I always loved the opening day of fishing season. As a 10 year old, few things are as exciting as hooking and landing a big trout. My dad woke me before the dawn. We loaded up the boat and headed twenty miles or so to Minersville Lake, in southern Utah near my hometown of Milford….

A very personal exposé of the sleazy world of the used appliance industry.

Milepost 60 College students aren’t supposed to care too much, and I didn’t. Summer was nearly gone, the next semester waiting with its dull lineup—physics, history—topics that felt more like hurdles than subjects. The world demanded proof that I was worth something beyond selling shoes or flipping burgers. High school had felt richer somehow—more alive,…

Ghosts. The disembodied spirits of the dead. The lingering intelligence that refuses to rest when flesh gives out and hearts fall still. Do they walk among us? Are they real? When I was younger, I was sure of it. Now? I don’t know really. But one night I found myself in ghost central – a…

  The wise man conquers all adversity through perseverance. Even the gentle rain, given time, can erase mountains. — Darin Malchus Sky above me, earth below me, fire inside. All the powers of hell cannot thwart my will. Over the course of one’s life there are many twists and turns. Most are small, and others…