Showing results by publisher "Will Bevis" in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

This short story, "El Espejo de Navidad", is in Spanish. It is about a father, who is having a hard time letting go of his daughter, as she comes to the point, where she no longer believes... in Papa Noel(Santa).

Isn't your family supposed to love you and take care of you? A Story of one family...who didn't.

Have you ever done anything incredibly stupid? But someone comes along and with an incredible act of kindness...and without judging you...helps set your world right again? Meet "The Bread Man". He is not what he seems.... And what he does will surprise and inspire you...and give you hope...that no matter how bad a situation you get yourself into...someone cares.And that someone...just might be a perfect stranger.

All older people want to do... is feel alive again. Sometimes, it takes an angel. Welcome to an eighteen year old one. A friend of mine.

What happens when a beautiful young woman asks an aging old fighter, which Martial Art he recommends? The result is this letter. It is not only to her, but to any young person, woman or not, who might want to know more about the fighting arts. And which one an old fool recommends. You will be surprised which one it is.

When your cousin tells you he's gonna teach you about life...Get out of the truck and run as fast as you can. No, it's not what you think. But it's still pretty bad.

Have you ever been too proud to take someone back who you loved, but who wronged you. I have. This is the story of someone who reminded me of that, because of their own story. It's a train wreck of a truck driver story... Like the break up of all good love gone bad is. It made me want to go "Back to Slidell..." To that moment in time... When it would have been better to forget pride... And forgive.

This short article that you are about to read has become, without my intending it to be, the most controversial thing I have ever written. It is about a bus trip I took to the Gulf of Mexico, sponsored by my kid's school - with about fifty pre-teens and first-year teenagers on board - as well as three or four parents and teachers... who all made the mistake of sitting in the front of the bus, where they were blind to what was going on behind them. I was the only one who sat in the back, and who had a clear view ahead of everything that was happening.....

It probably hasn't happened to you. Hope it doesn't. You're in love, you have children, and out of the blue.... You lose it all. "And That's That." One woman's true story of when it happened to her.

Things aren't what they seem.... As an old man still searches for.... The perfect woman. By the author of "The Killing of Train-Man Brown", "Send Me a Friend", and "And Then Her Wig Fell Off".

Bad news travels fast, even more so today. The families heard about the crash almost immediately...even though it happened almost 1,000 miles away. The surviving families were devastated. The public and this writer wondered just one question: "Why?"

This story is so short, to tell anything about it would be to give away the ending....

Is there anything you wish you could do over? This is a very short audiobook about regret, and trying to live in such a way that you never have to have that again in your life. What is the key to doing that? One question....

In January of 2015 I was asked to give three readings of my work at the University of Alabama Gadsden Center. At the first one I thanked the people who came to hear me, and told them I thought they had a right to know if I could write or not, right from the beginning. So I told them I would play them the audio version of "The Killing of Train-Man Brown", and that afterward, if anyone wanted to leave, there would be no hard feelings. No one left.

What can you do, what can you say, when your child becomes discouraged? I said nothing. I wrote this letter to her instead. Tell your child you care. That she's wonderful and special. Because...she is.

In the time of Eric Garner's death, what happens when a white man "can't breath." This is one white man's story.

Is there a secret that will put a "local" writer over the top? Come with the author as he goes to a Local Authors Day in search of what might help to make a "best-seller". Hint: romance! Includes some brief information about how to proceed if you want to start writing yourself.

What kind of person would publish his father's autopsy results? I would. I am Will Bevis, the author of sometimes controversial short stories and articles such as Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus, Who Won the War, Young Turk: A Dog Story That Will Make You Cry, and now, An Autopsy Letter: It Is What It Is. I will explain to you why I did it. You may not agree with me for having done it...but...maybe you will.

It's New Years Eve. Everybody's celebrating...Unless you happen to be elderly.Then, it may not be a party for you.It may be the emergency room.New Years Eve at Eighty-two.What it was like for a dear friend of ours.What it may be like for you or someone you love someday.

I wasn't a man, until my father died. That day changed everything in my life. Now I have a daughter… And I am beginning to understand… What I put my parents through… In terms of worrying alone. Sometimes… I just want to play dead.