FAMILY – CHAPTER FOUR – THE WORLD AROUND ME
CHAPTER FOUR The World Around Me ONE The summer of 1962 marked the beginning of a quieter life. Mitzie had gone off to college, and Brick had long since left home. Most days it was just Mother and me. Clarke was gone through the week, traveling across the South...
FAMILY – CHAPTER THREE – SIBLINGS
CHAPTER THREE Brick and Mitzie I never really knew my brother and sister in the way most people know their siblings. By the time I came along, the house had already carried their laughter, their arguments, and their growing up. What remained were traces of them, like the lingering...
FAMILY – CHAPTER TWO – HELEN
CHAPTER TWO Helen Helen Gertrude (Eagerton) Mason Born: September 12, 2021Died: March 09, 2008 86 years, 5 months, 26 days One Before I begin Helen’s story, I want to make clear that this is not just the story of my mother, but of someone whose life reflected the limits...
FAMILY – CHAPTER ONE – CLARKE
CHAPTER ONE Clarke Clarke Johnson MasonBorn: February 20, 1921Died: October 16, 1997Seventy-six years, seven months, twenty-seven days One I have chosen to record his middle name even though he had it struck from his records in later life. He despised it, and perhaps that is reason enough to preserve...
The Portal – Complete Short Story
This work is available on Amazon for Kindle or it can be ordered as a paperback: https://a.co/d/fzxX83p The Portal by Rich Mason Chapter 1 – Rumors in the Desert The desert was quiet. Maya Torres paused halfway up the sandstone slope, camera strap digging into her neck, as she...
FAMILY – PREFACE / PROLOGUE
FAMILY By Rich Mason PREFACE This volume is at once a character study and an autobiography. I do not claim to include a complete record of my life, nor does it endeavor to recount the presence of every individual who has, in some measure, shaped me. Instead, I seek...