4-LETTER WORDS
I don't want to disappoint anyone, but this story has nothing to do with cursing. I love to curse, believe me, but this wasn't that kind of story. No, this one was inspired by the passing of my grandfather Fruin (mom's dad) several years ago. He died from Alzheimer's. He went down the slippery hole of forgetting and the story was inspired by events of one particular Easter gathering, the last time I saw him before he went to a nursing home and, not long after that, passed away. The story is fabricated, but some of the events are based on that day, in particular the Fritos scene. It was my first, and to date only, success in fiction. But success it was. If you want to see the proof and the goofy picture I sent with it, well then click here, grasshopper.

I've written other stories (see sidebar) with characters that mean something to me. None have won anything, but what hell.  DRAYTON, the TAKER has been my latest effort.  This story has plenty of cursing, so strap in if you like the profane.