Portrait of Isolation
A winding path leading through knee-high grass gone to seed ends at a weathered farmhouse Inside, unopened mail piled high clutters a tiny kitchen A… Read More »Portrait of Isolation
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Wrecked
I was lying in bed, listening to the rain drumming against the metal roof of the old barn. It was not the sustained kind from… Read More »Wrecked
A Story of Lost Treasure
The sound of a door hitting the frame on an abandoned shack from wind sweeping through the valley is lost in desolation. The tiny building’s… Read More »A Story of Lost Treasure
A Rite of Passage
Standing shivering by the shore at 8:30 AM, I eye the dark lake water in the shadows of an overhanging tree. The sun had barely… Read More »A Rite of Passage
An Opening
There is a story from my childhood that I have never told, a fantastical tale that I know to be true, even though the passing… Read More »An Opening
Superior
I have seen the fury of this inland sea; her rollers piled high in November gales I have heard her thunderous chorus along the North… Read More »Superior
Halloween on the Creeper Trail
(Dedicated to my Grandson Sebastion) On Halloween night, when other children are preparing for a fun evening of dressing up and going door to door… Read More »Halloween on the Creeper Trail
The Girl in Rear Window
Each day was a little shorter than the previous day. My Brother-in-law, who had helped me get a job at the company he worked for,… Read More »The Girl in Rear Window
Desolation
There is probably no other town within 500 miles as unremarkable as Calvington, Minnesota. Todd Birch could attest to that; he had lived here his… Read More »Desolation
Joseph Benedict and Jamie Preston Discuss Frozen Harvest
In this Podcast hosted by LTC University, I discuss some of the motivations and processes that led me to write Frozen Harvest, and how coaching… Read More »Joseph Benedict and Jamie Preston Discuss Frozen Harvest