Dressed in a black and black suit, shirt, and tie ensemble, Antonio Ricci seems dressed to impress. It’s not so much that he was trying to impress anyone, in fact, he had just completed his first night of parent/teacher conferences. He found it amazing that the parents who knew of his second career in professional wrestling thought that “The Omega Weapon” thought that the man…

The night sky is ablaze with various shades of tangerine, bright orange-red, and dark copper, contrasted by the occasional blue-violet hues associated with this time of year. Though the landscape is distinctly 18th century, the displays made of thousands of pumpkins are quite modern. Everything from a pseudo Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to a train to a simple tunnel lined with pumpkins have been designed. Visually,…

The moon hangs in the sky above Swallow Falls State Park, with scattered clouds obscuring the lunar luminescence. Camping out on the Maryland panhandle, there is a family camping. From the snoring that can be heard, at least two people are asleep, laying comfortably in their tent as though the few measly layers of fabric separating them from nature could protect them from anything aside…

The sun hangs in the midday sky. You could call the day ‘mostly sunny’ or ‘partly cloudy’ depending on your worldview. The beige brick wall on the East side of the building provides shelter from the beating of the sun’s rays. The shadow stretches across to a set of gray concrete stairs. Leaning ever so nonchalantly on the metal railing running alongside of the stairs…

Ricci could see angels in the redwood grove, or so it seemed. Standing before him, taking assessment of him gentle faces, pale in the darkness, eyes luminous and inquisitive and kind. But even in that meager moon like glow, he was unable to sustain a hope of angels. It was not that he was a religious man by any means, he just wanted to know…

On the winding two-lane blacktop, Michelle Templeton handled the Mustang with an expertise that Antonio Ricci admired, but she drove too fast. “You’ve got a heavy foot,” Antonio says. Michelle grins at her beau.. “Better than a big butt.” “You’ll get us killed.” “Mom has rules about being late for dinner.” “Being late is better than being dead for dinner.” “You’ve never met my mom….