duane. Unfortunately, Monk, then known as William, is not on good terms with Duane’s wife, Leslie. I very cautiously knocked, well aware that Duane’s wife, Leslie, would notContinue reading “Duane and His Boat”

This is the 7th vignette for book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, which was released 1/9/20 by Black Rose Writing. Moses is Monk’s father and one of the founders of the commune on which Monk grew up. Monk and Moses have a somewhat contentious relationship. As a creature of habit, those habits betrayedContinue reading “Moses”

This is the 6th vignette for the book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God. In this one, Monk, then known as William, is forced by his mother ,Rebekah, and his wife, Astral, to speak with Pastor Davis about his rapidly deteriorating home life. The church was quiet. It was a Thursday and I hadContinue reading “Pastor Davis”

This is the fifth short vignette written for the book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, A Monk Buttman Mystery. It involves Monk, then known as William, Astral, his wife, whom everyone else called Lilith (something Monk refused to do), and their daughter, Rebekah. Because much of the early part of the book isContinue reading “William, Astral, and Rebekah”

This is the 4th of the vignettes for the new book in the Monk Buttman series, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God. Emily is a little girl who lives at the commune started by Monk’s father, Moses. Monk helps her when he comes to visit with Agnes. The apotheosis of a man’s fate liesContinue reading “Emily’s Garden”

This is the third of the short vignettes for the new Monk Buttman mystery, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, which will be released on 1/9/20. Carleton, is a friend of William Bohrman, Buttman’s name before he changed it. Lilith was William’s wife in Virginia. “Well, what’d you do this time?” he asked. IContinue reading “Carleton’s Porch”

This is the second vignette for the book, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God, A Monk Buttman Mystery, which will be released on 1/8/20. It concerns Monk’s contentious relationship with his mother, Rebekah. Monk is leaving. In Virginia, Monk was known as William Bohrman. I remember sitting in the Falcon, not wanting to goContinue reading “Monk and His Mother Rebekah”

This is the first in a series of short vignettes to support the new book in the Monk Buttman series, A Twinkle in the Eyes of God. She had me cornered. Trapped. “I need my kisses, Sunshine,” she said, pressing herself against me. “Kisses?” “Don’t play dumb with me, Buttman, you know the rules regardingContinue reading “Monk and Agnes at Home”

I wrote Where Fools Dare to Tread on a lark. It started as a way to breakout of a hole I’d dug writing another book-still on the backburner-that I didn’t quite feel I could pull off. But I had too good a time writing Where Fools Dare to Tread and when that was finished, promptlyContinue reading “The Lure of the Sequel”