Douglas Young
The Clinic
As expected on a Monday morning, the clinic’s waiting room was crowded. There were a few old couples who were quiet, with the wives generally reading and the husbands looking around or watching TV.
The Secret
Julissa Ye relished her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown's last small, locally-owned bookstore, where she was immediately embraced by the other two part-timers. Julissa admired how Mrs. Davis...
I Think So
“The Police are coming to the Omni!” Addison shouted across the campus quadrangle in early October of 1983.
The Place
After lunch the family sat on the back porch chatting leisurely, watching who was walking down the street, and speaking to those they knew.
Fishing For A Connection
After a pleasant stay at the conference, where his talks had gone well, and everyone had been so kind, it was distinctly uninspiring to fly home to a wife whose love for him had long been in doubt.
The Revelation of Paisley Parker
Paisley Parker was the dark-haired, freckle-faced, green-eyed girl in Fitzhugh’s freshman English class who had said nary a word the whole term.
The Light in the Cemetery
Born weeks apart, Julep and Ellis were playmates from the start and had been classmates through 10th grade.
An Urgent Legal Matter
Mimosa Mitchell was an 85-year-old “pillar of the community” and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in Petunia Springs.
Fitzhugh and Zada
On the first day of ninth grade, Fitzhugh Hardee Rainwater met the girl who immediately took up permanent residence deep in his heart.
The Double Date
Ensconced in bed reading his history textbook, Delphus McManus was startled when the phone rang. - Length: 20 pages
Red's Place
Red’s Place was the starting point for what would arguably become the most (in)famous story in the history of Semmes County.