PinnedMember-onlyTable of ContentsA partial table of contents for while I’m away. — Novels, novellas, and serials Bread Ties A wealthy young couple is haunted by the strangest of horrors. Completed Bots A story about the takeover of the world by Artificial Intelligence. Conspiracy Theory …Ongoing Damn this Rain The story of a young man born on the side of an empty highway. Completed Daze of my…Billy Jones4 min readBilly Jones4 min read
Published in Rusty Can, Children’s Poems by Billy Jones·PinnedMember-onlyWhat is it?What’s read and white, and in plain sight except when it’s not there, tossed around, but not put down, and doesn’t have a care?Childrens Literature1 min readChildrens Literature1 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyKelly-SpringfieldAnother true story from The Daze of my Youth. It was sometime in the mid to late 1970s, I was working for a manufacturer here in Greensboro, North Carolina that made parts and supplies for the textile and tire industries. I’ll not mention the name. I often spent boring days…Short Story3 min readShort Story3 min read
Published in Rusty Can, Children’s Poems by Billy Jones·3 days agoMember-onlyLittle FishA little fish stared at the sea, said, “It’s so big I fear for me. The waves, they crash, impending doom will come to me so very soon.”Fish1 min readFish1 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyGrab the Baby and Run!Return to the daze of my youth. My boss called me to come answer the phone so I wiped off some of the grease from doing oil changes and grease jobs on heavy trucks and walked to the phone. “It’s your wife,” he said. “Of course it is,” I replied…Baby2 min readBaby2 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyBread and CircusesBread and circuses, they abound, though not enough to go around. Attention spans, they are no more as each new thread spins tales of yore. The war is everywhere you see, and poor folks die…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Mar 13Member-onlyStory #983, Will Medium Survive The Crash?On Friday it was announced that Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest in the nation, was ordered closed by Federal regulators, and will be auctioned off by the time most of you read this. California winerys, Etsy, and even employee paychecks all over the nation were negatively effected. Seems SVB was a victim of suffering tech companies who started a run on the bank, and when 2,500 of the world’s largest venture capitalists get nervous you can bet it is bad.Svb3 min readSvb3 min read
Feb 6Member-onlyMedium is Punishing Its Best WritersI’ve been putting this off for a while now as this isn’t the sort of topic I most enjoy, but I’ve come to the conclusion it needs to be widely known throughout all of the Mediumspere and beyond. — Medium’s recent decision to accept stories written using AI (artificial intelligence) will without a doubt punish its best writers. How so? As more and more content (AI or human) is published to the platform the likelihood that any one story will be well read (Or read at all.) diminishes. Each…Billy Jones7 min readBilly Jones7 min read
Jan 10Member-onlyTwo Eagles Talking — New YearsTwo young eagles attempt to understand a new year. — Continued from Two Eagles Talking. “What’s out there?” “I don’t know but Mom says it’s bad.” “Mom says everything’s bad.” “Why do you reckon that is?” “Dad says it’s because of people.” “What are people?” “I don’t know but Mom and Dad sure don’t like them.” “I don’t like people…Two Eagles Talking1 min readTwo Eagles Talking1 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyOld JokesMy retelling of some old jokes you may or may not remember… — The following jokes have been told for as long as I’ve lived, perhaps longer, and are not mine. This is my retelling. Four! Police were called to the local golf course where a woman had died from a golf ball to the back of her head. The coroner was called. …Comedy5 min readComedy5 min read
