Stories, Novels, and Other Such Stuff From Big V

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Friday, January 7, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Ten

September 4th, 2003 According to the conditions of his release, RJ had to have a steady residence. It took a bit, but he had gotten his mother to agree to allow him to stay with her. He had used some of the money he had accumulated working in the detention center. He had been paid a whopping... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 6, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Nine

PART TWO - Release 10 AM - Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003 Riley Joe stood in front of the processing desk, waiting for the woman inside to process his paperwork. His court-mandated stay was behind him, and he was ready to go. The day he had entered the Lakeview Juvenile Detention Center, he had been a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Eight

7:30 AM, September 5th, 1997 Riley Joe sat on his cement sofa and listened to his stomach complain about having to wait for breakfast. While he had never starved, his mom had never been regular with his meals, thus his slim physique. He could smell the food wafting down the hallway, and just like... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Seven

8 AM September 3, 1997 Riley James had been up for almost two hours when someone opened a flap on the door and shoved in some toast, scrambled eggs, and a dollop of what he took to be strawberry jam. The boy had just removed the tray when only a moment later, a Styrofoam cup of water and another of... Sign in to see full entry.

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Six

10 AM -September 2, 1997 Riley Joe lay on the cement tile floor, listening to all the yelling, screaming, and general noise that filled the air around his holding cell. All he knew was that he was 'in jail' and no one could visit him, and not many people had talked to him since he arrived the day... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 3, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Five

7:15 AM September 2, 1997 The school year almost always started the Tuesday after Labor Day, and in one of those weird quirks of the calendar, the first Monday was on September 1. In the last hours of that Monday night, Riley Joe lay in his bed, pondering his plans for the next day. A dwindling part... Sign in to see full entry.

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Four

Riley Joe spent the Labor Day weekend thinking and contemplating what to do. He had long ago begun to think about striking back against his father but lacked the courage to try it. No matter how drunk his dad was, the old man was still pretty spry. As bad as the beatings he had taken before had... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 2, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Three

August 26, 1997 Now eleven years old, Riley Joe had grown quite tall for a boy his age. He stood a good three inches taller than virtually everyone in his sixth-grade class. The boy was tall but was not much more than a pencil stick in body size. Years of just enough food to eat and a habit of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 1, 2022

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part Two

September 3, 1994 It had been a brutally hot summer, and as summer dragged on into September, the heat never lets up. The family had traveled out to his mother's brother's farm for the Labor Day weekend. The farm had a small swim hole, and eight-year-old Riley Joe couldn't wait to jump into the cold... Sign in to see full entry.

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn - Part One

The Totally Unnecessary Death of Amanda Dawn by Verwayne Greenhoe This story is dedicated to the memory of children who also died unnecessarily. May God hold them close. Prologue This story is based on a true story that happened in a city I was visiting the night that it occurred. I followed it on... Sign in to see full entry.

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