Alabama Short Stories

Alabama Short Stories, Volume 2 is the companion book to the Alabama Short Stories podcast. Volume 2 follows seasons 4-6 of the podcast of the same name. There are thirty stories about athletes and their fans, movie stars, and some whose lives became movies. There are beauty queens, devils, a Spider and Beatles. I tell the story of builders, memorable moments, and extraordinary folks who helped make Alabama the state it is. This audiobook is the same as the podcast.

The book, Alabama Short Stories, Volume 1, is the companion to the Alabama Short Stories podcast. This Audiobook is a compilation of the first three seasons of the podcast. There are thirty stories about artists, inventors, athletes, and exceptional people from Alabama. There are icons we know and love and alien encounters. You can hear the stories individually on the podcast feed or all together in this audiobook.

Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won more national championships - six apiece - than anyone else in the history of the game. Chasing the Bear examines how they did it, revealing along the way their similarities in style, background, football philosophy, and recruiting methods, while providing listeners a rare inside look at two of the greatest leaders in the history of sports.

In this bewitching debut novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don't know what to make of a South pining for the past, shy Max thrives in the thick heat. Taken in by the football team, he learns how to catch a spiraling ball, how to point a gun, and how to hide his innermost secrets.

The number one New York Times best-selling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race. Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.

Stories from and about Alabama. The South. And a different generation. The tales ain't meant to irritate, aggravate or otherwise make hostile. Hopefully you can get some amusement and mayhap a little information about a place and time that don't exactly exist no more and ain't likely to return.

SIDEWAYS ~ Something's not quite right... Take a load off, kick off your shoes, put up your feet, and peek into the lives of those hiding in plain sight… Awake: Father and son vampires awake after a thirty-year sleep. Fangs: Warned to keep her distance, Rachel can't stay away from David, and he has a thirst she doesn't understand. Tzadik: Hannah faces a ruthless gang of vampires during their one-night-a-year blood binge at a popular dance club. Magier: Visiting a small village carnival while in Germany, Britta thinks the cute Gypsy magician might be the real deal. Sideways: As a teen, now...

A collection of five lesbian romantic short stories by the author of Broken Women and Healing Embrace, mostly sweet with a little spice. Loving Blue in Red States: Sweetwater Texas Emmie Warren is a middle school teacher who is just trying not to rock the boat until she can finish her Master’s Degree and find the courage to move herself and her son away from sleepy Sweetwater to diverse, vibrant Austin, the only place in Texas she ever felt free to be herself. She’s been hiding her truth for years. She doesn’t see any reason to change that before she can make a clean break of things ...

Some locales seem to come with their own soundtrack. Don Ho and his tiny bubbles provide the background music for Hawaii, Edith Piaf for Paris. The reggae of Bob Marley evokes Jamaica. The soundtrack for Alabama is without question provided by our troubled troubadour Hank Williams. The 2016 biography Hank by Mark Ribowsky paints a dark picture of the musician's short, alcoholic, drug-filled life: a life of loneliness and pain. He goes so far as to call Hank's life story "noir-ish"....

The second American Revolution has propelled the Southern-controlled United Republic of America into power, its oppressive laws enforced by the National Reform Program's re-education camps. The citizens are suffering from a militaristic tyranny and federal extortion at the expense of an ambitious space program designed to propagate the galaxy with model citizens of the Republic. A special bonus, author Allen Steele introduces this Hugo-nominated novella.

This is a collection of 3.5 Very Short But True Stories About Life in Alabama. Contains Only the "Best" Southern Ingredients.