Stories, Novels, and Other Such Stuff From Big V

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

I Hate My Mother - Part Two A

***I'm splitting some of these longer chapters at logical cut-off spots to keep the word count from getting over 700 words. V *********** A Chance Meeting I can’t rightfully tell you the exact date I met my mother face-to-face for the first time in years, but I think it was in the spring of 2015. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

I Hate My Mother - In The Beginning

I Hate My Mother By Verwayne Greenhoe Just Between Us It’s taken me a few months to start this story once I decided I wanted to write it. I opened a Word document, put the title on the page, saved it, and then I’ve done nothing but stare at it on my desktop for the last ten months. I’ve opened it... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

The Creaking House = Part Two

House Hunting It took three days before Marcella could pull herself together enough to leave the hotel room to look at the houses Kale had scouted while she slept. He had gone back to their house to gather a few things he knew they would need. As he was gathering their belongings, Bill saw the car... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 9, 2022

The Creaking House - Opening

The Creaking House Verwayne Greenhoe There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of ghostly confessors, and looking them piteously in the eyes - die with despair of heart and convulsion of throat, on account of the hideousness... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

I'm not sure if I have started to post my Vella project story, "The Creaking House" here or not, but I think I am going to start doing so. If I'm posting it here, it gives me a sense of urgency to keep posting to it at least four to five times a week. I had started "Creaking" and was about 3200... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 29, 2022

An Episode of my "Dealing With Grief" Vella Project

Life and Love Can Happen Again “There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth her sister missed her too much, was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand shook them up, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

"There was a knock on the Door."

This is the first of a new Vella project that is in progress, but not yet posted. I am making about $500+ a month with my Vella projects, and that is nothing to sneeze over. I promote them heavily on Twitter and a little on FB. FB has a problem with anything that diverts you away from FB, so you... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Just A Song Before I Go, A Lesson To Be Learned

Be kind, always. - Robin Williams Right now, the world is in a sort of paradox. We’re constantly told we have innate worth, to be kind and that love has no price. But we’re also told — especially through the “perfect” lives people show on social media — that the world isn’t safe, and we can never... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Finding Myself Again - Part 2

I suppose I need to back up a bit. Those first months after losing my wife was a nightmare that wouldn’t stop. I dreamed about her always. There came the day that I decided to clean out most of her possessions. Judy loved to knit and crochet. She had boxes and boxes of old magazines that carried... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 8, 2022

Finding Myself Again - Opening

Finding Myself Again A True Story Verwayne Greenhoe Prologue What you are about to read has been my life since my wife’s first stroke in January 2014. Her slide because of dementia started at a slow pace, but the last few months were almost at a breakneck speed. My next few months were a blur as I... Sign in to see full entry.

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