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John Howard Hatfield

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The Worst of the Worst (A Campfire Ghost Story)

Weekly Contest #359

The weather was just about right for this time of year; brisk and cold—perfect conditions for a campfire. I’d begged to come along with my older brother, Dave, my dad, my two uncles and a passel of cousins as they horse-packed into the family’s yearly deer camp on the upper Brazos River. Most of the time it was just the guys; no girls allowed. This was the first year I would be allowed to tag along. Most everybody else is several years older than I and they continually remind me of that fact—I mean continually. I am picked on, as they say, u...

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The Hottest Day

Weekly Contest #314

The Hottest Day It was quite possibly the hottest day of the year, but let me tell you how I got here first. ***** Left behind because this is about me, at least that’s the way Patsy tells the story whenever she hears me telling my version. I will admit though that her side is a bit more thrilling at least at this point in the story; but once again, remember the story is about me and not her. I had things to do and could not depart Fort Richardson when she was able to do so. If I hadn’t of stayed back, the planning for a mission coming up i...

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Let me tell ya ‘bout Cold

Weekly Contest #288

Cold! You’re cold? Ya think this is cold? Let me tell ya ‘bout cold! So you think you know cold; well you don’t come close. I’m gonna tell you the facts ‘bout cold. As one might think, there are several kinds or degrees of cold: there’s cold, there’s colder, and then there’s COLD. But there is a degree of cold that goes where no other cold has been. I have seen, felt and survived it, I want you to know. Survived them all at one time or another. So just hang in there and I’ll tell you all ya need to know. Just what is cold? I’ve been there wh...

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That night, I caught Two!

Weekly Contest #276

The date was 9 October, 1965 and, I had just caught two! I was in need of a further plan. You realize that was just over fifty-nine years ago today.A couple of weeks earlier, I had returned home from Wyoming just in time to receive the call to meet in the parking lot across from Guion Hall with the rest of my fish buddies; twenty more guys in the exact same boat I was in—starting college and being a member of the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University. I still wasn’t sure this was the path right for me. I was making good money—more than...

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Let me tell ya ‘bout Cold

Weekly Contest #232

Let me tell ya ‘bout Cold Cold! You’re cold? Ya think this is cold? Let me tell ya ‘bout cold! So you think you know cold; well you don’t come close. I’m gonna tell you the facts ‘bout cold. As one might think, there are several kinds or degrees of cold: there’s cold, there’s colder, and then there’s COLD. But there is a degree of cold that goes where no other cold has been. I have seen, felt and survived it, I want you to know. Survived them all at one time or another. So just hang in there and I’ll tell you all ya need to know. ...

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The Snack Man Cometh

Weekly Contest #228

Man, can this guy eat! He never seems to slow down. I have no idea where he’s putting it all. I just happened to have come across the greatest snack eater I’d seen in the past forty years. At the time, my wife was the Vice President of Human Resources for a credit union organization in Austin, Texas and as such, she attends a conference every now and then to remain up on the latest trends. One summer, one of the board of directors recommended that she attend the HR conference taking place in Maui; literally forcing a brochure into her ...

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