STORY SUMMARIES

1. PREJUDICE - Jim Crowe tips his Hat
Billy’s first encounter with segregation and Jim Crowe practices in the Deep South after WWII.

2. BOONE - Psychotic Love
A dark, haunting tale about eight-year-old Billy’s brief acquaintance with an aging, crippled farmer who, although a master at breeding farm animals, could never father children of his own.

3. A VIRTUOUS WOMAN - Proverbs 31:10
The story of Billy’s grandmother and her efforts to reconcile her sexuality with the teachings of the Holy Bible.

4. ANNIE - "I’m not barren," she said.
A macabre tale about a child-hungry woman married to a devout homosexual whose life crossed Billy’s when he was eleven-years-old. This is a weird story about weird people in a weird world.

5. A GIL MCDOUGALD - Memory for a Lifetime
This is a happy story about twelve-year-old Billy and his baseball card collecting days. If you’ve ever collected baseball cards, you’ll identify with and enjoy this story.

6. FRANKLIN’S - Bootlegger
Although this story is set in the American South, it is a universal parable for drug-dealing all over the world.

7. JOHNNY DAYTONA - Childhood Hero
A story of hero worship, smoky pool halls, gambling, back street macho values and life’s passages.

8. CHARLEY - Angel Unaware
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware."  Luke 13:2

9. LENNY - Looking for Love
A heart-wrenching story about a Jewish man trapped in unrequited love.

10. VIRGIL - Kinky Sex and Religion
There was only thing on this earth that Virgil Collier loved more than the Lord. That was black girls.

11. ONE STUPID MISTAKE - Another Joe Namath?
High School football star Bobby Worthington had it all. Brains. Good looks. Athletic ability. An incredible future. Then one night…

12. ELAINE - The Dream Girl
This is a naughty tale about Billy and the strange circumstances under which he met and fell in love with the great love of his life.

13. REUNION - Remembrance of Things Past
Billy wondered what had happened to his old high school classmates. He was especially interested in meeting his old nemesis, the high school bully.

14. TRAPPIN’ RABBITS - For Love of a Child
This story is an examination of parental love across two generations.

15. GRANDFATHERS - A Barlow to a Pentium
This story is in two parts. The first is about a grandfather with his grandson in 1946. The second part is the story of the 1946 grandson with his own grandson in 1996. Essentially, this story examines the evolution of human media during those 50 years.