These Stories are based on the author's personal experience of growing up as a tenant farmer's son in North Carolina. Their straightforward style reflects the author's own memories of his boyhood. The Authors says, "If this book brings joy to any one for just a moment, if it takes someone back to a simpler time, back to their own child hood, back to a time of family value, the effort of this writing will be worthwhile." For a journey into a hard but love-filled lifestyle in a simpler time and place, these heart-warming stories are sure to please.

...I just look like this share with readers Anthony Kirk Williams' memoir and interesting thoughts on life as he examines how man rationalizes life as it is but never recognizing the need for modification as far as lifestyles, values, and habits are concerned. He unravels this web of contrary, self serving, frauds perpetrated against man for the benefit of a few by not embracing what is real as set forth by the Creator. Williams believe that man's actions are responsible for the toxic mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical environments in which he lives. Man embraces instructions of others as if they were the Scriptures, a process that is not to benefit or be of service to him but for those with the power of the pen while ignoring the truth by not embracing the wisdom of God. "Why do we allow those blatantly irresponsible to continue to pollute our world?" Williams ask.

Whatever happened to some good ol' love is about a teenage girl Sana Chopra, who has just passed out of school and broken out of a relationship. What follows is a tale of friend-zoning, dating best friend's friend, cheating, running into trouble with cops and finally, passing out drunk. Amidst all these 'new-generation' complications, one really wonders - Whatever happened to some good ol' love?

The Next Best Man And 11 Other Short Stories is a collection of some of the funniest short stories you will ever read. From a trip to Mardi Gras, to a ten year reunion to a romance novelist covering baseball for a daily, The Next Best Man starts you laughing on page 1 until page 7 and then again on page 16 and well you get the idea, it can sometimes be funny. Give it a shot, the worst thing that can happen is that you might not enjoy the book. If this is the case, I will call you myself and apoligize.

Summary As you read this book, you will find that some of the things written will grab your heart, and others will have you wondering what the author was thinking about when he wrote it. The inspiration for the many different types of writing comes from several things. Some from others and their different and varied circumstances in life. They often ask me to try to put into words something that would encourage or pick up their spirits. Other items written are simply written from the heart in a lighthearted way, hoping to spark the imagination of the reader and to also give them something to think about. When you read these writings, sit back and relax and tune the world out and let your mind wander. Try to feel the words and allow them to touch your heart.